Evidence-Based Treatment of PTSD in Individuals with OUD, and Innovative Approaches for Increasing Access to Care in Rural Communities

This presentation discusses effective treatment approaches for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in individuals with co-occurring opioid use disorder (OUD). It also explores ways to increase access to evidence-based trauma treatment for members of rural communities.

Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants as Buprenorphine Providers: Facilitators and Barriers

This webinar presentation describes the expansion of nurse practitioners and other advanced practice clinicians into opioid use disorder treatment, particularly in rural communities. It also explores barriers and facilitators regarding nurse practitioner engagement in buprenorphine treatment, including regulations, education, and broader social factors such as stigma. Specific considerations for advanced practice clinicians’ work with members of rural communities are discussed.

Three years of the COVID-19 Pandemic: What we’ve learned, and how it can make us better at treating rural patients with SUD

This presentation explores lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic as they relate to rural populations with substance use disorder (SUD), including discussion of the ways the pandemic affected barriers to SUD treatment and social coping strategies, as well as approaches toward addressing vaccine hesitance, and strategies for providing remote/virtual outreach to rural patients with SUD.

Recommendations for Culturally Recentering Reinforcement-Based Substance Use Disorder Interventions in Collaboration with Rural Tribal Communities

This webinar presentation covers strategies providers may use to culturally adapt and implement contingency management among rural American Indian and Alaska Native communities, as a treatment approach offering incentives for healthy progress in people with substance use disorder (SUD).

Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care: A Practical Solution to an Urgent Need

UR Medicine Recovery Center of Excellence has developed comprehensive training on the treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD) in primary care to prepare providers and staff to deliver evidence-based care to patients. This website provides links to all of the training modules, which can be taken for CEL credit.

Rural Opioid and Direct Support Services (ROADSS) for Methadone Maintenance Treatment: Partnership

This infographic depicts how partnership connections between a centralized clinic (Opioid Treatment Program; OTP) and one or more auxiliary medication units can help remove geographic barriers to rural patients seeking treatment for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD), and reduce regulatory and financial burdens.

Welcoming Recovery

Stigma remains a challenge in community discussions of substance use disorder (SUD) and SUD treatment. It may create obstacles as an organization in a rural area works to establish a new treatment facility. To help reduce stigma and communicate the wide-reaching benefits of increasing access to treatment closer to home, the center has developed the […]