Introducing methadone maintenance therapy into Ukrainian prisons: a qualitative study of criminal subculture, Russia’s full-scale invasion, and contested methadone objects

BackgroundAfter pilot testing, methadone was newly being introduced into Ukrainian prisons in 2021 as part of a national scale-up strategy to treat opioid use disorder and prevent transmission of HIV and HCV infections. Opioid agonist therapy (OAT) scale-up in Eastern Europe and Central Asia prisons...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Psychiatry
Main Authors:	Matthew Ponticiello, Lyu Azbel, Mary M. Tate, Daniel J. Bromberg, Iryna Pykalo, Tetiana Kiriazova, Natalya Saichuk, Frederick L. Altice
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-11-01
Subjects:	Ukraine HIV prevention qualitative methadone prisons Russia
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1227216/full

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