Practitioner and Stakeholder Perspectives on Opioid Use and Treatment Across Rural Northern New England (On-Demand)-Presentation

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Video Summary

In this video, Dr. Amy Ewell welcomes viewers to a webinar on opiate use and treatment in rural northern New England. The webinar is presented on behalf of the SAMHSA-funded Provider Clinical Support System and the American Psychiatric Association. Dr. Ewell introduces the faculty of the webinar, Julia Shaw and Dr. Valerie Harder, who share the findings of a baseline needs assessment conducted in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. The assessment focuses on concerns related to substances, barriers to treatment, and beliefs about medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD). The top substances of concern identified in the assessment include opioids in combination with alcohol or benzodiazepines, as well as alcohol and tobacco. Barriers to treatment include access issues, stigma, and time/staffing constraints. The assessment also reveals differences in beliefs about MOUD between practitioners and stakeholders, with more practitioners viewing MOUD as the most effective treatment. The presenters discuss the resources and initiatives offered by the University of Vermont Center on Rural Addiction to address these needs, such as clinician office hours, scholarships for training, harm reduction resources, and telehealth supplies. The video concludes with a Q&A session.

Keywords

opiate use

treatment

rural northern New England

SAMHSA-funded Provider Clinical Support System

baseline needs assessment

substances

barriers to treatment

beliefs about medication for opioid use disorder

University of Vermont Center on Rural Addiction