Buprenorphine Treatment: Training for Multidisciplinary Addiction Professionals
Primary Goal:
Opioid abuse and addiction (e.g., heroin, OxyContin) remains a critical national public health concern. To address this problem, the Buprenorphine Treatment Blending Team (also referred to as: 'Buprenorphine Awareness') developed a training package to disseminate information and enhance awareness among multi-disciplinary addiction professionals about buprenorphine treatment.
Products:
Buprenorphine Treatment Blending Team products include:
- Training manual for 6-hour classroom modules
- PowerPoint presentation and CD
- Annotated bibliography
- Training Video
- Research articles
All of these products have been completed and are available at:
http://bupawareness.nattc.org/
Products Completed and Released: 2005
To obtain an overview about this Blending Team, objectives and products, download the brochure.
Blending Team Members:
NIDA:
Leslie Amass, Ph.D.
Gregory Brigham, Ph.D.
Eric Strain, M.D.
SAMHSA/ATTC:
Thomas Freese, Ph.D. (Lead)
Glenda Clare, M.A.
Gail Dixon, M.A.
Beth Finnerty, M.P.H.
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