Published: August 2015
This brochure informs patients about buprenorphine and medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder. It describes addiction and withdrawal, how buprenorphine works, its proper use, its side effects, and how it fits with counseling in the recovery process.
Published: August 2014
This brochure is designed to help men deal with child abuse issues that might arise during treatment for substance use disorders. It defines child abuse, lists symptoms of abuse, and describes how counselors can help with coping and healing.
Published: March 2014
This brochure is designed to help women deal with child abuse issues that might arise during treatment for substance use disorders. It defines child abuse, lists symptoms of abuse, and describes how counselors can help with coping and healing.
Published: January 2014
This brochure is for family members of people living with substance use disorders. It answers questions about substance use disorders, their symptoms, different types of treatment, and recovery. The brochure also addresses concerns of children of parents living with substance use disorders.
Published: June 2013
Gives patients information on buprenorphine and medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction. Describes addiction and withdrawal, how buprenorphine works, its proper use, its side effects, and how it fits with counseling in the recovery process.
Published: September 2012
This brochure describes how alcohol and substance misuse affect the whole family, how substance use disorder treatment works, and how family interventions can be a first step to recovery.
Published: March 2011
Esta hoja de hechos ofrece informacion a los pacientes sobre la buprenorfina y los tratamientos con ayuda de medicamentos para tratar el trastorno por uso de opioides, y tambien describe el mal uso y los sintomas del sindrome de abstinencia. Explica como funciona la buprenorfina, su uso apropiado, sus efectos secundarios y como se la utiliza en conjunto con al consejeria en el proceso de recuperacion.
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