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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 […]

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 […]