Employment and Long-Acting Injectable Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder: Findings from Longitudinal Qualitative Interviews Conducted with Patients Recruited from Drug Treatment Services
LAIB may help drug treatment patients who are interested in securing employment or achieving broader employment-related outcomes, such as education, training and volunteering. However, patients receiving LAIB may also need personalized employment support to assist them with wider barriers to working.
Authors
- James Cassidy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6719-4245)
- Joanne Neale (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1502-5983)
- John Strang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5413-2725)
- Sarah Cosgrove (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8816-5878)
Institutions
- New South Wales Department of Health (AU)
- King's College London (GB)
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation
- Published
- 2025-08-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2147/sar.s528381
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- Indivior
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- King's College London