Substance Use Tools & Resources    

Informs families about how MAT for opioid addiction works.

Reviews the current knowledge and gaps in understanding regarding the effectiveness of MAT for treating OUD, examines the circumstances in which MAT can be effectively delivered, and identifies challenges in implementation.

This implementation guide serves to provide other medical clinics seeking to integrate maternal mental health care into obstetric and/or pediatric settings with best practices for doing so.

Supplements outpatient OUD treatment programs and serves as a training, monitoring, and reminder tool for healthcare providers and patients in maintaining an outpatient treatment program.

Patients in recovery from addiction and family members discuss the importance of having support and encouragement from the medical staff during treatment.

Provides strategies to build support for expanding the use of medication-assisted treatment (MAT) and resources for securing buy-in.

This module introduces family support professionals and other service providers to basic information about the importance of medication compliance, and provides an understanding of how pregnant and parenting women being treated for behavioral health or medical conditions may be non-compliant or misuse medications. It prepares service providers to recognize women who may be at risk for noncompliance or misuse of medications, develop a plan for referral, and support women with behavioral health problems or medical condition.

Explores the connections between opioid abuse, overdose, and suicide. Examines current research on the relationship between these problems and discusses opportunities for cross-sector collaboration to address them.

Explores ways to expand the use of evidence-based treatment for OUD.

Reviews three FDA-approved medications for OUD treatment (methadone, naltrexone, and buprenorphine) and the other strategies and services needed to support people in recovery.