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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 6/3/2022 (updated 3/27/2024)
This presentation highlighted The Health Wagon’s Rural Communities Opioid Response program, Strengthening and Expanding Substance Use Disorder and Opioid Use Disorder Prevention, Treatment and Recovery Programs in Southwest Virginia. The program is a consortium-based implementation that aims to reduce the morbidity and mortality of substance use disorder (SUD), including opioid use disorder (OUD), in rural communities in Southwest Virginia at the highest risk for SUD.
Posted 6/7/2022 (updated 3/27/2024)
This session had three presenters who covered contingency management, prevention of stimulant use for children, and peer support.
Posted 6/7/2022 (updated 3/27/2024)
Public transit and health care should be closely linked. Often that is not happening. This session addressed how community partnerships between the health care and transportation sectors develop and can be encouraged.
Posted 6/7/2022 (updated 3/27/2024)
This presentation featured an overview of epidemiology of stimulant use, describe toxicities of stimulant use, and identify interventions to address stimulant use.
Posted 7/26/2023 (updated 3/26/2024)
This session covered key findings from the RCORP-Behavioral Health Care Support Year 1 Noncompeting Continuation Report.
Posted 3/28/2024 (updated 4/4/2024)
This workshop focused on how to find public transportation and how to communicate with public transportation organizations in your community. Through clarifying your needs and collaborating on options, you may find shared interests and ideas to improve services for your client access to food, jobs, education, and treatment.