Substance Use Tools & Resources    

This compilation of best practice recommendations and resources provides guidance to initiate and expand MAT programs for OUD for patient populations in a variety of service settings.

Provides information about three FDA-approved medications to treat addiction involving opioid use.

Offers physicians quick, targeted information on how to get started offering OUD treatment medications and other recovery support services in their practice.

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.

Provides a basic introduction of the concepts of the disease model of addiction and the role of the reward system. Using neuroscience concepts as a foundation, clinical manifestations of the disease of addiction are then discussed in the form of case-based presentations.

These are slides for a webinar which reviewed the basic concepts and skills of Motivational Interviewing (MI) and employed MI skills and tools, to illustrate the practical applicability of these tools in clinical practice for their addiction and other patient populations.

Provides presentations, documents, forms, and videos about the use of naloxone in opioid overdoses. Resource categories are First Responder Naloxone Training Program, Naloxone Program Forms, Naloxone Training Forms, and Videos.

Provides resources for clinicians interested in initiating buprenorphine treatment in emergency department settings.

Equips healthcare providers, communities, and local governments with material to develop practices and policies to help prevent opioid-related overdoses and deaths. Addresses issues for healthcare providers, first responders, treatment providers, and those recovering from opioid overdose.