Other Team Members

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

A Drug Court Team Member's Guide to Medication in Addiction Treatment

This pocket guide is intended for non-clinical drug court team members (e.g., court coordinators, judges, defense attorneys, prosecutors, parole officers, case managers, peer mentors, recovery coaches). It will describe how the team member can support both the provider and those participants prescribed or considering medication-assisted treatment (MAT).

How to Track Treatment Progress and Adherence with the ASAM Criteria (Slides)

The slides from this informative webinar will aid drug court team members in tracking treatment progress and ensuring that participants adhere to medication in addiction treatment. jointly sponsored by the National Association of Drug Court Professionals and the American Society of Addiction Medicine, this webinar was designed especially for judges, coordinators, prosecutors, defense attorneys, supervision officers, case managers, and other team members who refer, monitor, or otherwise support behavioral health treatment in drug courts.

Nursing Follow-Up: Naltrexone

This document has been reproduced with permission from Boston Medical Center(c) and is excerpted from: LaBelle, C. T.; Bergeron, L. P.; Wason, K.W.; and Ventura, A. S. Policy and Procedure Manual of the Office Based Addiction Treatment Program for the use of Buprenorphine and Naltrexone Formulations in the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders. Unpublished treatment manual, Boston Medical Center, 2016.

Pain Management and Opioids Free Online CME Module

This module features more than 60 case-based questions on pain management, safer prescribing of opioid analgesics, and the recognition and treatment of opioid use disorder. To ensure the development of high-quality, unbiased content in this module, we partnered with experts at Boston University School of Medicine's Safer/Competent Opioid Prescribing Education (SCOPE of Pain) program.

Understanding the Opioid Crisis in the U.S. Latino Population: Implications and Recommendations

This webinar recording from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) National Hispanic and Latino Addiction Technology Transfer Center on the implications of the opioid crisis in the U.S. Latino population is now available. This webinar discussed the implications of the opioid crisis in the Latino population in the US. It discussed social and cultural factors that cause substance misuse in Latinos. Additionally, barriers to services and treatments are discussed, along with strategies on how to increase engagement and use of services.

Emergency Department Medication-Assisted Treatment of Opioid Addiction

These protocols for Emergency Department Medication-Assisted Treatment of Opioid Addiction were submitted to specialty societies for endorsement and publication in 2017.

Motivational Interviewing: Brushing up on the Basics

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.

Treating Patients with OUD Can Be Incredibly Rewarding

Several clinical experts discuss the importance and the rewards of treating opioid use disorder patients using Medications for Treating Addictions.

Management of Opioid Withdrawal and Overdose (Revised)

The slides for this module describe the management of opioid withdrawal, including induction on to maintenance medication treatment, and overdose. Given the current dimensions of the opioid epidemic and elevated rates of prescribing high-potency opioids, they focus on strategies for implementing effective treatments for opioid use disorder.

Module 1: Understanding Substance Use Disorders

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.

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