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Regrounding Our Response: Medications for Addiction Treatment (MAT) as Overdose Prevention

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Hope House Treatment Center
26 Marbury Drive Crownsville, MD 21032
Starts at: April 17, 2024 1:30pm ET
Ends at: April 17, 2024 2:30pm ET
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Description

Participants will be able to:

  • Describe how medications for addiction treatment (MAT) prevent and reduce opioid overdose
  • Identify opioid addiction as a chronic disease
  • Describe how to reduce barriers to accessing medications for opioid use disorder (OUD)

Intended Audience

clinicians, counselors, therapists, Case managers, CHW

Contact

Person: dbaker4@jhu.edu

Topics

A variety of the listed topics will be discussed at this event.

  • Harm Reduction/Safe Injection
  • Medication-assisted therapy for substance use disorders (i.e. buprenorphine, methadone, and/or naltrexone)
  • Substance use disorders
  • Opioid use disorder
  • Stigma or discrimination
  • Community linkages