A Cross Sector Approach to Removing Legal and Policy Barriers to Opioid Agonist Treatment

Executive Summary:

The opioid overdose epidemic is one of the most urgent public health issues in the United States today, killing nearly 50,000 people every year and contributing to a variety of other health complications. Opioid agonist treatment (

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Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Improve Patient Outcomes

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In 2018, opioid overdoses in the United States caused one death every 11 minutes, resulting in nearly 47,000 fatalities.1 The most effective treatments for opioid use disorder (OUD) are three medications approved by the Food and Drug Admini

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Executive Order Saving Lives Through Increased Support for Mental and Behavioral Health Needs Report

Executive Summary:

On October 5, 2020, President Trump signed Executive Order (EO) 13594, Saving Lives Through Increased Support for Mental and Behavioral Health Needs. It reflects the Administration’s dedication to preventing the tragedy of suicide,

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Behavioral Health Workforce Report

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SAMHSA has released the “Behavioral Health Workforce Report,” which documents effective mental and substance use disorder treatment models and pertinent staffing needs – as part of the agency’s goal to increase access to evidence-based mental

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Supporting Children and Families Affected by the Opioid Epidemic

In this analysis, we sought to begin to identify how the opioid crisis is affecting children in families touched by problem drug use; how parents or caregivers could be better supported; and how service providers and systems—and the policies underpin

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Combatting the Stigma of Addiction - The Need for a Comprehensive Health System Approach

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• Pre-COVID-19, only 10 percent of those with SUDs received treatment, contributing to the 70,000 annual deaths from drug overdose, of which more than two-thirds are opioid-related. In the current context, the opioid crisis is being acutel

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The American Opioid Epidemic in Special Populations: Five Examples

The United States is in the midst of an unprecedented crisis of prescription and illicit opioid misuse, use disorder, and overdose. In 2018, nearly 47,000 Americans died from an overdose involving opioids [174]. In 2018, 10.3 million people aged 12 y

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DRUG OVERDOSE AWARENESS & PREVENTION

A resource page to raise awareness and provide support in hopes to prevent future overdose cases.

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SMART Recovery

What is SMART Recovery?

SMART Recovery stands for Self-Management and Recovery Training. Like AA, the goal of SMART Recovery is to support individuals that choose to give up and abstain from alcohol and substance use. The program is based on current

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Addiction Group: Inpatient Rehab

Inpatient rehab is one of the three most common types of treatment for substance or alcohol use disorders. Patients eat, sleep, and undergo all of their treatments at the inpatient treatment facility.

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2019 NSDUH Annual National Report

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This report summarizes key findings from the 2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) for national indicators of substance use and mental health among people aged 12 years old or older in the civilian, noninstitutionalized pop

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Addiction Group: Alcohol Effects, Addiction Treatment, and Resources

There are many different treatment options for people who suffer from drug or alcohol addiction. Addiction Group's comprehensive rehabilitation resource center will help you find the best treatment options for you or your loved one.

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Can EHR Natural Language Processing Detect Opioid Misuse Codes?

Human reviewers could identify roughly 70 percent more patients with an opioid use disorder (OUD) than an EHR algorithm.

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Payer Empowers Grassroots Movement to Tackle Opioids Epidemic

A passion for providing substance abuse care and patient advocacy at Highmark Health has created a movement to empower reform around the opioids epidemic.

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Best Practices, Research Gaps, and Future Priorities to Support Tapering Patients on Long-Term Opioid Therapy for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain in Outpatient Settings

This paper focuses on the best practices based on available evidence and research gaps across the key steps in the tapering process:

• Review of indications for an opioid taper
• Shared decision-making and patient engagement when tapering opioids
• Select

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California Youth Opioid Project

A Joint Effort by the California Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions and Advocates for Human Potential, Inc. and funded by the California Department of Health Care Services Community Services Division, established ​a collection of protocols, to

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The Opioid Crisis and the Hispanic/Latino Population: An Urgent Issue

The Opioid Crisis and the Hispanic/Latino Poplution issue brief presents data on prevalence of opioid misuse & death rates in the Hispanic/Latino population; contextual factors & challenges to prevention & treatment; innovative outreach & engagement

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How Online Rehab and Virtual Recovery Works

With everything going on in the world right now, the DecisionData.org team realized that people seeking rehab may be struggling to get help. They decided to create a page that covers everything needed to know about online rehab so people can still fi

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Virtual recovery resources

The coronavirus pandemic has made it difficult for those recovering from substance abuse to continue recovery programs. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA) recently released a tip sheet that provides resources that can

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Patient-Reported Opioid Pill Consumption After an ED Visit: How Many Pills Are People Using?

AHRQ recently released the findings of an opioid study that they funded. AHRQ shared that the study "looked at how many opioid pills are being prescribed during an emergency department visit for acute pain and how many patients actually use. The rese

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