This 2-page guide is designed to assist pharmacists in talking with patients and caregivers about naloxone.
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Pharmacists’ Insights into Their Role in Preventing Opioid Overdose
Source: Camden Coalition of Health Care Providers
This 4-page issue brief explores pharmacists’ insights into their role in preventing opioid overdose.
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Addiction Treatment Networks Cannot Withstand Acute Crises: Lessons from the 2021 Winter Storm Uri in Texas
Source: National Academy of Medicine
This commentary piece describes the effect the 2021 winter storm Uri had on the addiction treatment network in Austin, Texas and the significant challenges patients faced in maintaining access to medications to treat opioid use disorder.
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Adapting Your Practice: Recommendations for the Care of Homeless Patients with Opioid Use Disorder
Source: Health Care for the Homeless Clinicians' Network
This report focuses on helping providers adapt their practice to care for people experiencing homelessness or at risk for homelessness with a diagnosis of opioid use disorder.
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National Roadmap on State-Level Efforts to End the Nation’s Drug Overdose Epidemic
Source: American Medical Association & Manatt
The 2020 national roadmap for state strategies to address the nation’s drug overdose epidemic updates the 2019 publication and focuses on 6 strategic areas: increasing access to evidence-based treatments for substance use disorders (SUDs); enforcing mental health and SUD parity laws; ensuring access to physician care; improving access to multi-modal pain care; expanding harm reduction efforts; and improving monitoring and evaluation.
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Closing Gaps in the Continuum of Treatment and Support Services for Pregnant and Parenting Women with Opioid Use Disorder
Source: Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts
This 4 page issue brief addresses the need for effective substance use disorder treatment for pregnant and parenting women and describes 3 programs developed to serve this population:
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How to Prepare for a Video Appointment with Your Mental Health Clinician
Source: American Psychiatric Association & Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
This 1-page guide prepares patients for a video telehealth appointment with a behavioral health provider. The guide lists 4 steps to take before the day of the appointment, 2 steps to take on the day of the appointment, and brief guidance on beginning the video session.
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California Bridge Resources
Source: California Bridge
The California Bridge Resources page is a searchable database of California Bridge’s evidence-based materials including clinical guides, protocols, toolkits, sample patient materials, and FAQs. All resources in the California Bridge database have been developed by interdisciplinary teams based on published evidence and expert opinion.
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NIDAMED: Clinical Resources
Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse
NIDAMED, an imitative of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), has a mission of developing science-based resources for clinicians, other health professionals, and those in training to improve screening for and treatment of substance use disorders. The website includes resources in 9 categories:
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Thriving Together
Source: Well Being Trust, Community Initiatives, & ReThink Health
This resource was developed by leaders from over 100 organizations and provides a discussion and list of actions that communities, organizations, businesses, governments, and funders can take to achieve the expectation of: all people and places thriving – no exceptions.