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Research Paper

Perceptions of treatment needs – A factorial survey of Swedish addiction care practitioners

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Pages 469-480 | Received 15 Oct 2014, Accepted 24 Mar 2015, Published online: 27 Apr 2015
 

Abstract

The aim of the study was to analyze addiction care staff (N = 447) perceptions of needs for psychosocial and medical treatment, and possibilities for self-change in relation to fictitious cases. By means of a factorial survey and multilevel analysis, the importance of user, respondent and work characteristics were estimated, with a particular focus on the comparison between healthcare staff and social services staff. Healthcare staff were more skeptical than social services staff towards self-change and assessed the need for medical treatment to be greater. Despite the ongoing medicalisation of Swedish addiction care, psychosocial interventions were still seen as a central part of treatment by both groups. The importance of user characteristics for the assessments was surprisingly similar across the two groups of staff, suggesting that staff perceptions are analogous to the governing images of substance use and treatment needs that prevail in society.

Declaration of interest

The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the article.

The study was financed by the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare (Forte) as a part of the Centre of Excellence program at SoRAD; “Exclusion and Inclusion in the Late Welfare State: The Case of Alcohol and Drugs”. The study was approved by the Regional Ethical Review Board in Stockholm (2009/2101-31/5).

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