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Substance Use Tools & Resources   

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This collection of tools and resources is for providers, staff, and patients who offer or use services to address substance use, and other interested stakeholders. This collection was originally established following an environmental scan on implementing medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder (OUD) in rural primary care. (See PDFs of Volume 1 [PDF 0.69 MB] and Volume 2 [PDF 1.28 MB] of that scan). Items have been continuously added to this collection since then, and the collection has expanded to cover substance use more broadly, rather than just MAT for OUD.

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Certification of Opioid Treatment Programs (OTPs)

Learn how your Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) can become accredited and certified to treat substance use disorders.
Format
Web Page
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Source
Substance Abuse and Mental Health and Human Services (SAMHSA)
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

Checklist of Evidence-Based Recommendations for Caring for Pregnant Women with Opioid Use Disorder (PDF - 181 KB)

The following checklist intends to support health care teams in providing evidence-based recommendations for treating pregnant and postpartum patients with OUD. The checklist is divided into five sections, sequenced by timing of presentation to care.

Format
Other
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Source
Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Program (MCPAP) for Moms
Year
Resource Type
PDF

FDA Public Workshop on Opioid Prescriber Education

This was a two-day virtual public workshop (which can now be re-watched) that convened regulators, clinical researchers, providers, patient advocates, and other stakeholders to exchange information and obtain input by discussing prescriber education's potential role in alleviating the evolving opioid and substance use crisis.
Format
Webinar/Video
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Communities
Policymakers and Payers
Source
Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy / Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Year
Resource Type
Video

MaineMOM

MaineMOM aims to improve care for pregnant and postpartum people with opioid use disorder and their infants by integrating maternal and substance use treatment services.

Format
Web Page
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Communities
Families
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Patients
Source
State of Maine Department of Health and Human Services
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

Overdose Prevention Strategy

The Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) convened an interagency workgroup of key U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) experts in overdose prevention and substance use disorders to develop a new strategy to address the evolving nature of the broadened overdose crisis.This issue brief discusses the Strategy in greater detail, including the objectives under each priority area, associated activities, and guiding principles.
Format
Web Page
Audience
States
Policymakers and Payers
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Communities
Source
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS)
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) Practice Guides

This website contains practice guides, case studies, and blueprints for integrating data, systems, and practices that affect school climate including factors like bullying, drug and alcohol use, and social-emotional competence.
Format
Web Page
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Families
Children
Communities
Schools
Source
Center for PBIS
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

Prescription Opioids DrugFacts

This NIDA web page includes facts and figures on prescription opioids.
Format
Web Page
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Patients
Source
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

Proposed Guidance for Toxicology Testing of Pregnant Patients (PDF - 88.1 KB)

This guidance provides recommendations for screening pregnant patients for substance use disorder (SUD) to enhance the well-being of the maternalfetal dyad.

Format
Instrument/Protocol
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Source
State of Maine Department of Health and Human Services
Year
Resource Type
PDF

Rapid Opioid Dependence Screen (RODS) (PDF - 273 KB)

The RODS is an 8-item screening tool to assess opioid depdence and the need for services for opioid use or withdrawal that require medical attention.
Format
Instrument/Protocol
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Source
Wickersham, JA; et al.
Year
Resource Type
PDF