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Posted 5/17/2021 (updated 4/10/2024)
Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) is the use of medications, combined with counseling, to treat substance use disorders. Research has proven the effectiveness of MAT and addiction treatment experts endorse it, but a variety of barriers have prevented the widespread use of MAT. These include a lack of financing for medication, insufficient organizational infrastructure to deliver medication, state and county funding and regulatory obstacles, physician training and certification, staff and client resistance, and community attitudes.
Posted 8/25/2021 (updated 4/2/2024)
Created by the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB), the Psychology
Interjurisdictional Compact (PSYPACT) is an interstate compact that facilitates the practice of
psychology using telecommunications technologies (telepsychology) and/or
temporary in-person, face-to-face psychological practice.
Posted 5/13/2020 (updated 3/28/2024)
This was the second session in the telehealth series. There were various speakers and panelists from agencies including JBS International, Global Partnership for Telehealth, H.O.P.E. Telehealth Consortium, HRSA’s Office for the Advancement of Telehealth, and the Telehealth Resource Centers.
Posted 5/5/2020 (updated 3/28/2024)
This was the first session in the telehealth series. There were various speakers and panelists from agencies including JBS International, Global Partnership for Telehealth, H.O.P.E. Telehealth Consortium, HRSA’s Office for the Advancement of Telehealth, and the Telehealth Resource Centers.
Posted 4/6/2020 (updated 3/28/2024)
Opioid overdose death rates were reduced in communities where overdose education and nasal naloxone distribution (OEND) was implemented. This study provides observational evidence that by training potential bystanders to prevent, recognize, and respond to opioid overdoses, OEND is an effective intervention.
Posted 6/2/2023 (updated 3/27/2024)
Behavioral health care encompasses a wide variety of interventions delivered by many different types of providers. Although there is a call for expanding direct or indirect behavioral health service systems to care for those affected, in the U.S., nearly all these providers are in short supply.