Resources

Explore a curated library of resources designed to support OTP staff in delivering high-quality, patient-centered care. Our searchable and filterable collection allows you to easily find materials relevant to your specific role, needs, and topics of interest. If you or someone you know is seeking support for substance use disorder, we encourage you to visit helplinema.org for assistance.

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Medical Practitioners and Nurses: Guidelines for clinical best practices, assessment tools, and strategies for patient-centered care.
Counselors and Social Workers: Materials focused on patient engagement, mental health support, substance use prevention, and equitable treatment access.
Administrators: Resources for operational management, compliance tracking, and navigating policy updates.
Support Staff: Guides to enhance patient interaction, communication, and daily operations.

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Topics: Explore materials on key areas such as person-centered care, compliance, operations, equity, engagement, stigma reduction, and treatment access.
Resource Type: Access downloadable PDFs, toolkits, regulations, guidelines, checklists, videos, and BSAS updates.

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Resource	Topic	Type	Source
Access challenges to opioid use disorder treatment among individuals experiencing homelessness: Voices from the streets	Equitable Access and Stigma Reduction, Treatment Admission and Retention	Article	Peer-Reviewed Journal
Methadone Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Improving Access Through Regulatory and Legal Change: Proceedings of a Workshop	Equitable Access and Stigma Reduction, Regulatory	Document	Peer-Reviewed Journal
Designing an “Ideal” Substance Use Disorder Treatment Center: Perspectives of People Who Have Utilized Medications for Opioid Use Disorder	Person-Centered Care	Article	Peer-Reviewed Journal
A systematic literature review of patient perspectives of barriers and facilitators to access, adherence, stigma, and persistence to treatment for substance use disorder	Equitable Access and Stigma Reduction	Article	Peer-Reviewed Journal
The Methadone Manifesto: Treatment Experiences and Policy Recommendations From Methadone Patient Activists	Equitable Access and Stigma Reduction, Regulatory, Take-Home Medications	Article	Peer-Reviewed Journal
Engagement and Retention of Nonabstinent Patients in Substance Use Treatment	Co-occurring substance use and disorders, Coordinated and Comprehensive Care, Equitable Access and Stigma Reduction, Infectious Disease, Person-Centered Care, Take-Home Medications, Telehealth, Treatment Admission and Retention	Document	ASAM
42 CFR Part 2 – An overview of Recent Changes to 42 CFR Part 2	Regulatory	Webinar Slides	SAMHSA Funded
Snapshots for Implementation for 42 CFR Part 8	Regulatory	Video	SAMHSA
42 CFR Part 8 “The Final Rule”	Regulatory	Document	SAMHSA
Feasibility and Acceptability of a Checklist and Learning Collaborative to Promote Quality and Safety in the Perinatal Care of Women with Opioid Use Disorders	Person-Centered Care	Article	Peer-Reviewed Journal

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