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Posted 5/5/2024 (updated 5/7/2024)
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services released details of a plan for more than 200 actions across the federal government to address high rates of suicide.
Posted 5/5/2024 (updated 5/7/2024)
The MaineHealth Substance Use Training team has created a toolkit for extended-release injectable buprenorphine (Sublocade).
Posted 4/4/2024 (updated 4/18/2024)
If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 911 to seek immediate assistance.
Below are resources you can contact if you are seeking assistance or information. All resources are intended for informational purposes only.
Posted 3/29/2024
A planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine organized and conducted a two-day virtual public workshop that brought together data experts, program implementers and evaluators, and other key interested parties to explore data collection efforts, evidence gaps, and research needs on harm reduction for people who use drugs (PWUD).
Posted 3/28/2024 (updated 4/4/2024)
This session outlined how the Communities of Practice for Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (COP-RCORP) Consortium created a Disparities Impact Statement (DIS) that encompassed four Ohio counties (Ashtabula, Fairfield, Sandusky, and Seneca) and three HRSA grants (two RCORP-Psychostimulant grants and one RCORP-Behavioral Health Support grant).
Posted 2/13/2024 (updated 3/28/2024)
Dr. Ashli Sheidow will discuss this age group and some of the considerations for designing services for them, especially within a rural context.
Posted 2/6/2024 (updated 3/28/2024)
Prevention is an essential part of the continuum in addressing mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders among young people, but it can be a challenge to define and implement.
Posted 1/26/2024 (updated 3/28/2024)
On January 18, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the Innovation in Behavioral Health (IBH) Model. IBH is focused on improving quality of care and behavioral and physical health outcomes for Medicaid and Medicare populations with moderate to severe mental health conditions and substance use disorder (SUD).
Posted 12/8/2023 (updated 3/28/2024)
This fact sheet from the Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health about AI/AN Maternal Mental Health provides information on the disparities American Indian and Alaskan Native (AI/AN) women experience including Maternal Death, Trauma: A Contributing Factor to Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), and Inequities and Systemic Racism Lead to Stress and Adverse Outcomes.
Posted 11/20/2023 (updated 3/28/2024)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared the use of Alltest Fentanyl Urine Test Cassette, which is the first over-the-counter test for the preliminary detection of fentanyl in urine. The test works by placing three drops of fresh urine onto a cassette containing a fentanyl test strip. After 5 minutes the test result will appear as colored lines. Although the test does not distinguish between certain drugs and medications.