Improving Dementia Care

Supportive housing placement for people with substance use disorder (SUD) who are homeless reduces SUD-related health care utilization.

Medication-assisted treatment in correctional settings improves substance use treatment engagement and reduces illicit opioid use post-release.

Telehealth may address barriers to accessing substance use disorder interventions and is a promising alternative to in-person treatment.

Details the main elements of a hospital-based addiction care consultation team.

Strategies for preventing opioid use disorder.

Statewide jail and prison implementation of medication for addiction treatment program in Rhode Island led to a significant decrease in overdose deaths post-incarceration.

Qualitative study highlights success factors and implementation challenges for state opioid health home programs.

This resource describes the value of navigators for Medicaid beneficiaries with mental illness.

Details the key considerations for providers considering integrating peer services for behavioral health into their health care organizations.

Contingency management interventions promote the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of HIV, tuberculosis, and hepatitis in individuals with substance use disorder.

“Clubhouses” for people with serious mental illness are effective at promoting employment, reducing hospitalizations, and improving quality of life.

Emergency department-initiated buprenorphine for opioid-dependent patients demonstrated significantly higher rates of addiction treatment engagement than interventions without buprenorphine.

Incorporating community engagement into public health interventions leads to improved health outcomes and a greater sense of self-efficacy among intervention recipients.

A contingency management program in a community mental health clinic increased stimulant abstinence during and following treatment and reduced hospitalizations for psychiatric care.

Primary care-based community health worker program reduced emergency department use among people recently released from prison.

Prize-based contingency management in community-based substance use treatment clinics improved retention, attendance, and abstinence in individuals with stimulant use.

A mobile crisis program reduced hospitalization rates among individuals experiencing behavioral health crises.