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Opioid use disorder has reached an alarming rate in the United States. As a population disproportionately affected by substance use disorders (SUDs), the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community has not been spared from the opioid epidemic. According to the 2015 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, LGB men and women across all age brackets were significantly more likely to have misused prescription pain relievers in the last year compared to heterosexual adults (Figure 1), and had almost three times greater risk of opioid use disorder compared to heterosexual adults.1 Although little is known about opioid use among transgender people, the few studies that do exist have found an elevated prevalence of illicit drug use in this population

In January 2020, the National Council for Mental Wellbeing hosted a technical experts’ panel (TEP) to identify best and promising practices to engage individuals surviving overdose and assist individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) presenting in emergency department (ED) settings. At the conclusion of the panel, recommendations were identified and prioritized, outlining the core components necessary to effectively address the needs of individuals with OUD within ED settings. This report identifies key policy and practice recommendations informed by existing research, case examples and findings from the TEP.

Workbook addressing stress and trauma among Recovery Oriented Systems of Care.

This presentation described: (1) the epidemics of HIV and HCV among US adolescents and young adults with regional examples. (2) the HIV continuum of care for Adolescents and Young Adults. (3) the value of HIV treatment, and current antiretroviral treatment guidelines and recent updates in care and treatment (4) how to incorporate HIV and HCV prevention, screening and linkage to care into your work with youth. Presented by Cathryn Samples, M.D.

The extensive body of literature informing the DSM-5 classification of substance use disorders will be applied throughout this lesson to substance use disorders among persons with HIV. This Core Concept will review the epidemiology of substance use in persons with HIV, examine the risk factors that predispose individuals to substance use disorders, and discuss current diagnostic and treatment paradigms for the most common substance use disorders in the United States.

Here are a list of different resources from numerous websites to assist witht he Opiod epidemic.

This is a catalogue of blog postings by William L. White, an Emeritus Senior Research Consultant at Chestnut Health Systems / Lighthouse Institute and past-chair of the board of Recovery Communities United. Bill has a Master’s degree in Addiction Studies and has worked full time in the addictions field since 1969 as a streetworker, counselor, clinical director, researcher and well-traveled trainer and consultant. He has authored or co-authored more than 400 articles, monographs, research reports and book chapters and 20 books. He is a recognized leader in the peer recovery field.

This powerpoint was created with the following objectives in mind:

- Clarify adolescent increased risk for drug use/abuse from a developmental perspective

- Address screening, assessment, interventions (prevention, treatment, aftercare) including the dually diagnosed.

- Examine mechanism of behavior change (MBC) and pre-, during, and post-treatment outcomes.

-Discuss implications of findings and future directions.

The Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC) Network Coordinating Office (NCO) has designed this competency-based guide to raise awareness of resources available to build the capacity of the workforce to address the opioid crisis. The digital guide is relevant to peer support workers, and other behavioral health professionals who intersect with people at risk for misuse of, or who are already misusing opioids. Contemporary use of prescription or illicit opioids has led to the current opioid crisis in the US, where opioid overdose has increased fivefold since 1999, and where every day more than 115 people die of an opioid overdose. It is important to acknowledge the continuum of prevention, treatment, and recovery when addressing people who have, or are at risk of developing, an opioid use disorder. Therefore, we have organized the guide to align with this continuum.

Using this paper and its recommendations as a guide, State Mental Health Commissioners/Directors should support the establishment of Deaf to Deaf Peer Support Training and Services in their states to significantly support the recovery process of the people they serve who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing and have mental health conditions. Peer support services and mental health recovery concepts have largely been embraced in the hearing world. However, peer support and learning about mental health recovery concepts among the Deaf and Hard of Hearing communities has just begun to emerge and are not widely known. People who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing and have mental health conditions should have the same opportunities to have peer support services as their hearing counterparts and learn about mental health recovery concepts.

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In this session from the Recovery Center of Excellence's Taking Action Summit, participants were informed about how to assemble a network of community partners to address the needs of the substance/opioid use population in a rural, predominantly Hispanic community to create systemic changes. Participants explored how utilizing peer support is critical both for individuals in recovery and to strengthen coordination of care across systems, i.e., behavioral health, medical, prisons, and other services. They learned about a system that integrates prevention, treatment, and recovery services to address the needs of individuals with substance use disorder/opioid use disorder.