DACS Digest | October 2022

Bringing prescribers in the District of Columbia the latest news, events, and resources to improve care for patients with substance use disorders and chronic pain management.

All DACS services are free and include:

Phone consultation for clinical questions provided by our team of expert addiction specialists
Education and training opportunities related to SUD and pain management
Assistance in the identification of substance use and behavioral health resources and referrals that meet the needs of the patients in your community

Virtual Education Opportunities

Half & Half Buprenorphine Waiver Training

Maryland Addiction Consultation Service (MACS) Interactive CME Event

Tuesday, October 4 | 8:30 am - 12:45 pm

Sarah Kattakuzhy, MD, MPH | MACS Consultant and Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy

Integrating Harm Reduction into the Substance Use Disorder Care Continuum

A free webinar from the National Council for

Mental Wellbeing

Thursday, October 13 | 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

BHIPP Resilience Break: Involving Families in Addressing Youth Substance Use

A CME/CEU Webinar for Youth Substance Use Prevention Month co-hosted by MACS

Wednesday, October 26 | 12:30 - 2:00 pm

Marc Fishman, MD | MACS Consultant, and Child and Addiction Psychiatrist

In Case You Missed It...

DACS Webinar

Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Integrated with Primary Care

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DACS Webinar

Fight Stigma in the Pharmacy: Using the Right Words to Support Patients with Opioid Use Disorder

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Interested in expanding access to services for substance use and chronic pain management?

We are looking for interdisciplinary professionals who believe everyone deserves access to high quality, equitable services for substance use and pain management. To learn more about the open

positions, click link below.

Come work with us!

Chronic Pain Assessment in Primary Care

Despite the widespread prevalence of chronic pain (1 in 5 adults), physicians receive little training in how to manage chronic pain. In this article, a seasoned clinician shares how primary care physicians can manage cases with limited referrals.

Questions about patients with chronic pain and SUD?

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Harm Reduction: Not Dirty Words Any More

This article, authored by MACS Consultants, Avinash Ramprashad, MD, Gregory Malik Burnett, MD, MBA, MPH, and Christopher Welsh, MD, examines the conceptual framework of harm reduction and the need for its integration with all traditional medical, psychiatric, and addiction treatment programs.

Peer recovery specialist-delivered, behavioral activation intervention to improve retention in methadone treatment: Results from an open-label, Type 1 hybrid effectiveness-implementation pilot trial

This hybrid effectiveness-implementation pilot trial aimed to demonstrate the proof of concept of a peer recovery specialist-delivered behavioral activation and problem solving-based approach (Peer Activate) to improve methadone retention.