Integrating behavioral health and community systems to enhance the access, provision, and quality of substance use disorder, opioid use disorder, and mental health services.
What's Happening
Traditional Healing – TOR Webinar
10
Sep 2025
Healing from Substance Use Disorder is a sensitive process that requires relating to individuals using a kinship and strength-based approach. This online learning event will include information on Traditional Healing approaches using examples from a program that serves individuals...
Liderazgo Comunitario para un Futuro Libre de Estigmas y Adicciones | Community Leadership for a Future Free from Stigma and Addiction
17
Sep 2025
Please join us for our four-part webinar series addressing the impacts of the opioid and substance use disorder epidemic, including risk reduction strategies, on the Spanish-speaking community. This series will be led by Sandra U. De la Fuente, Psi,...
Mindfulness Monday – September Session 2
22
Sep 2025
Mindfulness is an evidenced-based way to effectively decrease stress and increase personal well-being and resilience. In collaboration with the Opioid Response Network (ORN), we are excited to continue Mindfulness Monday, a micro (30-minute) bi-weekly training series dedicated to fostering...
Drug Series Education: Overdose Preparedness (Re-scheduled)
25
Sep 2025
As part of MP ROTAC’s commitment to providers, communities, and individuals impacted by the opioid and substance misuse epidemic we are proud to present a comprehensive drug education training series that presents up-to-date information on topics critical for maintaining...
Need to Know
Prevention
“The National Mental Health and Substance Use Policy Laboratory (Policy Lab) leads the equitable coordination, analysis, development, and implementation of national policy to promote mental health, prevent substance misuse and addiction, provide treatment and support recovery.”
https://www.samhsa.gov/about-us/who-we-are/offices-centers/nmhsupl
Risk Reduction
“Risk reduction is critical to keeping people who use drugs alive and as healthy as possible, and is a key pillar in the multi-faceted Health and Human Services’ Overdose Prevention Strategy.”
Treatment
“The use of medications, in combination with counseling and behavioral therapies, to provide a “whole-patient” approach to the treatment of substance use disorders.”
https://www.samhsa.gov/medications-substance-use-disorders
Recovery
“Recovery signals a dramatic shift in the expectation for positive outcomes for individuals who experience mental and substance use conditions or the co-occurring of the two.”