Publications by authors named "Mary Rockas"

Purpose Of Review: The purpose of this review is to examine recent literature (2012-2022) on alcohol treatment access and engagement in women in the U.S. and propose future directions for research and clinical practice.

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Background And Objectives: Here we aimed to characterize clinical outcomes in those receiving treatment at a Veterans Health Administration (VHA) methadone maintenance treatment program (MMT) during the COVID 19 pandemic in which SAMSHA regulations for MMTs were changed to provide a greater number of methadone allotments and decreased clinic-visit frequency.

Methods: We report results of a single-site, pre-post cohort study of urine drug screen data 3 months before and after an increase in allotments of take-home medication from the methadone clinic. One hundred twenty-nine patients met inclusion criteria for this study.

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