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ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2026

Who are we reaching? Identifying subgroups among individuals seeking help for opioid use disorder.

Carla Faßbender, Carlotta Riemerschmid, Monika Murawski, Ursula Berger, Eva Hoch, Larissa Schwarzkopf

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Article in Frontiers in psychiatry, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors.

Carla FaßbenderIFT Institut für Therapieforschung, Centre for Mental Health and Addiction Research, Munich, Germany.
Carlotta RiemerschmidIFT Institut für Therapieforschung, Centre for Mental Health and Addiction Research, Munich, Germany.
Monika MurawskiIFT Institut für Therapieforschung, Centre for Mental Health and Addiction Research, Munich, Germany.
Ursula BergerInstitute for Medical Information Processing, Biometry, and Epidemiology (IBE), Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany.
Eva HochIFT Institut für Therapieforschung, Centre for Mental Health and Addiction Research, Munich, Germany.
Larissa SchwarzkopfIFT Institut für Therapieforschung, Centre for Mental Health and Addiction Research, Munich, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Opioid use disorder (OUD) represents a major challenge in addiction care, yet empirical insights into the sociodemographic, clinical, and care-related profiles of help-seekers remain limited. Understanding these profiles is essential for developing targeted care strategies. This study therefore aims to identify and describe latent classes of help-seekers with OUD and outline their specific needs. Methods: Latent Class Analysis was applied to routinely collected person-level data from the 2023 Berlin Addiction Care Statistical Service to identify latent classes of outpatient help-seekers with OUD. Comorbid substance use disorders (SUDs) and injection drug use served as indicators. Classes were compared across sociodemographic, clinical, and care-related variables using Bonferroni-adjusted χ²-tests. Results: Among 2,833 help-seekers, three latent classes were identified: Discussion and conclusion: The results highlight the heterogeneity of help-seekers with OUD and emphasize the need for targeted, class-specific care strategies.

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comorbid substance use disorderinjection drug uselatent class analysisopioid use disorderoutpatient addiction care facilities

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PMID41877883
PMCPMC13006884

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