Medscape July 25, 2024
Physicians who fail to help patients suffering from addiction blame their institutions and their own limitations in skill, knowledge, available brainpower, and faith that interventions will help patients, a systematic review found.
Researchers analyzed 283 international studies with data from 66,732 physicians who were asked about their reluctance to address addiction treatment and substance use. Of the studies, 61.5% cited lack of knowledge as a factor, 61.1% cited lack of institutional support, 60.1% cited lack of skills, 48.1% cited lack of available brainpower, and 46.6% cited lack of expectations of benefit, reported Wilson M. Compton, MD, deputy director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, Baltimore, and colleagues, in JAMA Network Open.
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