The Treatment of Substance Use Disorders in Ukraine

摘要

This article examines the prevalence and consequences of alcohol and other drug (AOD) use in Ukraine, and the counseling modalities and resources that are available to address the issue. The authors consider the need for a suitable service initiative involving intensive outpatient AOD counseling, focusing on the North American Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP; Wise, American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 73, 405–410, 2003b) as well as the likely challenges and solutions to implementing such a model.