New York State Office of Mental Health Using Medication-Assisted Treatment and Other Resources to Fight the Opioid Epidemic

• By: Ann M. Sullivan, MD New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH)
• January 1st, 2020
• buprenorphine access, evidence-based practices, integrated treatment, medication-assisted treatment, mental health, naloxone distribution, opioid epidemic, opioid use disorder
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Every day, more than 130 people die in the United States as a result of opioid overdose. The opioid abuse epidemic has become a national public health crisis with devastating economic, societal and human costs. People with mental illnesses served in the public mental health system have...