Vägen ut - metadonpatientens sociala rehabilitering.

Sammanfattning: The purpose of the study was to examine what possibilities and obstacles, according to the personnel and patients in a methadone treatment, exist in the patient's social rehabilitation. How does the methadone treatment encourage the patient's social rehabilitation, what possibilities/obstacles are there according to personnel and patients? What does the patient see as important aspects of his/her social rehabilitation and what importance does the methadone have on the treatment? The results show that there are difficulties for patients to rebuild their life, find employment, start new social networks and get by with everyday tasks. The support from friends and family will simplify the patient's social rehabilitation, otherwise they get isolated and alone. Patients feel that they are fighting for a successful treatment so that they can have a relationship with friends and families again. Several patients and personnel, have experienced that patients often get a negative reception from society because parts of the society hold the opinion that methadone are a substitute for heroin and therefore not an accepted treatment program. Some of the patient's goals are to start work, earn their own money so that they will not have to rely financially on the social services.