Faces & Voices of Recovery invites Illinois residents to a FREE virtual training sponsored by the Illinois Department of Human Services. Our Stories Have Power: Recovery Messaging is a training that promotes the use of groundbreaking messaging to advance the field of recovery. There is no more potent weapon against stigma than the thousands of people that
The ASAM Criteria provides guidelines focusing on coordinating medical care, providing therapeutic alternatives, evaluating safety, addressing co-occurring disorders, involving social supports, and documenting clinical needs within the framework of the six dimensions. This includes setting and evaluating individualized measurable treatment goals which drive variable lengths of stay based on the needs of the person served.
During this training participants will learn about the available medications for people with opioid use disorder and other substance use disorders and their efficacy. It will talk about the risks and benefits of treatment with various medications, the underlying neurobiology of relapse and what we know about how medications target those circuits, and the role