The Substance Use and Mental Health Leadership Council of Rhode Island

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SUMHLC promotes a collaborative, coordinated system of high quality, comprehensive community-based mental health and substance use prevention and treatment services.

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Important SUMHLC Training Announcement

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: We are sad to announce that we did not win the bid for the new BHDDH training contract. Our current contract ends on November 15,2024.

Opioid Treatment Program: Going from Theory to Practice

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With her compassion and knowledge, Linda Hurley, CEO of CODAC Behavioral Healthcare in Rhode Island, is able to convince corrections staff of the benefits of methadone and buprenorphine. But it isn’t easy. In a webinar on using medications to treat opioid use disorder (OUD) in correctional settings this month, Hurley provided clear advice with examples from real programs, including her own. Hosted by the American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (AATOD), the webinar focused on the importance of providing treatment in justice settings. As AATOD CEO Mark Parrino said in introducing her, there is now a great need for compassionate care, adding that this is also the time “to go from theory to practice.”