Stabilization & Maintenance

This on-demand webinar reviews research on 12-step mutual help groups for people seeking to recovery from addiction and discusses the mechanisms through which 12-step groups affect members.

This Topic Brief provides an overview of what constitutes low-threshold treatment for patients with OUD, the state of the evidence and patient perspectives on low-threshold OUD treatment, and key steps and strategies for providing low-threshold treatment for patients with OUD in primary care settings.

This virtual public meeting which explored real-world experiences and scientific evidence for buprenorphine initiation strategies, as well as medication dosing and management during continued treatment across different care settings

This fact sheet provides an overview of the Medication First (or low-barrier maintenance pharmacotherapy) approach to the treatment of opioid use disorders.

This resource document provides practical, evidence-based information for primary care providers and practices on prescribing buprenorphine to individuals in need of intervention, including implementation considerations and strategies for primary care providers and primary care organizations.

This SAMHSA page includes information on 2023 training requirements that eliminated the DATA waiver that was previously needed to prescribe buprenorphine and expanded the number of DEA-registered practitioners able to treat people with opioid use disorder.

This toolkit is tailored specifically to the unique needs of multidisciplinary substance use disorder (SUD) providers and programs serving perinatal individuals. It is meant to be a quick reference resource about mental health and SUD specific to perinatal individuals.

The Drug Free Moms and Babies (DFMB) Project is a comprehensive and integrative medical and behavioral health program for pregnant and postpartum women. The project supports healthy baby outcomes by providing prevention, early intervention, addiction treatment, and recovery support services.

UNC Horizons is a substance use disorder treatment program for women, including those who are pregnant, parenting, and/or whose lives have been touched by abuse and violence.

The Project RESPECT team supports patients throughout their recovery journey during the entire first year postpartum and offer monitored, acute substance withdrawal treatment and induction of medications for opioid use disorder in pregnant patients seeking treatment.