Recommendation 12. Psychosocial treatment interventions and supports
Psychosocial treatment interventions and supports should be routinely offered to adults with opioid use disorder, in conjunction with pharmacological treatment.
Quality of Evidence: Moderate
Strength of Recommendation: STRONG
As a standard of care, patients should be offered access to psychosocial treatment and supports as part of their OUD care plan. However, a patient’s decision not to participate in ancillary psychosocial treatment interventions should never preclude or delay provision of evidence-based pharmacological treatments.
While the evidence for ancillary psychosocial interventions in the general patient population is equivocal, emerging studies involving adjunct contingency management approaches have yielded promising results for treatment retention and opioid use-related outcomes.
