Assisting Rural MAT Patients Through Peer Social Support

Authors

Anthony Plochocki, University of VermontFollow

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Date

2023

Abstract

Throughout the COVID19 Pandemic, there has been a spike in opioid relapse and opioid overdose related death. This problem, though multifactorial, can be attributed to lack of social outlets for MAT patients. Now that different social support groups are reopening, there is a greater emphasis placed on groups for patients suffering with alcoholism rather than those suffering from opioid addiction. This project hopes to plant the seeds for group therapy for MAT patients, giving them a social outlet with the hopeful outcome assisting patients with forming non-user networks.

Clinical Site

Grace Cottage; Townshend, VT

Keywords

MAT, Rural, Group Therapy, Townshend, Pandemic

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Disciplines

Medical Education | Primary Care

Recommended Citation

Plochocki, Anthony, "Assisting Rural MAT Patients Through Peer Social Support" (2023). Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects. 880.
https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/fmclerk/880