Clinician Perspectives on Barriers and Facilitators to Providing Medications for Opioid Use Disorder for Adolescents
Significant barriers to prescribing MOUD to adolescents younger than 18 persist despite the removal of federal training requirements. Comprehensive, multilevel adolescent-specific MOUD education paired with may expand the MOUD-prescribing workforce and improve treatment access. Further research should continue to explore these themes to inform policy and practice reforms aimed at improving outcomes for adolescents affected by OUD.
Authors
- Matthew C. Aalsma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5952-6785)
- Samantha Wagner
- Jayla Ruth
- Zachary W. Adams (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0044-4926)
- Lauren Bell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6677-4517)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Addiction Medicine
- Published
- 2025-04-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/adm.0000000000001486
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.76
Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences