Episode 7 – Opioid and Alcohol Use Disorder

Vital Minds is a podcast of the PA Foundation, a national nonprofit organization that promotes better health and wellness by providing PAs and PA students with philanthropic opportunities and resources. Each Vital Minds episode features a conversation between host James Millward, an early career PA, and a guest expert on a topic of relevance to the PA and healthcare provider audience, ranging from mental health to obesity to pain management and many more.

Episode 7 – June 2018

Topic: Extending the Practice Environment for Treating Patients with Opioid and Alcohol Use Disorder

Guest: Christopher Ortiz, PA-C, EMT-P

Support for this episode of Vital Minds is provided by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, Clinical Trials Network Dissemination Initiative.

CME credit is available through AAPA Learning Central for this episode. Visit the Learning Central site to access the podcast episode and evaluation.

Resources:

NIDA CTN Dissemination Initiative

Adolescent Substance Use Screening Tools

SAMHSA Opioid Overdose Prevention Toolkit

STAT News: How effective is medication-assisted treatment for addiction? Here’s the science

Comparative effectiveness of extended-release naltrexone versus buprenorphine-naloxone for opioid relapse prevention (X:BOT): a multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled trial

Allied Against Opioid Abuse