Only 1 in 4 Adolescent Treatment Facilities Offer Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder

• By: | The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
• February 28th, 2024
• addiction, buprenorphine, evidence-based treatment, opioid use disorder, recovery, substance use, substance use disorder, treatment
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Only 1 in 4 residential addiction treatment facilities caring for U.S. adolescents under 18 years old offer buprenorphine, a medication used to treat opioid use disorder, according to a new study. Only 1 in 8 offer buprenorphine for ongoing treatment. These findings highlight a significant gap in...

The Integration of Treatment and Recovery: Special Considerations for Working with Children

• By: Crystal Taylor-Dietz, PsyD Molly Stubbs, LPC Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health
• April 17th, 2022
• behavioral health, community, evidence-based treatment, health, home, mental health, purpose, recovery, researchers, Spring 2022 Issue, substance use, treatment
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Historically, the term “recovery” was commonly associated with substance use/addiction services and was popularized in the United States through Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) (Witkiewitz, K., et al., 2020). Beginning in 1939, AA published materials highlighting recovery as a personal journey toward...