Trainings in Alaska Result in Positive Impact in Treating OUD

Last year, PCSS Clinical Expert Melissa Weimer, DO, MCR, traveled to a rural Alaska community to give a small group of clinicians specialized training in treating opioid use disorders (OUD), which had a significant impact on this rural community.

Several communities across the country are utilizing the trainings created by the PCSS grant and this effort in Alaska further demonstrates the far-reaching significance of these trainings. PCSS, funded by SAMHSA, is helping increase the use of evidence-based practices in the prevention and treatment of OUD with increased screening and a better understanding of the effectiveness of the use of medications for the treatment of OUDs.  [ Read more ]

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Webinar: Pain Care Legislation and Public Policy

Date: May 16, 2018

Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm ET

Presenters: Michael Barnes, Esq.,Managing Partner, DCBA Law & Policy in Washington, DC; Wade Delk, BA, Director of Governmental Affairs, for the American Society for Pain Management Nursing

Sponsor: American Society for Pain Management Nursing ( ASPMN)

W ebinar description: This webinar will provide insights in to the thought process of those making policy, and how that policy will affect healthcare providers.. [ More ]

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New Guide on Pregnancy and Opioids Now Available

NOTE: The link to this story did not work in the previous PCSS newsletter.

A new PDF guide, Pregnancy & Opioids from the Partnership of Drug Free Kids, provides support and information to women who are working hard in recovery while pregnant. The guide includes sections on helping the mother-to-be get to appointments, stigma, breastfeeding and newborn health.

Please share with your patients and clinicians in your practice.

News and Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

JAMA Pediatrics

Association of Psychiatric Comorbidity With Opioid Prescriptions and Long-term Opioid Therapy Among US Adolescents

Medscape

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Posttraumatic stress disorder and chronic pain are associated with opioid use disorder: Results from a 2012-2013 American nationally representative survey

PCSS Online Brochure. Please share this link with colleagues: https://goo.gl/G1ay6H

Funding for this initiative was made possible (in part) by grant nos. 5H79TI025595-03, 5U79TI026556-02 and 3U79TI026556-02S1 from SAMHSA. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.