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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Psychiatry. 2018 Jul 1;175(7):665–673. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2018.17060688

Table 3.

Types of MAT medications among alcohol-dependent adults with severe mental illness in Connecticut public behavioral health system (n=896)

MAT sample by SMI diagnosis Full MAT Sample (n=896)

Schizophrenia spectrum (n=249) Bipolar disorder (n=278) Major depression (n=369)

N % N % N % N %

Index treatment episode
Naltrexone 106 42.57 % 123 44.24 % 123 33.33 % 352 39.29 %
 Number of days, if any (Mean, SD) 61.47 (66.39) 52.09 (60.33) 46.15 (55.52) 52.84 (60.77)
Acamprosate 121 48.59 % 133 47.84 % 216 58.54 % 470 52.46 %
 Number of days, if any (Mean, SD) 47.69 (54.36) 50.03 (61.54) 38.05 (37.74) 43.92 (50.05)
Disulfiram 22 8.84 % 22 7.91 % 30 8.13 % 74 8.26 %
 Number of days, if any (Mean, SD) 80.73 (115.94) 41.64 (41.65) 48.57 (65.79) 56.07 (79.72)
Full 12-month follow-up (includes index and any subsequent episodes)*
Naltrexone 113 45.38 % 136 48.92 % 141 38.21 % 390 43.53 %
 Number of days, if any (Mean, SD) 104.09 (97.24) 85.30 (82.72) 62.62 (70.86) 82.55 (84.77)
Acamprosate 129 51.81 % 149 53.60 % 225 60.98 % 503 56.14 %
 Number of days, if any (Mean, SD) 71.29 (76.50) 77.62 (76.00) 63.22 (62.91) 69.55 (70.71)
Disulfiram 25 10.04 % 26 9.35 % 37 10.03 % 88 9.82 %
 Number of days, if any (Mean, SD) 109.48 (121.35) 73.04 (67.26) 58.68 (70.98) 77.35 (88.87)
*

Total percentages exceed 100% because 85 individuals received more than one type of MAT over 12 months post-index treatment initiation.