“HEAL together”: a randomized, hybrid type 1 effectiveness-implementation trial protocol of a peer-delivered behavioral activation intervention to improve methadone treatment retention

BackgroundAlthough medications exist to effectively treat opioid use disorder (OUD), treatment retention is a pressing challenge. Peer recovery specialists (PRSs) may play an important role in OUD treatment retention, yet few evidence-based interventions to support OUD retention have been developed...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Public Health
Main Authors:	Jessica F. Magidson, Valerie D. Bradley, Jessica S. Anane, Mary B. Kleinman, Julia W. Felton, Abigail C. Hines, Rithika Baskar, Aaron D. Greenblatt, Dwayne Dean, Morgan S. Anvari, Heather Fitzsimons, Melanie E. Bennett, Annabelle M. Belcher
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-07-01
Subjects:	peer recovery specialists behavioral activation medication for opioid use disorder retention methadone opioid use disorder
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1637846/full