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.

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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.

Blending Initiative:

• Index
• Blending Teams
• Buprenorphine Treatment: Training for Multidisciplinary Addiction Professionals
• Short-Term Opioid Withdrawal Using Buprenorphine
• S.M.A.R.T. Treatment Planning: Utilizing the Addiction Severity Index
• Motivational Interviewing Assessment
• Promoting Awareness of Motivational Incentives

Other Websites:

• NIH's Office of Extramural Research
• NIH Grant Forms and Applications
• Introduction to Extramural Research at NIH