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GetNaloxoneNow: Everything You Need to Know to Save a Life

Published: 05/30/2018

May 30, 2018 Earlier this year, Dr. Jerome Adams, the Surgeon General of the United States, issued the following advisory on naloxone and opioid overdose: I, Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service, VADM Jerome Adams, am emphasizing the importance of the overdose-reversing drug naloxone. For Patient currently taking high doses of opioids […]

5 Things Dr. Dennis McCarty Wants You to Know About Treatment and Prevention of Opioid Use Disorder

Published: 05/21/2018

May 22, 2018 Veronica Wang Great Lakes ATTC Dr. Dennis McCarty covered a lot of information in the webinar on April 3, Treatment and Prevention of Opioid Use Disorder: An Overview. The webinar began with a brief history of federal drug policy in the U.S. and medication-assisted treatment of opioid use disorder, and ended with […]

10 Things to Know About Hepatitis

Published: 05/10/2018

Maureen Fitzerald ATTC Network Coordinating Office/NIATx May 14, 2018 1. May is Hepatitis Awareness Month. One of the most important things to know is that many (millions) may be infected without knowing it. And people who use drugs and alcohol are at greater risk of getting and transmitting viral hepatitis. With Hepatitis Testing Day coming […]

Reduce Underage Drinking Today and You Prevent Opiate Use Tomorrow

Published: 04/13/2018

April 16, 2018 Alcohol Awareness Month Julia Sherman Coordinator, Wisconsin Alcohol Policy Project Wisconsin, like many states, has seen its rate of underage drinking drop in the last decade. Over that period, law enforcement worked with community groups and coalitions to reduce youth access to alcohol. A new state law made it illegal to provide […]

Looking for a job in behavioral health?

Published: 04/03/2018

April 4, 2018 Maureen Fitzgerald ATTC Network Coordinating Office/NIATx You can job hunt from the comfort of your own home at The Behavioral Health Virtual Job Fair, coming up on Wednesday, April 11, 2018. This online event is designed to help you connect with potential employers in areas with limited access to care. The Health […]

Surgeon General's Report: An Essential Tool for Addressing Substance Use Disorders

Published: 03/30/2018

April 2, 2018H. Westley Clark MD, JD, MPH, DFASAMDean's Executive ProfessorPublic Health ProgramSanta Clara University I spent 16 years as the Director of the Center for SubstanceAbuse Treatment trying to elevate the discourse about substance use, misuse and dependence. It was not until I retired, that the discourse about addiction was joined by the Office of […]

Reducing Stigma and Improving Quality of Care: Shatterproof

Published: 03/22/2018

March 27, 2018 Samantha Arsenault, Director of National Treatment Quality Initiatives Shatterproof More than 42,000 opioid-related overdose deaths last year. Over 2 million people addicted to opioids. Costs to society exceeding $500 billion per year in lost productivity, healthcare, and criminal justice costs. The tragic opioid-related statistics continue to soar—and so too does public awareness […]

Midwest Consortium on Problem Gambling and Substance Abuse: Upcoming Conference Celebrates 15 years

Published: 03/20/2018

March 20, 2018 Carol Spiker, LAC, CPP, KCGC Problem Gambling Program Manager Behavioral Health Services Commission Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services Gambling is an activity in which something of value is risked on a chance that something of value might be obtained, the outcome based on chance. Organized gambling has grown tremendously in […]

Responsible Gambling Programs

Published: 03/12/2018

March 13, 2017Christine ReillySenior Research DirectorNational Center for Responsible Gaming Warning messages on gaming machines. Self-exclusion programs. Programs to limit money and time spent gambling. These are just a few responsible gambling strategies in use around the world. Responsible gambling (RG) refers to programs that seek to prevent or reduce gambling-related harms. The impetus behind […]

Winning Reads for Problem Gambling Awareness Month

Published: 03/02/2018

March 5, 2018 Maureen Fitzerald ATTC Network Coordinating Office/NIATx We've rounded up a few great resources to help you stay up-to-date on the latest in prevention, education, and treatment for problem gambling--not just during Problem Gambling Awareness Month, but year-round: 1. The Worldwide Addiction Gambling Addiction Report (WAGER): Special Series on Gambling Disorder. Sign up for […]

Everything you need to know about medications for treating opioid use disorders: SAMHSA TIP 63

Published: 02/20/2018

February 20, 2018 Maureen Fitzgerald ATTC Network Coordinating Office/NIATx Finding the most up-to-date information on how to support people with opioid use disorder (OUD) just got easier with the release of SAMHSA's TIP 63: Medications for Opioid Use Disorder. An expert panel of researchers, policy makers, treatment providers, and others helped to develop TIP 63. Research […]

Understanding Substance Use Disorders: New online course covers the basics

Published: 02/06/2018

February 6, 2018 Heather Gotham, PhD Associate Research Professor Mid-America ATTC The newest course on HealtheKnowledge, Understanding Substance Use Disorders, is a collaborative effort between the UMKC-SBIRT Project (a SAMHSA-funded SBIRT health professions training grant; www.sbirt.care) and the Mid-America ATTC. Through UMKC-SBIRT we had several requests for a basic training on substance use disorders, as several […]

SoberBowl II: Stealth recovery advocacy

Published: 01/29/2018

January 29, 2018 Maureen Fitzgerald ATTC Network Coordinating Office/NIAtx Tracy Abbott is Director of the ARK, a Houston-based nonprofit dedicated to producing alcohol-free entertainment events. In the fall of 2016, Houston was abuzz with excitement about Super Bowl 2017, which was held at Houston's NRG Stadium. Billboards and restaurants advertised the big game, with accompanying […]

The Opioid Crisis: Community is Key to Addressing the Epidemic

Published: 01/18/2018

January 22, 2018 Holly Ireland, LCSW-CCo-Project DirectorCentral East ATTC In the spirit of collaboration and given our proximity, the Central East ATTC has offered to attend relevant national policy activities in Washington, D.C. to represent the ATTC Network and to support us all in staying abreast of what's happening and assess any potential future impact […]

New Year--New Web Accessibility Laws

Published: 01/05/2018

January 8, 2018 Kendra Barker, M.Ed. Instructional Designer – Specialist Collaborative to Advance Health Services University of Missouri - Kansas City | School of Nursing and Health Studies It’s that time when we start planning for the New Year: budgets, conferences, marketing materials, and more. As we ring in 2018, it's also time to be […]

Hall of Fame--Online Museum of African American Addictions, Treatment and Recovery

Published: 01/03/2018

January 3, 2018 This week, we are pleased to bring you the 2018 inductees into the Hall of Fame for the Online Museum of African American Addictions, Treatment, and Recovery! We join the Online Museum in thanking these notable individuals for their important work and their contributions to the substance use disorder treatment and recovery […]

How do you spell EKG?

Published: 12/11/2017

December 12, 2017 Maureen Fitzgerald ATTC Network NIATx The story behind the NIATx walk-through If you've done a NIATx change project, chances are it started with a walk-through. It's is one of the essential tools that change teams use to experience their organization’s services exactly as a customer would. NIATx Director Dave Gustafson says that […]

Treatment and Recovery News Roundup

Published: 11/28/2017

November 28, 2017 Maureen Fitzgerald ATTC Network Coordinating Office NIATx Did your recent holiday include a holiday from the news? Get caught up with these links to breaking treatment and recovery headline stories: The Health 202: This hotel CEO thinks he can fix America's opioid abuse problem, Washington Post: "Gary Mendell, the chairman of HEI […]

You Don’t Have To Be a Latino to Provide Services to Latino Populations: Enhancing Transcultural Mental Health Care

Published: 11/17/2017

December 4, 2017 Emily Maynard, PhD Post-doctoral fellow University of California, Santa Barbara Three facts you need to know about Latinos and mental health care in the United States: Eighteen percent of the U.S. population is Hispanic or Latino (56.6 million) (US Census Bureau, 2016) Only 5% of American psychologists are Hispanic or Latino (American […]

NIAAA's Alcohol Treatment Navigator: Pointing the way to evidence-based care

Published: 11/15/2017

November 20, 2017 Lori Ducharme, Ph.D. Program Director for Health Services Research National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism SAMHSA’s National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) estimates that about 15 million American adults met the diagnostic criteria for alcohol use disorder in 2016, while only about 10% received treatment from a specialty facility. […]

Native American Heritage Month: Books to add to your reading list

Published: 11/04/2017

November 7, 2017 Maureen Fitzgerald ATTC Network Coordinating Office NIATx Awareness months such as November’s Native American Heritage Month can be a great time to challenge ourselves to learn more about Native Americans’ history and culture, as well as their experiences today. Start by adding books by American Indian authors to your reading list. If […]

Bill White on Recovery Rising: A Memoir from the Frontlines of Addiction Treatment and Recovery

Published: 10/30/2017

October 31, 2017 Bill White has worked in addiction treatment, recovery research, and recovery advocacy for nearly half a century. He's published more than 20 books and monographs on addiction treatment and recovery. His newest book, Recovery Rising: A Retrospective of Addiction Treatment and Recovery Advocacy contains more than 350 vignettes with accompanying reflective questions that allow […]

Cultural competence and organizational change: Meet the researcher, Dr. Erick Guerrero

Published: 10/18/2017

October 15, 2017 Maureen Fitzgerald ATTC Network Office Great Lakes ATTC NIATx Photo credit:Shutterstock National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15) celebrates Hispanic and Latino heritage and the countless ways that Hispanics and Latinos have contributed to the arts, sports, literature and science. And in behavioral health, Hispanic and Latino researchers and scientists are among […]

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