Educational Activities Archives

This podcast will be published on the SAEM website and in promotional materials, such as our weekly newsletter, to inform learners of the activity’s contents and goals.

The OUD Cascade of Care is a public health framework for monitoring population-level outcomes with an emphasis on MOUD initiation and retention. Buprenorphine treatment can be tailored under the Cascade framework based on patient risk level. For instance, patients with active fentanyl use who are naïve to buprenorphine often need more intensive services early in treatment compared to patients entering care already on buprenorphine, whether prescribed or otherwise.

The Collaborative Care Model (CoCM) is an evidence-based approach to deliver behavioral healthcare in primary care settings. This model has been adapted to address substance use disorders in primary medical settings. CoCM requires a team of providers; trained primary care providers (PCP) work with embedded behavioral health care managers (BHCM) to provide a range of effective treatment, including evidence-based medication and/or psychosocial treatments.

This presentation will review the Collaborative Care Model (CoCM), which is an evidence-based approach to delivering behavioral healthcare in primary care settings. This model has been adapted to address substance use disorders in primary medical settings. CoCM requires a team of providers; trained primary care providers (PCP) work with embedded behavioral health care managers (BHCM) to provide a range of effective treatments, including evidence-based medication and/or psychosocial treatments, and a psychiatric consultant who engages with the team primarily through indirect care. Implementation and clinical considerations for CoCM for substance use disorders will be reviewed.

This advisory describes digital therapeutics (DTx) and their use in behavioral health, and benefits of DTx in the prevention, management, and treatment of behavioral health conditions.

As we enhance our understanding of addiction medicine through research, we strive to improve the treatment outcomes for our patients. Substance Use Disorder (SUD) at its core is an effective combination treatment because although medication is extremely beneficial in the treatment of addictions, for many patients it is not sufficient to maintain recovery because it does not address the behavioral aspects of the disease of addiction. This module provides basic information on 4 Evidence-Based Practices (EBPs) that effectively treat the behavioral aspects of the disease of addiction. This module includes examples of techniques that may be performed during medication management and/or longer counseling visits with patients.