The May 2023 Preventive Medicine Grand Rounds (PMGR) features Recovery Kentucky, a social model program that provides housing and recovery services for rural Kentuckians dealing with substance use disorder. The program is led by the Kentucky Housing Corporation (KHC), the state Department of...

Recovery capital helps us better understand the process of recovering from a substance use disorder (SUD) and determine the success of recovery and treatment interventions, improve coping strategies, and enhance an individuals’ quality of life in recovery. Understanding how to measure and...

Presenter: Gabriela Zapata-Alma LCSW CADC, Director of Policy & Practice for Domestic Violence & Substance Use

NASEM Forum on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders August 26, 2020

This webinar, sponsored by the Northwest ATTC, discussed the unique attributes of recovery residences and how they change the odds in recovery success. Residences vary significantly in terms of level of care, recovery philosophy, and physical environment, but all offer much-needed support...

UPSIDES stands for Using Peer Support In Developing Empowering Mental Health Services and is a consortium of scientists, mental health professionals, stakeholders and peer workers from six countries in Europe (Germany and UK), Africa (Uganda, Tanzania) and Asia (Israel and India). Peer support is...

This Northwest ATTC webinar, presented by Lydia Bartholow, DNP, PMHNP, CARN-AP, investigates the connection between psychological trauma and substance use disorders, the neurobiological adaptations that arise in response to trauma, and the ways in which these same adaptations make one vulnerable to...

9 out of 10 people with substance abuse problems started using by age 18. What puts someone at risk for early onset drug or alcohol use? is is heritable? How are brain circuits involved? UCSF doctors answer these questions and discuss detection, diagnoses and treatment. Series: "UCSF Osher Center...

Narcotics: Problems and Solutions of This Global Issue Workshop 23-24 November 2016