This two page summary of Pennsylvania’s efforts to address the opioid crisis focuses on state efforts in 3 areas: substance use disorder treatment, pain management, and harm reduction. Part of a series looking at efforts in 4 states prepared by the American Medical Association and Manatt Health. Continue reading
Resource Tag: Substance Use Disorder
Spotlight on North Carolina: Leading Edge Practices and Next Steps in Reversing the Opioid Epidemic – Report Summary
This two page summary of a full report on North Carolina’s efforts to address the opioid crisis focuses on state efforts in 3 areas: substance use disorder treatment, pain management, and harm reduction. Part of a series looking at efforts in 4 states prepared by the American Medical Association and Manatt Health. Continue reading
Spotlight on Mississippi: Leading Edge Practices and Next Steps in Reversing the Opioid Epidemic – Report Summary
This two page summary of a full report on Mississippi’s efforts to address the opioid crisis provides a focused look at state efforts in 3 areas: substance use disorder treatment, pain management, and harm reduction. Part of a series looking at efforts in 4 states prepared by the American Medical Association and Manatt Health. Continue reading
Spotlight on Colorado: Leading Edge Practices and Next Steps in Reversing the Opioid Epidemic – Report Summary
This two page summary of the 2019 report highlights Colorado’s efforts to address the opioid crisis by providing a focused look at state efforts in 3 areas: substance use disorder treatment, pain management, and harm reduction. Part of a series looking at efforts in 4 states prepared by the American Medical Association and Manatt Health. Continue reading
National Summit on Recovery Conference Report: Description of Systems of Care Elements
More substance use disorder treatment providers are adopting the principles of a recovery-oriented, systems of care approach to treatment. This one page document describes the elements of a recovery-oriented system of care framework. Continue reading
In Brief: Treating Sleep Problems of People in Recovery from Substance Use Disorders
This brief guide from SAMHSA provides guidance for providers on how to assist patients in recovery from substance use disorder with sleep problems. It includes guidance on assessing sleep disorders and recommendations for treatments and improving sleep hygiene. Continue reading
Addressing the Specific Behavioral Health Needs of Men: A Treatment Improvement Protocol
This Treatment Improvement Protocol from SAMHSA focuses on the needs of men receiving treatment for substance use disorders and provides guidance to providers on how gender-specific strategies may improve treatment outcomes. Continue reading
Guidance Document for Supporting Women in Co-ed Settings
Most substance use disorder treatment is provided in settings serving both women and men even though there may be gender differences in how they handle treatment and in the goals they prioritize for their recovery. This guide presents expert advice on how to support women, including transgender women and Continue reading
Resilience Annotated Bibliography
This 2013 report includes an analysis of 67 journal articles on the concept of resiliency and its relationship to substance use disorders and behavioral health conditions. A brief summary of all 67 articles is also included. Continue reading
The Next Step Toward a Better Life
This patient guide details what happens after completion of withdrawal management/detoxification with advice for how to sustain sobriety in the first 30 days after withdrawal management and how to sustain recovery in the long term. Provides specific strategies patients can use to avoid return to use and sustain their new path. Continue reading