Opioid Use Disorder
The Providers Clinical Support System (PCCS) is a program of the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry and associated healthcare organizations that provides training and clinical mentoring to primary care providers to help them treat opioid use disorder and manage chronic pain in their practices.
Funding Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Link to a free continuing medical education program on pain management and safe opioid prescribing from the New England Journal of Medicine. The training is provided through an interactive website and features a case-based training model. Learning objectives include understanding the latest Continue reading
A 10 minute video about the Project Nurture model of providing prenatal, maternity, and post partum care to women with substance use disorder and pediatric care for their infants. Includes stories from the peer support mentors who help the patients throughout the program.
Funding Source: Health Share of Oregon
This 3 minute video explains the Project Nurture model of providing prenatal, maternity, and post partum care to women with substance use disorders and pediatric care for the infants. The model provides an integrated, interdisciplinary team treatment model that includes maternity and substance use disorder treatment along with peer support services and assistance with child welfare issues if needed.
Funding Source: Health Share of Oregon
This 2019 update on medications to treat opioid use disorder and opioid withdrawal provides information about extended release formulations of buprenorphine, reviews evidence for the effectiveness of lofexidene to treat withdrawal symptoms, and also includes a table with comparative costs of opioid use disorder pharmacological therapies. Continue reading
This clinician’s quick guide from the Veterans Health Administration provides information to assist providers in making treatment decisions about opioid use disorder (OUD). Includes sections on recognizing opioid intoxication and withdrawal, interpreting urine drug tests, how to become a qualified buprenorphine provider, medication assisted treatment options, management of co-occurring HIV and HCV, and Continue reading
This clinician’s guide from the Veterans Health Administration discusses opioid use disorder (OUD). It includes sections on the need to reduce stigma, how to use accurate and non-judgmental language, how to identify patients with OUD and determine the severity of their condition, how to engage patients in treatment, and how to provide OUD treatment in a primary care setting. Continue reading
This patient brochure from the Veterans Health Administration provides basic information about opioid use disorder and addresses aspects of stigma. It uses a format of posing True or False questions such as: are opioids effective for the long-term management of pain? Is developing opioid use disorder a choice? And is it true that people can never recover from opioid use disorder? Continue reading
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 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