Less Than One-Half Of Psychiatric Hospitals Provide Opioid Addiction Treatment

Less than half of psychiatric hospitals that responded to the 2022 National Substance Use and Mental Health Services Survey (490 facilities, or about 48.0%) reported providing opioid addiction treatment (known as Medication for Opioid Use Disorder [MOUD]). Facilities were more likely to offer MOUD if they also provided medications for alcohol use disorder (373 facilities, or 91.9%) or medically managed withdrawal services (308 facilities, or 69.8%).

Of the 441 facilities that offered medically managed withdrawal, 133 (30.16%) did not provide MOUD. Facilities that provided MOUD had a greater median bed capacity (36 beds) than the overall . . .