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PCSS Trainings

New SUD 101 Course Gives Clinicians Comprehensive Introduction to Treating Substance Use Disorders

PCSS recently released a free 22-module SUD 101 course, which gives clinicians a comprehensive introduction and overview of substance use disorders (SUDs) and co-occurring mental disorders for all health professionals. Nearly 300 clinicians have begun the course since its launch less than two weeks ago.

The modules, which include continuing education credit, explore such topics as screening, stigma, motivational interviewing, alcohol, tobacco, and opioid use disorder to name a few. Please share this link with colleagues who might be interested in learning more about treating SUDs: https://conta.cc/2SFUgfI

Several PCSS Modules Updated with Audio

PCSS updated several modules, which now include an audio recording:

PCSS also recently released a new module that provides a framework to help providers cope with a patient overdose death: Supporting Providers After Overdose Death.

All modules are free and include continuing education credit.

Partner News

The American Osteopathic Association of Addiction Medicine's Journal of Addictive Diseases has announced a "Call for Papers." The Journal of Addictive Diseases provides original research and reviews of the latest relevant findings in etiology, epidemiology, and clinical care.  [More information]

News and Publications

Boston Globe

Five things I learned writing about opioid addiction

CDC: Morbidity and Mortality Report

Vital Signs: Pharmacy-Based Naloxone Dispensing — United States, 2012–2018

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Opioids Affect the Fetal Brain: Reframing the Detoxification Debate*

Use of naltrexone in treating opioid use disorder in pregnancy

American Journal of Public Health

Annals of Family Medicine

Pediatrics

Annals of Internal Medicine

Editorial: Opportunities to Address First Opioid Prescriptions to Reduce Incident Long-Term Opioid Use*

Biological Psychiatry

Epigenetic Mechanisms of Opioid Addiction*

The negative affect of protracted opioid abstinence: progress and perspectives from rodent models*

Drug and Alcohol Review

Medical and non‐medical cannabis use and risk of prescription opioid use disorder: Findings from propensity score matching*

Obsetrics & Gynecology

Use and Misuse of Opioids After Gynecologic Surgical Procedures

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

NIDA News

NIH establishes network to improve opioid addiction treatment in criminal justice settings

Co-prescribing naloxone in Medicare Part D increases

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

Funding for this initiative was made possible (in part) by grant no. 1H79TI081968 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.