From: Methadone Maintenance Treatment: A Community Planning Guide (© 2009 CAMH)
This document was developed on behalf of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) by Mark Erdelyan, Program Consultant, CAMH Windsor and Colleen Young, independent writer and instructional designer.
The development team would like to acknowledge the review committee for their support and feedback.
Reviewers
- Christie Collins-Williams (CAMH, Toronto)
- Al Cudmore (CAMH, Hamilton)
- Elizabeth Larocque (Algoma Public Health Methadone Program, Sault Ste. Marie)
- Janine Luce (CAMH, Toronto)
- Jean-Francois Martinbault (Sandy Hill Community Health Centre, Ottawa)
- Norma Medulun (Niagara Health System, St. Catharines)
- Lyle Nicol (CAMH, Thunder Bay)
- Karen O’Gorman (CAMH, Thunder Bay)
- Lynda Ruddock-Rousseau (Drouillard Road Clinic, Windsor)
- Peter Williams (CAMH, Ottawa)
- John Zarebski (CAMH, Chatham)
The guide was also reviewed by the Methadone Maintenance Treatment Provincial Initiatives Steering Committee.
We would like to offer a special thanks to Christine Bois (CAMH, OpiATE Project Manager) for her support throughout all phases of this project and to Sheila Lacroix (CAMH, Toronto) for her extensive literature search in preparation for the writing of this resource.
The 2009 edition is a revision of the 2000 edition of Methadone Maintenance Treatment: A Community Planning Guide. Funding for the guide was provided by the Government of Ontario.
In Methadone Maintenance Treatment: A Community Planning Guide
Acknowledgements
Introduction
About methadone maintenance treatment
Getting ready
Establishing a community working group
Engaging the community
Developing a methadone maintenance treatment program
Implementing the program
Evaluating the program
Appendix: Do You Know... Methadone
References
Resources