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dependence experience stigma health services qualitative research injection opioids perspectives maintenance treatment dependence experience stigma health services qualitative research injection opioids perspectives maintenance treatmentSujets proches
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Hélène Poliquin et al., « Opioid Dependence Treatment seen by People who Actively Inject Dugs in Montreal », Psychotropes, ID : 10670/1.9b9ab1...
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In a study conducted in Montreal, we analysed the experience of opioid dependence treatment (ODT) for people who actively inject drugs (PWID). How does this substitution treatment fit into PWID’s self-acceptance in it’s in their bodily, emotional, psychological and social dimensions? What difficulties are these people confronted with when interacting with healthcare services? The results suggest that PWID may opt for ODT mainly to avoid the distressing symptoms of withdrawal and to disengage from a consumption-centred lifestyle. Although participants consider ODT as a way to improve their quality of life, they deplore the side effects, the associated stigma, and the difficulties in accessing and remaining in treatment. These difficulties contribute to making the experience of ODT one that is more consistent with a drug-centred lifestyle than one who breaks away from it.
