A guide to integrating primary care services into substance use disorder treatment programs from the Center for Integrated Health Solutions (SAMHSA/HRSA). The guide describes common integration models and provides examples of how clinics around the country have developed integrated care programs with a discussion of successes, Continue reading
Resource Tag: Substance Use Disorder
Creating Partnerships between Behavioral Health Providers and Child Welfare
This 2 page information guide explains the importance of collaboration between behavioral health providers including substance use disorder treatment providers and child welfare. The guide from the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare provides facts and statistics about the impact of the addiction crisis on child welfare and Continue reading
Changing Federal Terminology Regarding Substance Use and Substance Use Disorders
This January 2017 memorandum from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy alerts federal agency staff to recommended changes in language use related to substance use and substance use disorders. The recommended changes in language use are intended to reduce stigma and support treatment for substance use disorders. Continue reading
Project Nurture
Project Nurture is an innovative treatment model for pregnant and parenting women with substance use disorder and their infants. An integrated care team provides prenatal, maternity, postpartum, and pediatric care to the women and their infants. This 2018 presentation explains the treatment model and presents brief findings from an evaluation of the program.
Funding Source: Legacy Health Systems, Lifeworks NW, CODA, Inc., Oregon Health & Science University, Oregon DHS Child Welfare, Health Share of Oregon
Project Nurture – A New Model of Care that Integrates Maternity Care and Substance Use Treatment
A 2 page overview of Project Nurture, a Center of Excellence program that provides prenatal care, inpatient maternity care, and postpartum care for women with substance use disorder as well as pediatric care for their infants. The integrated delivery model includes physicians, certified alcohol and drug counselors and peer support specialists in the treatment team. The model has been adopted by multiple sites, some of which incorporate addiction treatment into a primary care clinic and some which incorporate maternity and pediatric care into an addiction treatment facility. This paper provides a brief summary of the Project Nurture evaluations which showed positive outcomes for Project Nurture participants compared to women with substance use disorder provided usual maternity care.
Funding Source: Legacy Health Systems, Lifeworks NW, CODA, Inc., Oregon Health & Science University, Oregon DHS Child Welfare, Health Share of Oregon
Project Nurture – A Center of Excellence Model that Integrates Maternity Care and Addiction Treatment
A one page guide to Project Nurture, a Center of Excellence program that provides prenatal care, inpatient maternity care, and postpartum care for women with substance use disorder as well as pediatric care for their infants. The integrated delivery model includes physicians, certified alcohol and drug counselors and peer support specialists in the treatment team. The model has been adopted by multiple sites, some of which incorporate addiction treatment into a primary care clinic and some which incorporate maternity and pediatric care into an addiction treatment facility.
Funding Source: Legacy Health Systems, Lifeworks NW, CODA, Inc., Oregon Health & Science University, Oregon DHS Child Welfare, Health Share of Oregon
Project Nurture Collaborative
A 2018 presentation on the Project Nurture model of providing integrated prenatal, maternity, postpartum, and pediatric care to women with substance use disorders and their infants. This presentation explains how the project came to be, describes characteristics of program participants, and provides results from a qualitative study of program participants.
Funding Source: Legacy Health Systems, Lifeworks NW, CODA, Inc., Oregon Health & Science University, Oregon DHS Child Welfare, Health Share of Oregon
Understanding the Links Between Adolescent Trauma and Substance Abuse – A Toolkit for Providers
This 2008 toolkit from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network explains the link between childhood trauma and adolescent substance use or mental health conditions and provides treatment recommendations for providers working with these patients.
Funding Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Improving Addiction Care Team (IMPACT) Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) – Case Study
This case study describes the Improving Addiction Care Team (IMPACT) model developed at Oregon Health & Science University to provide addiction medicine consultations during inpatient hospitalization and provide transitions to community based substance use disorder treatment upon discharge.
Language Matters Infographic
This one page infographic from the Addiction Policy Forum focuses on the importance of using appropriate and non-stigmatizing language when discussing substance use disorders. Continue reading