Psychosocial Supports

Counseling, peer support, recovery coaching, self-help groups, and recovery supports that address the social determinants of health.

Adapting Evidence-based Practices for Under-resourced Populations

This guide focuses on research supporting adaptations of evidence-based practices (EBPs) for under-resourced populations. Adaptations involve tailoring care, programs, and services to the cultural, social, gender, and demographic contexts of the people served to yield positive outcomes.

2022 National Drug Control Strategy

This inaugural National Strategy proposes bold, targeted, and consequential actions to bend the curve on overdose deaths in the immediate term and reduce substance use and its damaging consequences in the US over the longer term.

Sitgma and OUD

Nurse Practitioner Vanessa Loukas, a PCSS expert, discusses the issue of stigma in treating patients with opioid use disorder (OUD)—from the patients to the providers who treat them.

Peer Support Toolkit

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.

Reducing Stigma Toward Families Impacted by Opioid Use Disorder

The purpose of this resource guide is to share practical strategies and resources implemented by the Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) Investment Program awardees for addressing opioid use disorder (OUD) stigma in hospitals treating pregnant and parenting women with OUD.

Mother & Baby Substance Exposure Initiative Toolkit

This toolkit introduces best practices to support and improve the quality of care for substance exposed mothers and newborns.

Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): Leveraging the Best Available Evidence

By addressing the conditions that give rise to ACEs and simultaneously addressing the needs of children and parents, these strategies take a multi-generation approach to prevent ACEs and ensure safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments.

A Guideline for the Clinical Management of Opioid Use Disorder

This provincial evidence-based guideline articulates the full range of therapeutic options for the optimal treatment of adults and youth with varying presentations of opioid use disorder. It is intended for use for all British Colombia (BC) physicians, nursing and allied health professionals, and other care providers involved in the treatment of individuals with opioid use disorder.

Guidelines for the Identification and Management of Substance Use and Substance Use Disorders in Pregnancy

These guidelines contain recommendations on the identification and management of substance use and substance use disorders for health care services which assist women who are pregnant, or have recently had a child, and who use alcohol or drugs or who have a substance use disorder.

Reducing Polysubstance Use in Pregnancy

In this webinar, Drs. John Iskander and Suzanne Gilboa discuss what CDC and its partners are doing to reduce prenatal substance exposure and how screening and brief interventions may reduce prenatal substance exposure and improve the health of women and infants.

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