Assessment
Description:
The California Society of Addiction Medicine (CSAM) website provides information and materials for buprenorphine treatment providers, including screening tools and sample consent and patient agreement forms, and provides links to other helpful resources.
Source:
California Society of Addiction Medicine (CSAM)
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- General information - buprenorphine
- Getting a waiver/setting up your practice
- Initial patient contact
- Screening and diagnosis
- Rules, regulations and recordkeeping
- Physician and staff training
- Addiction
- Assessment
- Confidentiality
- Consent
- Contract
- COWS
- Recordkeeping
- Screening
- Training
- Waiver
- Misc. informational materials
- Becoming waivered
- Just became waivered
- Need to refer
- Setting up a practice
Description:
Developed by a consensus panel, these guidelines provide treatment recommendations for patients with dual disorders.
Source:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, SAMHSA
Tags:
- Screening and diagnosis
- Special populations
- Managing challenging patients
- Addiction
- Assessment
- Behavioral therapy
- Comorbidities
- Complicated patients
- Dependence
- Drug interactions
- Expert panel
- Pharmacology
- Pharmacotherapy
- Pharmacy
- Polysubstance use
- Psychiatric
- Psychosocial
- Referral
- Relapse
- Risk factors
- Screening
- Side effects
- Special populations
- Symptoms
- Tolerance
- Withdrawal
- Treatment Algorithm
- Experienced prescriber
- Just became waivered
- Need to refer
Description:
This abstract discusses a study done on the feasibility of an unobserved buprenorphine induction protocol. The study involved 103 patients who were heroin users and prescription opioid misusers, and discusses safety and rates of complications from induction through follow-up.
Source:
Journal of General Internal Medicine (2 votes)
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Description:
Document written to assist physicians in deciding which patients receiving methadone are good candidates for transfer to buprenorphine, and how to go about making this transition.
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Physician Clinical Support System (PCSS) (3 votes)
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Description:
Offers recommendations for screening and assessment of adolescents as and discusses referrals, legal issues, and the juvenile justice system.
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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) (4 votes)
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Description:
A checklist that allows the physician to determine if the patient is in withdrawal in order to administer initial buprenorphine dose.
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American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP) (3 votes)
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Description:
This website offers comprehensive guidelines for treating patients who have substance use disorders.
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American Psychiatric Association (APA), 2006 (4 votes)
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Description:
These case studies are intended to serve as a supplement to the buprenorphine training. Areas covered include: patient assessment, induction, and maintenance. These cases can be used free of charge.
Source:
Clinical Tools, Inc. (3 votes)
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Description:
This is a brief list of risk and protective factors to look for when evaluating patients for substance abuse.
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National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (3 votes)
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Description:
DSM-IV criteria for substance-induced anxiety disorder.
Source:
BehaveNet® (2 votes)
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