Addiction Medicine and Addiction Psychiatry Updates

From COPE (Coalition on Physician Education in Substance Use Disorders) : In the spring of 2021, supported by the Opioid Response Network, COPE released a call for submissions to the  Medical Student Curriculum Challenge: Innovative Learning and Teaching About Substance Use/ Opioid Use Disorders,  in alignment with current initiatives of the American Academy of Medical Colleges (AAMC) and the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM). See this page for more information and to download winning curricula for free. Also check out COPE's Opioid Resource Center   and other Curriculum Resources .

From NDEWS Weekly Briefing : An article published this week in   Forensic Toxicology  describes the changes in the illicit synthetic opioid market in the US. The authors reviewed relevant reports referring to old but newly appearing synthetic opioids. Several families of new, non-fentanyl-derived synthetic opioids were identified, including MT-45 and its analogs, benzamide and 2-phenylacetamide opioids, and benzimidazole opioids.   Read the article here .

The aim of these [free] modules is to help health care providers confidently identify and address stigma surrounding opioid use disorder, to ensure the delivery of equitable and compassionate health care for all patients living with opioid addiction. https://vbhc.dellmed.utexas.edu/courses/course-v1:ut+cn01+2020-21/about   

SMI Adviser is a Clinical Support System for Serious Mental Illness.  Their free app, My Mental Health Crisis Plan (My MHCP), guides clinicians, individuals and families through the process of creating a Psychiatric Advanced Directive (PAD) and sharing it with others.   https://smiadviser.org/padapp  

New provisional data released by the federal government estimates that nearly 108,000 people died from drug overdoses from January to December, 2021. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/05/11/1098314220/overdose-deaths-continued-to-rise-in-2021-reaching-historic-highs

 https://thisweekinaddictionmedicine.podbean.com/  ASAM Weekly has introduced a new " podcast  for an engaging overview of this week’s content. It goes well with your commute, coffee, and so much more." An audio source for the top stories from the field of addiction medicine. Check it out!