Substance Use Disorder Awareness and Education

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.

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.

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 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.

Describes substance use in the United States and includes recommendations on how to address substance misuse and related health consequences

Provides communities, clinicians, policymakers, and others with information and tools to incorporate evidence-based practices into their communities or clinical settings

Discusses the importance of language when discussing substance use and reviews ways to improve language used during clinical encounters to improve patient care

Provides an overview of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) and how opiate exposure during pregnancy may affect a newborn.

Provides a list of data sources to assist agencies, nonprofit groups, organizations, community groups, and coalitions with collecting and assessing data on opioid use.

Provides information about the 2018 Arizona Opioid Epidemic Act for pharmacists and prescribers of opioids, including legal obligations.