New Research by Williams & Colleagues on Medication for People with Co-occurring Substance Use Disorders
Posted: 9/28/2023 (CSDE Research)
CSDE Affiliate Emily Williams (Health Services) and co-authors recently published their work “Impact of an intervention to implement provision of opioid use disorder medication among patients with and without co-occurring substance use disorders” in the Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment. Co-occurring substance use disorders (SUDs) are common among people with opioid use disorder (OUD) and known to hinder receipt of medications for OUD (MOUD). The Veterans Health Administration’s (VA) Stepped Care for Opioid Use Disorder Train the Trainer (SCOUTT) initiative was implemented in primary care, mental health, and pain clinics in 18 VA facilities, and was found to increase MOUD receipt. This study assessed the SCOUTT initiative’s impact among patients with and without co-occurring SUDs.