Buprenorphine Treatment: A Training for Multidisciplinary Addiction Professionals (Blending Team Product)

The primary goal of this Blending Team product is to create awareness and build knowledge about buprenorphine among multidisciplinary addiction professionals. The materials include information designed to increase motivation for bringing buprenorphine to local communities, as well as information about what to expect when someone is treated with this medication. Additionally, materials discuss legislation that permits office-based buprenorphine treatment, the science of addiction, the mechanism of buprenorphine, patient selection issues, and various patient, counseling, and therapeutic issues.

The Buprenorphine Awareness Blending Team package contains: the Training Guide for the 6-hour training, an informational brochure about the product, and two CDs. The first CD contains the PowerPoint presentation for the training, electronic copies of the Training Guide and brochure, and a draft version of an annotated bibliography about Buprenorphine. The second CD contains a video entitled, “Put Your Smack Down! A Video about Buprenorphine” (used in Module VI of the training) and an online course developed by the Central East ATTC called “Buprenorphine Treatment of Opioid Addiction: A Guide for Counselors.” Each of these items can also be downloaded from the ATTC web site.