Free 8-Hour MAT Waiver Course in Manchester, NH
Elliot Health System One Elliot Way, Manchester, NH, United StatesA free 8-hour Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) buprenorphine waiver training will take place on Friday, March 9, from 8:30AM-5:00PM at Elliot Health System in Manchester, NH. The training is sponsored by […]
Webinar: Hope and Help for Families Affected by Substance Use Disorders
Web-BasedSubstance misuse and substance use disorders often have an adverse impact on families and their individual members, including children. Yet little attention is paid to the impact of SUDs on […]
Science Series: Pharmacotherapy for Treating People with Alcohol Use Disorder, by Dr. Mary F. Brunette
Northeast Node Headquarters 46 Centerra Parkway, Suite 315, Lebanon, NH, United StatesAlcohol use disorder is a common chronic condition. Although multiple pharmacotherapies have been shown to reduce drinking in people with this disorder, these important treatment strategies are underutilized. Dr. Mary Brunette will provide an overview of how to conduct assessments and provide evidence-based pharmacologic management for people with alcohol use disorders in primary and specialty […]
Women Recover! Conference
Four Points Sheraton 1125 Boston-Providence Turnpike, Norwood, MA, United StatesThis is a rare opportunity to chronicle women's treatment, from its beginning to the future, highlighting important issues that are in dire need of our focus and innovation today. In […]
Webinar: Prescribing Buprenorphine in Primary Care
Web-BasedMedications to treat opioid use disorder have been underutilized despite being an effective approach to reduce overdose deaths. Buprenorphine is one such effective treatment. Though the number of certified prescribers […]
Understanding Opiate Addiction Workshop Series – AdultED – Hartford Area Career & Technology Center
Hartford Area Career & Technology Center One Gifford Road, White River Junction, VermontMeets: Three Tuesdays on April 24 & May 1 & May 8, 2018 from 6:00pm to 8:15pm Free Supper: Available starting at 5:30pm Free Onsite Childcare: With pre-registration Scholarships Available […]
Federal Law, Regulations, and the Dispensing of Controlled Substances
Web-BasedThe presentation will briefly touch on the depth of the opioid crisis, the closed system of distribution enforced by the DEA and the practitioner’s role in the closed system and […]
The Power of Perceptions and Understanding: Why addiction is a ‘disease’ and why it’s important
What is the definition of disease and why is it particularly important for addiction to be emphasized as a disease? This presentation is part of a four-part webcast series that […]
SAMHSA Live Virtual Event: Supporting Students With Serious Mental Illness, Substance Use Disorders
Approximately 1.8 of the nation's college students meet the medical criteria for substance misuse or dependence. Increasing numbers of students report high levels of anxiety, hopelessness, and other symptoms of […]
FREE New Hampshire 8-Hour MAT Waiver Training
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital 789 Central Ave, Dover, NH, United StatesThe New Hampshire Medical Society, NH Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Services, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield and New England Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network are pleased to offer this […]
Substance Exposed Infant Annual Conference: Building Pathways of Hope and Success for Families in Maine
This conference is an educational opportunity for clinicians, service providers, prevention specialists, community members, parents, and others to discuss the impact of prenatal substance exposure, how to prevent it, and […]
Emergency Department- Addiction Medicine Collaborative Webinar
Web-BasedThis webinar series is part of the Caring for ME initiative. The goals of Caring for ME are to support prevention efforts; maintain a compassionate and trauma-informed approach to chronic […]
Webinar: Implementing Recovery-Oriented Methadone Maintenance: A Clinical Quality Improvement Project
Web-BasedMethadone saves lives. A large systematic review published in 2017 showed unequivocally that methadone reduces mortality among people with opioid use disorders. In the context of an opioid overdose epidemic, […]
The Power of Perceptions and Understanding: Reducing discriminatory practices in clinical settings
What is the nature and extent of discrimination toward individuals with substance use disorder? What is the origin and perpetuating factors to this discrimination, and how do we tackle the challenge […]
Science Series: Opioid Use Disorder and Commonly Co-Occurring Conditions: an Infectious Disease Perspective
Northeast Node Headquarters 46 Centerra Parkway, Suite 315, Lebanon, NH, United StatesDr. Kinna Thakarar People with opioid use disorder who inject drugs commonly have co-occurring infectious disease conditions like HIV, viral hepatitis, and infective endocarditis. This presentation will review the epidemiology behind injection drug use (IDU) and infectious diseases, a clinical checklist for key health issues among people who inject drugs (PWID) with a focus on […]
FREE New Hampshire 8-Hour MAT Waiver Training
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH, United StatesNH Medical Society, NH Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Services, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield and Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network are pleased to offer this FREE buprenorphine waiver training. […]
3rd Annual Conference of the International Consortium for Drug Demand Reduction
University of California San Diego University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr, Calit 2 Auditorium- Atkinson Hall, La Jolla, CaliforniaIn San Diego, California, the conference will feature a wide range of excellent international panels and presentations that address the current science on substance use disorders and addiction treatment and […]
The College on Drug Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) Annual Scientific Meeting
Hilton San Diego Bayfront, San Diego, CA 1 Park Blvd, San Diego, CA, United StatesThe Power of Perceptions and Understanding: A future without discrimination and discriminatory practices
What would the treatment and public health landscape look like if we were to completely eradicate discriminatory practices? What steps would need to be taken to ensure this happens? This […]
Webinar – Criminal Justice and Serious Mental Illness: Moving to Patient-Centered Care
Join SAMHSA for a Technical Assistance Coalition webinar with the National Council for Behavioral Health discussing the importance of patient-centered care for individuals with serious mental illness who are involved […]
Recovery LIVE! Virtual Event: Peer Supports for Young Adults Living with Serious Mental Illness or Substance Use Disorders
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)’s Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS TACS) invites you to a conversation with national leaders about peer […]
American Dental Association Webinar: Opioids: Current Status of the Crisis, Response, and Future Directions
Web-BasedPresenter(s): Scott Winiecki, MD, Team Lead, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Professional Affairs and Stakeholder Engagement Staff, Safe Use Team, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) About the webinar: This […]
FREE 8-Hour MAT Waiver Course
Cheshire Medical Center, Dartmouth Hitchcock-Keene 580 Court Street, Keene, NH, United StatesThe New Hampshire & Vermont Medical Societies, NH Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Services, New England ATTC, American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield are pleased […]
Webinar: Parallels between Opioid Overdose and Suicide: Engaging the Conversation
Webinar Objectives: Provide an overview of trends in suicide in Maine and parallels with the opioid crisis and highlight potential relationships to substance abuse. Highlight best practices on suicide identification, […]
Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention Among People Who Use Substances
Web BasedThis webinar will define pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV and summarize the evidence of PrEP’s safety and efficacy for preventing HIV infection, focusing on populations who use substances. It will […]
Science Series: What’s the Point? Harm Reduction through Syringe Exchange in White River Junction and Springfield, VT, by Laura Byrne
Northeast Node Headquarters 46 Centerra Parkway, Suite 315, Lebanon, NH, United StatesSyringe exchange programs are more than just a place to trade in used needles for new ones. These programs offer a variety of services such as HIV and Hepatitis C testing, naloxone and referrals to substance misuse treatment and other services. This talk will examine and compare two syringe exchange programs run by the HIV/HCV […]
2018 Vermont Primary Care Behavioral Health Conference
The Primary Care Behavioral Health Conference (sponsored by the University of Vermont) aims to enhance clinicians’ capacity to treat some of the most challenging clinical cases presenting to primary care. […]
New Perspectives on Addiction Relapse and Recovery: An Idiographic Contextual Approach
Northeast Node Headquarters 46 Centerra Parkway, Suite 315, Lebanon, NH, United StatesPlease join us for a Center for Technology and Behavioral Health (CTBH) seminar with Katie Witkiewitz, PhD New Perspectives on Addiction Relapse and Recovery: An Idiographic Contextual Approach Topic: Treatments […]
National American Indian & Alaska Native ATTC Group Counseling Webinar
Web-BasedPart of the Essential Substance Abuse Skills Webinar Series Speaker: Sean A. Bear 1st, BA, CADC, Meskwaki Tribal Nation