Greetings,
Many of you may be familiar with the
Opioid
Response Network. If not, read on!
The
Opioid Response Network (ORN) is a
SAMHSA initiative created as part of the
STR-TA grant awarded to the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry and a
large coalition of national professional organizations.
ORN provides free technical assistance (training, education, and resources) for the prevention, treatment and recovery of opioid use disorder.
Since the grant launched in May 2018,
ORN
has received more than 1,100 requests and
impacted as many as 36 million people in all
U.S. states and nine territories. More than
800,000 of your colleagues have benefited
from ORN activities.
Local teams respond to requests for education and training from state agencies, healthcare organizations, individuals, patients, administrators, most anyone to address their specific local needs. Below are some examples of requests made last month:
Arkansas:
An organization requested evidence-based resources and slide decks on the affect of stigma on the willingness to seek treatment; the affect of stigma on success in
treatment and recovery; stigma on MAT; addiction as a disease.
Idaho: A wellness center requested training on the use of naloxone (Narcan®), used to
counter the effects of an opioid overdose, following two overdose events at their clinic.
Massachusetts: Several Opioid Treatment Programs are seeking training in integrating
buprenorphine into their operations.
North Carolina: Training for a clinic's counseling team on the latest evidence-based
practices for OUD treatment as part of ongoing recovery-oriented treatment.
Tennessee: Home visiting organization requested training on understanding addiction and
recovery; reducing stigma toward pregnant and parenting women with OUD; comfort
measures for infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome.