Quarterly newsletter of the Ohio Valley Node (OVN) of the NIDA CTN

1. OVN Quarterly Newsletter FEBRUARY 2011
Ohio Valley Node Community
Treatment
Quarterly Newsletter
Programs
Dissemination Briefs:
NIDA
• CTN-052, an OVN concept, has
CTN been accepted for protocol devel-
opment to investigate buspirone
for relapse prevention in cocaine-
dependent persons
•Dr. Winhusen received the
Besteman Award for her ex-
traordinary contributions to the
NIDA CTN
15 States •FDA has approved Vivitrol
(long acting naltrexone) for
23 Programs
opiate dependence
•NextGen Ambulatory EHR
5.6 is the first EHR with behav-
ioral health certification
NIDA CTN Election Results:
•In 2009, 2.1 mil ER visits
•Greg Brigham, Executive Committee
were due to drug misuse or
•Kathy Burlew, Research Development Committee
abuse http://bit.ly/fxHhiS
•Betsy Wells, Chair of Research Utilization Committee
•Dennis McCarty, Chair of Steering Committee •U.S. to Crack Down on Web
Drug Stores
http://bit.ly/emI7pA
New Special Interest Group (SIG) •Counties in KY are moving to
ban pain clinics
The Treatment Decision Guide SIG will work to develop clinical http://bit.ly/f3LRCt
decision-making support tools to assist providers in implementing
evidence-based interventions for substance use disorders in a variety of •More people overdose on
medial settings. prescription drugs than illegal
drugs http://nyti.ms/gBTCLG
Continuting Education
•“Pain Management, Prescription Medication, & Drug Addiction” at
Shawneee State University (Portsmouth, Ohio), 6.5 CE credits, $55 Current OVN Studies
registration fee, e-mail Ginnie Moore at gmoore@shawnee.edu
•The ATTC is offering 3 NAADAC credits for FREE for participating in a • CTN-0037 STRIDE
2hr online workshop on the dissemination of EBP http://bit.ly/go6YeL • CTN-0044 Web-based
Therapy
•CTN-0044-A2 Web-based
Please welcome Dr. Felipe Vallejo, our new NIDA IN- Therapy with Native Ameri-
VEST Fellow from Chile. Dr. Vallejo is a Psychologist cans
at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso. • CTN-0046 S-CAST
• CTN-0047 SMART-ED
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2. OVN Quarterly Newsletter FEBRUARY 2011
Upcoming Conferences
Dissemination Briefs:
• Ohio’s Opiate Epidemic: A Summit on Policy, Prevention & Treat-
ment on April 12th, 2011 at the Hyatt Regency in Columbus, Ohio •The CTN STRIDE study ap-
($75 registration fee) peared in Addiction Profes-
•Addiction Studies Institute, August 17-19th at the Greater Columbus sional (10/7/2010)
Convention Center •Financial incentives are being
•Let us know about other upcoming conferences in your State, Erin used to encourage healthy be-
Winstanley 513-487-7812 (winstanley@carc.uc.edu) haviors & address smoking,
drug addiction, weight loss
(Newsweek 7/22/10)
•NIDA has an online tool to
Evidence-Based Practice Tips ..... screen for drug use in general
medical settings (NM ASSIST)
Training Counselors in EBTs •NIDA & NIAAA merger ap-
“Which Training Strategies are Optimal to Teach Counselors EBTs? proved by NIH Director, wait-
Given the limited evidence about training strategy effectiveness, it is ing for congressional approval
premature to specify guidelines for how to best train counselors in
•Annual staff turnover in be-
EBTs. Nonetheless, the research findings to date warrant provisional
havioral health programs
conclusions that: ranges from 25-50%
•distance learning methods appear to develop counselors’
knowledge; •NIAAA's Rethinking Drinking
•workshops may serve as a platform for establishing basic website
skills; •New websiite helps to iden-
•counselors likely require clinical supervision that includes ob- tify health insurance
................
servation, feedback, and coaching to become proficient in us- www.healthcare.gov
ing EBTs with real patients; •64% of youth with a lifetime
•blending some or all of these strategies is probably the best mental disorder do not receive
way to approach counselor training.” tx http://bit.ly/dWb1lx
•AHRQ has a searchable da-
--Martino S. 2010. Strategies for Training Counselors in
tabase of innovative txs for
Evidence-Based Treatments. Addiction Science & Clinical Prac-
AOD disorders
tice. December 5(2): 30-39. http://www.innovations.ahrq.gov
Research Tips .....
★ CTN CTPs are getting IRB approval to use Facebook to contact
research participants
What’s New
★ Research suggests that African-Americans and Hispanics are willing •The CTN Dissemination Li-
to participate in health research at a rate that is similiar to non- brary has a blog that summa-
Hispanic Whites. rizes new publications
- Wendler D et al. 2006. Are Racial and Ethnic Minorities Less Willing
•The NIH is forming a new
to Participate in Health Research? PLos Medicine 3(2): 201-10.
institute on drug discovery,
National Center for Advancing
Translational Sciences
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