Other Team Members

ex. Nurses, case managers, medical assistants, office managers

Your Words Matter – Language Showing Compassion and Care for Women, Infants, Families, and Communities Impacted by Substance Use Disorder

This resource offers background information and tips for providers on how to use person-first language and on which terms to avoid using to reduce stigma and negative bias when discussing addiction or substance use disorder with pregnant women and mothers.

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.

A Practical Research Agenda for Treatment Development for Stimulant Use Disorder

This was a virtual public workshop to discuss a practical research agenda toward treatment development for stimulant use disorder. Meeting participants responded to a proposed practical research agenda that focuses on innovation in clinical trial design and candidate endpoints for the evaluation of potential treatments for stimulant use disorder.

Fentanyl Drug Checking and Screening: Roundtable on Clinical Perspectives Summary Report

This document summarizes the discussion from the meeting of clinicians and researchers who are knowledgeable about screening for fentanyl and other drugs, primarily in health care settings. The focus of the meeting was to understand clinician/researcher perspectives about clinical fentanyl testing and distribution of fentanyl test strips (FTS) to patients and discuss next steps for technology development, research, and practice.

Pain Management and the Opioid Epidemic: Balancing Societal and Individual Benefits and Risks of Prescription Opioid Use

This guideline updates the state of the science on pain research, care, and education with a particular focus on informing the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) development of a formal method for incorporating individual and societal considerations into its risk-benefit framework for opioid approval and monitoring.