Medication-Assisted Treatment and the Modern Interventionist: What Every Practitioner Needs to Know

Matt Brown • 2026-05-14

Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) has become one of the most evidence-supported tools in addiction medicine — and one of the most misunderstood topics in the intervention room. Families arrive with strong opinions. Clients arrive with fear or hope. And interventionists are often caught in the middle, expected to have an answer they may not have prepared for.