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Posted 4/21/2021 (updated 4/5/2024)
This News Brief describes the need for harm reduction and treatment services in rural areas for people who use psychostimulants and how those services can be provided by the opioid treatment program
Posted 3/24/2021 (updated 4/5/2024)
Program planning and service delivery are most impactful when voices and perspectives from the populations being served are included in the process. This 1-page resource outlines the Latinx TA support available to RCORP grantees including examples of RCORP grant activities where it may be beneficial to engage Latinx TA support.
Posted 2/24/2021 (updated 4/4/2024)
This webinar provided new information on the risks and clinical challenges presented by individuals who use psychostimulants (cocaine, methamphetamine and prescription stimulants). A review of the clinical strategies that are important in working with this population were presented, including psychosocial and medication treatments for those with stimulant use disorder. Presented by Richard Rawson, Ph.D.
Posted 10/14/2021 (updated 4/3/2024)
Stimulant intoxication, withdrawal, and psychosis have accepted and established treatment strategies. Several lifesaving harm reduction interventions/services are available. There are no Food and Drug Administration-approved medications for treatment of stimulant use disorder, although several are promising. Behavioral treatment, especially the use of contingency management (and other approaches with supportive evidence), has by far the best evidence of effectiveness. The presenter reviewed topics of importance to clinicians treating individuals with stimulant use disorder.
Rick Rawson, PhD, University of Vermont Rural Center of Excellence
Posted 8/4/2021 (updated 4/2/2024)
Posted 8/4/2021 (updated 4/2/2024)
Posted 6/30/2021 (updated 4/2/2024)
In this context, the overarching aim of this document is to inform and encourage governments, policy–makers, and other partners to take the necessary actions to implement evidence-based prevention strategies and treatment services for substance use disorders in order to provide everybody, girls as well as boys, and women as well as men, with the skills and opportunities to prevent the initiation of unhealthy behaviours and, in case of individuals who use drugs and suffer from drug use disorders, with the optimal support for improving their life circumstances.