**Please note, we do not provide CEUs for viewing recorded webinars. If you are interested in receiving CEUs, you can view and register for our upcoming webinars here.** Description In traditional treatment programs for addiction, the majority of patients are not offered ongoing medical treatment. The minority who do receive medical care typically face intensive psychosocial […]
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Improving Clinical Quality in Methadone Treatment: Results of a 2-Year Pilot
**Please note, we do not provide CEUs for viewing recorded webinars. If you are interested in receiving CEUs, you can view and register for our upcoming webinars here.** Description There are more methadone programs in the U.S. today than there were five years ago. In fact, the methadone treatment industry grew more in the past four […]
Implementing Recovery Oriented Methadone-Maintenance: A Clinical Quality Improvement Project
**Please note, we do not provide CEUs for viewing recorded webinars. If you are interested in receiving CEUs, you can view and register for our upcoming webinars here.** Description Methadone saves lives. A large systematic review published in 2017 showed unequivocally that methadone reduces mortality among people with opioid use disorders. In the context of an […]
Prescribing Buprenorphine in Primary Care
**Please note, we do not provide CEUs for viewing recorded webinars. If you are interested in receiving CEUs, you can view and register for our upcoming webinars here.** Description We are in the midst an opioid use and opioid overdose epidemic. More than a million people with opioid use disorder go untreated each year in the […]
Risk Management Toolkit
The Risk Management toolkit is designed to help individuals and organizations providing methadone treatment reduce the risk of adverse incidents among their clients.
World Health Organization: Management of Substance Use
The World Health Organization (WHO) is in international entity that works with governments and other partners to ensure the highest attainable level of health for all people. Several treatment guidelines about substance use have been published by WHO. The topics include community management of opioid overdose, identification and management of substance use and SUDs in […]
Management of Benzodiazepines in Medication-Assisted Treatment
These clinical guidelines were prepared for the City of Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disability Services by IRETA with support from Community Care Behavioral Health. The project was conceived in response to frequent benzodiazepine use among individuals in medication-assisted treatment and a relative absence of research-based guidance on clinically effective treatment strategies for […]
Treatment Improvement Protocols (TIPs) by SAMHSA
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) publishes a series of best-practice manuals for the treatment of substance use disorders and other related topics. The 60+ Treatment Improvement Protocols (TIPS) are available for download online, or can be ordered in print.
The ASAM National Practice Guideline for the Use of Medications in the Treatment of Addiction Involving Opioid Use
ASAM’s National Practice Guideline provides information on evidence-based treatment of opioid use disorder, and is the first to address all of the FDA-approved medications available to treat addiction involving opioid use and opioid overdose in a single document. Access the Guideline here
Effective Risk Management in Outpatient Methadone Treatment
The one-day training “Effective Risk Management Strategies in Outpatient Methadone Treatment” is designed to increase opioid treatment providers’ (both clinical and administrative staff) knowledge and skills on the most effective ways to conduct risk management strategies for opioid treatment centers. Training materials include a Trainers Manual, a three-part webinar series, and nine PowerPoint presentations, one […]
