Section Name Description
Module1: Lesson 1: Introduction to Substance Use Disorders URL What Is a Substance Use Disorder?

Read the entire webpage. (11 minutes)

American Psychiatric Association - 2020
URL Addictionary

Lookup the definition of the terms "Withdrawal" and "relapse" in this special dictionary about substance use. Additionally, you may search any other unfamiliar terms to improve your understanding. (2 minutes)

Recovery Research Institute - 2017
URL Is Addiction a Disease?

Read the entire webpage. (7 minutes)

Partnership to End Addiction - 2017
URL Facing Addiction in America: The Surgeon General's Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health: Chapter 2 :The Neurobiology of Substance Use, Misuse, and Addiction.

Read the content under the heading "Preview", "Conducting Research on Neurobiology...", "The Addiction Cycle", "Different Classes of ...", "Different Classes of Substances Affect the Brain and Behavior in Different Ways" and "Factors that Increase ...". (28 minutes)

NCBI - 2016
URL Commonly Used Drugs Charts

Click on "Cocaine," "Marijuana (Cannabis)," "Heroin," "Inhalants," "Prescription Opioids," "Tobacco/Nicotine," and "Methamphetamine" and read the section "Possible Health Effects" for each. (7 minutes)

National Institute on Drug Abuse - 2020
URL Abuse of Over-the-counter Medicines: A Pharmacist’s Perspective

Read the entire article. (21 minutes)

Integrated Pharmacy Research and Practice - 2017
URL Family and Social Aspects of Substance Use Disorders and Treatment

Read content under “Effects of Substance Use Disorders on the Family” and “Social Effects of Substance Use Disorders” (3 minutes)

NCBI - 2014
URL Substance-related Disorders

Read the entire webpage. (4 minutes)

DSM-5 
URL Alcohol's Effects on Health. Research-based Information on Drinking and its Impact.

Read the following subsections in this order: (26 minutes)
Alcohol Facts and Statistics
Binge Drinking
Alcohol Use Disorder
Alcohol and the Brain
Alcohol’s Effects on the Body. 

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism - 2013
Module 1: Lesson 2: The global impact of Substance Use Disorders URL The Global Burden of Mental, Neurological and Substance Use Disorders: An Analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

While this article is somewhat outdated, it still provides an excellent overview of the global burden of disease, which is still accurate today" Read the entire article. (44 minutes)

PLOS - 2015
URL Drug Use Disorders: Impact of a Public Health Rather than a Criminal Justice Approach

Read the entire page. (8 minutes)

World Psychiatry - 2017
Module 2: Lesson 1: Assessment of Substance Use Disorders URL The Diagnostic Criteria for Substance Use Disorders (Addiction)

Read the content on the main page and click on the headings "Alcohol," "Cannabis," "Hallucinogens," "Inhalants," "Opioid," "Sedatives, Hypnotics, or Anxiolytics," "Stimulants," and "Tobacco" and read the content for each. (38 minutes)

MentalHelp.net - 2020
URL Commonly Used Substance Use Disorder Screening Instruments.

Read the content in the table. (4 minutes)

MassHealth PCC Plan MBHP - 2020
URL The Surgeon General’s Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health Chapter

Read the content under the heading " Vulnerability to Substance Misuse Problems and Disorders. (3 minutes)

NCBI - 2017
URL Risk and Protective Factors

Read the complete article. (6 minutes)

SAMHSA - 2019
URL DSM-5 Criteria for Substance Use Disorders: Recommendations and Rationale

Read the content under the heading "Overarching Issues" (33 minutes)

NCBI - 2013
Module 2: Lesson 2: The Social Determinants of Substance Use Disorders URL Addressing the Opioid Crisis through Social Determinants of Health: What Are Communities Doing?

Read the entire document. (16 minutes)

Brandeis Opioid Resource Connector - 2013
URL Women and Drugs Drug Use, Drug Supply and Their Consequences

Read the content under the headings "Health and social consequences of drug use among women" and "Access to treatment and care for drug use disorders," on pages 20-23. (12 minutes)

UNODC - 2018
URL Facing Addiction in America: The Surgeon General's Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health

Read the entire page. (2 minutes)

NIH - 2016
Module 2: Lesson 3: Identifying the comorbidities of substance use and medical and mental disorders URL Comorbidity of Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders in Europe

Read the entire document. (25 minutes)

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction - 2016
URL Substance Use and Associated Health Conditions Throughout the Lifespan

Read the content under the heading "Discussion". (25 minutes)

NCBI - 2017
URL Substance Use During Pregnancy

Read the entire article. (9 minutes)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - 2022
URL Common Comorbidities with Substance Use Disorders Research Report

Read the content from the heading "Part 1: The Connection Between Substance Use Disorders and Mental Illness," on page 4 to the end of page 15. (21 minutes)

National Institute on Drug Abuse - 2020
Module 3: Lesson 1: Prevention Programs and Policies URL Chapter 3. Prevention Programs and Policies

Read to pages 3-4 to 29 (From "Risk and Protective Factors" until "Maximizing Prevention Program and Policy Effectiveness" excluded).

Surgeon General’s Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health - 2016
URL Environmental substance use prevention interventions in Europe

Read the content under the heading "1. Prevention traditions and environmental prevention" on pages 9 -16.
Read table 2. Environmental prevention measures covered in the survey on pp 19-20. (27 minutes)

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drugs Addiction - 2018
URL A Guide to SAMHSA’s Strategic Prevention Framework

Read from pages 4 to 31 in the guide.
This is a generic planning model and students who have completed a core MPH curriculum may be familiar with it. (65 minutes)

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration - 2019
Module 3: Lesson 2: The role of healthcare workers and social and community support in preventing substance use disorders URL Role of Social Support in Relapse Prevention for Drug Addicts

Read from "Role of Social Support in Preventing Relapse" in page 917 to "Conclusion",page 921. (12 minutes)

International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change - 2020
URL Individualized Approach to Primary Prevention of Substance Use Disorder: Age-related Risks

Read the entire article. (25 minutes)

Springer - 2020
URL SAMHSA Opioid Overdose Prevention TOOLKIT

Read the content under the heading " STRATEGIES TO PREVENT OVERDOSE DEATHS " on page 2-3. (7 minutes)

SAMHSA - 2018
URL Substance Misuse Prevention for Young Adults

Read Chapter 2 (pages 19 –24) of the document. (13 minutes)

SAMHSA - 2019
URL Preventing Marijuana Use Among Youth

Read Chapter 2 (pages 21 – 32) of the document. (37 minutes)

SAMHSA - 2021
URL Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs: A Guide for Healthcare Providers

Read pages 1 to 8 of the document. (35 minutes)

SAMHSA - 2017
URL School-Based Drug Abuse Prevention: Promising and Successful Programs

Read from "Chapter 2" until "Conclusion'. (24 minutes)

Government of Canada - 2022
Module 4: Lesson 1 : Substance Use Disorders Treatment and Relapse Prevention URL Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment: A Research-Based Guide (Third Edition)

Read from the heading "Principles of Effective Treatment" until the heading "Adolescent Community Reinforcement Approach and Assertive
Continuing Care" to end of the document (pages 3 to 52). (84 minutes)

NIH - 2018
URL Relapse Prevention: Clinical Models and Intervention Strategies

Read Introduction; “Lapse, Relapse, and Recovery”; “Effectiveness and Efficacy of RP" and the first two subsections of "Models of RP": “The Cognitive–Behavioral Model of Relapse” and “The Cognitive–Behavioral Model of Relapse, Revised”. (30 minutes)

Doctor - 2019
URL Vision for the Future: A Public Health Approach

Read the following: CHAPTER 7: VISION FOR THE FUTURE: A PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH. (50 minutes)

NCBI - 2016
URL Affording Housing Models and Recovery

Read the entire article. (5 minutes)

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration - 2021
URL COVID-19 and Substance Use Disorders: Recommendations to a Comprehensive Healthcare Response. An International Society of Addiction Medicine Practice and Policy Interest Group Position Paper

Read the content under the heading "1. Introduction", "2. Early Detection and Referral Systems and Linkages to Other Community-based Services", and "3. Specific Concerns Around Opioid Substitution Therapy." (22 minutes)

Basic & Clinical Neuroscience - 2020
URL Addressing Substance Use in Behavioral Health Crisis Care: A Companion Resource to the SAMHSA Crisis Toolkit

Read the entire document. (56 minutes)

National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors - 2020
URL Vision for the Future: A Public Health Approach

Read the following: CHAPTER 4: EARLY INTERVENTION, TREATMENT, AND MANAGEMENT OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS. (115 minutes)

NCBI - 2016
URL Vision for the Future: A Public Health Approach

Read the following: CHAPTER 6: HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS. (144 minutes)

NCBI - 2016
URL A VA Clinician’s Guide to Identification and Management of Opioid Use Disorder

Read the entire document. (22 minutes)

US Department of Veterans Affairs - 2016
Module 4: Lesson 2: Intervention Considerations in Therapy and Control of Substance Use Disorders URL Evidence Based Psychosocial Interventions in Substance Use

Read the content under the headings "Abstract," "Treatment Approaches," "Individual Psychosocial Interventions," and "Special Populations." (22 minutes)

NCBI - 2014
URL New Buprenorphine Guidelines May Promote More Equitable Access to Effective Opioid Treatment

Read the entire webpage. (8 minutes)

Center for HealthCare Strategies - 2021
URL Harm Reduction

Read the entire webpage. (9 minutes)

SAMHSA - 2022
URL The Stages of Change Model of Overcoming Addiction

Read the entire article. (2 minutes)

International Society of Substance Use Professionals - 2019
URL Strengthening Canada’s Approach to Substance Use Issues

Read the content under the headings "3. The Canadian Drugs and Substances Strategy" and "4. How to get there - Issues for discussion". (49 minutes)

Government of Canada - 2018
URL Cultural Considerations in Addiction Treatment" The Application of Cultural Humility

Read the entire document. (19 minutes)

Advances in Addiction and Recovery - 2021
URL Principles of Harm Reduction

Read the entire webpage. (3 minutes)

National Harm Reduction Coalition
URL Understanding Stages of Change and Best Interventions for Substance Use Disorders

Watch the video from 36:15 to 42:45. (7 minutes)

National Nurse-Led Care Consortium - 2021
URL Substance Use Disorders in Crisis Settings: Engagement, Assessment, and Intervention Approaches

Read the content under the heading "Guidelines for integrated longitudinal assessment" until the heading "CME Post-Test". (16 minutes)

Psychiatric Times - 2019
URL Cross-Cultural Issues in Recovery from Addiction

Watch the entire video. (5 minutes)

CalSouthern Psychology - 2013
URL Improving Cultural Competence: Quick Guide for Clinicians

Read pages 4 to 47. (47 minutes)

SAMHSA - 2014
Module 5: Lesson 1: Addressng Stigma in Substance Use Disorder Care Settings URL Stories of Stigma: Stephanie’s Story

Watch the video and at least two other "Stories of Stigma". (3 minutes)

Commonwealth of Massachusetts - 2015
URL Human Rights, Stigma, and Substance Use

Read the entire article. (31 minutes)

Health and Human Rights Journal - 2020
URL Anti-Stigma Toolkit: A Guide to Reducing Addiction-Related Stigma

Read Chapter 2 on pages 15 to 48. (43 minutes)

Central East Addiction Technology Transfer Center & The Danya Institute - 2012
URL Determinants and Prevalence of Relapse Among Patients with Substance Use Disorders: Case of Icyizere Psychotherapeutic Centre
Read the first sentence in the section titled "Background". (1 minute)
BMC - 2021
URL Drug Withdrawal Symptoms, Timelines & Treatment
Read "What is Drug Withdrawal" and "Symptoms of Withdrawal". (2 minutes)
American Addiction Centers - 2022
URL Tell Me What to Say: How to Approach Challenging Patient Conversations

Watch the video. (7 minutes)

Office Based Addiction Treatment at Boston Medical Center's Grayken for Addiction - 2019 
URL Reducing Stigma Surrounding Substance Use Disorders

Read the webpage and explore the various resources relating to reducing stigma against SUD by clicking on the links provided. (10 minutes)

Curated Library about Opioid Use for Decision-makers - 2020
URL Opioid Use Disorder – A Guide for Stigma Reduction Efforts

Read the document. (5 minutes)

Arizona Rethink RX Abuse
URL Ending Discrimination Against People with Mental and Substance Use Disorders: The Evidence for Stigma Change

Read the "Summary" on pages 1 to 14. (30 minutes)

National Academies of Science - 2016
URL Reversing the Stigma of Opioid Addiction

Watch the video. (10 minutes)

NBC Left Field - 2018
URL The Opioid Project: Changing Perceptions through Art and StoryTelling

Select "Click Here for Art and Audio" and read at least one or two recovery and remembrance stories. 

Opoid Project - 2019
URL MAT for Opioid Use Disorder: Overcoming Objections

Read the entire document. (19 minutes)

California HealthCare Foundation - 2019
Module 5: Lesson 2: Ethical Issues in Substance Use Disorder Treatment Settings URL The ASAM Principles of Addiction Medicine - Ethical Issues in Addiction Practice

Read the content under the heading "Core Ethical Principles". (27 minutes)

The ASAM Principles of Addiction Medicine - Ethical Issues in Addiction Practice - 2019
URL Public Health Code of Ethics

Read the content under the heading " Section 3: Guidelines for Ethical Analysis" pgs 7-10. (15 minutes)

American Public Health Association - 2019
URL Alcohol Abuse and Other Substance Use Disorders: Ethical Issues in Obstetric and Gynecologic Practice

Read the section: "Ethical Rationale for Clinical Recommendations and Guidelines Related to Substance Use Disorder" and "Ethical Approach to Common Patient-Care Issues Related to Substance Use Disorder". (15 minutes)

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists - 2015
URL Code of Ethics

Read the content under the heading "Introduction to NAADAC/NCC AP Ethical Standars" on page 1. (3 minutes)

National Association for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors - 2021
URL Disclosing Patients' Personal Information: A Framework

Read the entire webpage. (10 minutes)

General Medical Council - 2018
URL Disclosures for the Protection of Patients and Others

Read the entire webpage. (13 minutes)

General Medical Council - 2018
URL Using and Disclosing Patient Information for Secondary Purposes

Read the entire webpage. (20 minutes)

General Medical Council - 2018
URL Public Health Code of Ethics

Read the content under the heading "Section 4: Ethical Action Guidance for Policy and Practice in Functional Domains of Public Health " on pages 11- 30. (68 minutes)

American Public Health Association - 2019
Module 5: Lesson 3: Challenges in Substance use Disorder Research URL Addiction Research Ethics and the Belmont Principles: Do Drug Users Have a Different Moral Voice?

Read the content under the heading "Introduccion", and "Conclusions", (14 minutes)

NIH - 2010
URL Women and Substance Use Disorders in low- and middle-income countries: A call for Advancing Research Equity in Prevention and Treatment

Read the entire article. (12 minutes)

Taylor and Francis Online - 2019
URL Challenges to Studying Illicit Drug Users

Read the entire article. (34 minutes)

US National Library of Medicine - 2019
URL Ethical Issues in Research Involving Participants With Opioid Use Disorder

Read the content under the heading "Informed Consent and Decision-Making Capacity", "Financial Compensation and Concerns About Undue Inducement" and "Other Threats to Voluntariness". (11 minutes)

Sage Journals - 2018
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