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Quality Healthcare Is Your Right – A Guide for People Who Use Drugs

Source: Harm Reduction Coalition

This patient education guide was written to help people who use drugs access safe and quality health care. It provides information about the importance of seeking health care when appropriate, provides tips on finding a good health care provider or clinic, how to prepare for healthcare visits,

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Trauma-informed Approaches Need to be Part of a Comprehensive Strategy for Addresing the Opioid Epidemic

Source: Campaign for Trauma-Informed Policy and Practice

A 2017 policy brief from the Campaign for Trauma-Informed Policy and Practice, this report describes why strategies to address the opioid crisis will only be successful if we understand the connection between trauma and the roots of addiction. The brief also provides examples of effective prevention and treatment programs. Funding Source:  Unknown

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Language Matters Infographic

Source: Addiction Policy Forum

This one page infographic from the Addiction Policy Forum focuses on the importance of using appropriate and non-stigmatizing language when discussing substance use disorders.

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Substance Abuse Treatment: Addressing the Specific Needs of Women – A Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP 51)

Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

A 2013 Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration that addresses the specific needs of women engaged in substance use disorder (SUD) treatment. TIPs are comprehensive best-practice guidelines for the prevention and

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Guidance to States: Treatment Standards for Women with Substance Use Disorders

Source: The National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors

This 2008 publication from the National Association of State Alcohol/Drug Abuse Directors defines treatment standards for women with substance use disorders (SUD). The publication can be used by SUD treatment providers or by states seeking to improve their delivery of SUD treatment services.

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The Recover Out Loud Movement

Source: The Recover Out Loud Movement

The mission of the Recover Out Loud movement is to speak honestly about the experiences of people who have achieved recovery from addiction and bridge the gap between the recovery community and the community at large. This website details the work of the Movement and highlights the stories of those recovering

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Recovery Out Loud: A 2018 Documentary

Source: The Recover Out Loud Movement

The Recover Out Loud movement in Atlanta produced this powerful documentary on the reality of the experience of addiction and recovery. Real people tell their stories of survival, “real, and with no regrets.” For more information, please visit http://recoveroutloud.org/documentary/.

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SAMHSA Recovery and Recovery Support Information Page

Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service’s web-page on recovery which provides basic information and emphasizes the need to incorporate cultural competence and actively work to reduce health disparities when providing recovery support services.

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National Summit on Recovery Conference Report: Description of Systems of Care Elements

Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

More substance use disorder treatment providers are adopting the principles of a recovery-oriented, systems of care approach to treatment. This one page document describes the elements of a recovery-oriented system of care framework.

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