Substance Use Tools & Resources    

Addresses the concerns providers have about being overwhelmed in their practice if they begin treating patients for OUD.

This Guide to meant to help health care teams recognize, rethink and remediate the stigma and bias of words commonly used in caring for people with the chronic disease of substance use disorder:

This toolkit was developed to assist administrators, directors, and supervisors of treatment organizations who have recently hired (or plan to hire) peers into new support roles with the agency. It is an interactive PDF that presents key information in brief reads, yet preserves the opportunity to delve deeper into subjects.

This information sheet provides stigmatized words to avoid when speaking about substance use disorder, and words to use instead.

This toolkit provides guidance and information to hospitals and health systems on how they can partner with patients, clinicians and communities to address the opioid epidemic.

These are slides for a module about how shame plays an important role in OUDs and how it can impede treatment if not addressed.

This NIDA policy brief shares evidence-based research on treating opioud use dissorder on pregnancy, including the assessment of methadone and buprenorphine as treatment.

This resource examines the role of language in perpetuating substance use disorder stigma, followed by tips for assessing when and how we may be using stigmatizing language, and steps for ensuring that the language we use and messages we deliver are positive, productive, and inclusive.

These are presentation slides which demonstrate the impact of stigma with facts and figures. They were presented by John F. Kelly, Ph.D. at the National Association of Drug Court Professionals Conference in Anaheim, CA in June 2016.

MCPAP for Moms provides obstetricians, midwives, and PCPs with psychiatric consultation for behavioral health concerns and questions around medications when pregnant or breastfeeding. MCPAP for Moms also supports connections with community-based services and support groups.