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Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting

Date Submitted: Aug 21, 2020
Date Accepted: Sep 25, 2020
Date Submitted to PubMed: Oct 5, 2020

The final, peer-reviewed published version of this preprint can be found here:

Patient and Clinician Perspectives on Adolescent Opioid Use Disorder Treatment During a Pandemic: One Step Back, but Two Forward?

Stull SW, McKnight ER, Bonny AE

Patient and Clinician Perspectives on Adolescent Opioid Use Disorder Treatment During a Pandemic: One Step Back, but Two Forward?

JMIR Pediatr Parent 2020;3(2):e23463

DOI: 10.2196/23463

PMID: 33016885

PMCID: 7584981

Patient and Clinician Perspectives on Adolescent Opioid Use Disorder Treatment During a Pandemic: One step back, but two forward?

  • Samuel W. Stull; 
  • Erin R. McKnight; 
  • Andrea E. Bonny

ABSTRACT

Opioid use disorder (OUD) is one of the most pressing public problems in the United States and is highly prevalent among adolescents and young adults (AYAs). However, only a small percentage AYAs with OUD ever receive treatment. Further, among those that do receive treatment, a substantial proportion of patients continue to struggle with OUD and many prematurely drop out of treatment. These challenges have only heightened in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, but greater utilization of telehealth and mobile technologies by OUD patients may help counter these barriers, which ultimately may improve AYA OUD treatment post-pandemic. This viewpoint presents the perspective of a person in OUD recovery using online and mobile technology to supports his own OUD recovery combined with thoughts from two clinicians supporting AYAs with OUD; their perspectives may provide insights to help counter COVID-19 related consequences and offer clues to improving AYD OUD treatment long-term.


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Please cite as:

Stull SW, McKnight ER, Bonny AE

Patient and Clinician Perspectives on Adolescent Opioid Use Disorder Treatment During a Pandemic: One Step Back, but Two Forward?

JMIR Pediatr Parent 2020;3(2):e23463

DOI: 10.2196/23463

PMID: 33016885

PMCID: 7584981

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