General Information:
Curbing the Crisis: GBMC's strategies for stemming the tide of opioid use: https://www.gbmc.org/curbing-the-crisis-opioid-use
Unintentional Drug and Alcohol-Related Intoxication Deaths in Maryland Annual Report 2017: https://bha.health.maryland.gov/OVERDOSE_PREVENTION/Documents/Drug_Intox_Report_2017.pdf
What are Opioids, What is Opioid Addiction?: https://familydoctor.org/condition/opioid-addiction/
This E.R. Treats Opioid Addiction on Demand. That’s Very Rare: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/18/health/opioid-addiction-treatment.html (requires subscription)
Workers Overdose on the Job, and Employers Struggle to Respond: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/21/business/economy/opioid-overdose-workplace.html (requires subscription)
Before It’s Too Late (statewide educational website): http://beforeitstoolate.maryland.gov/resources-2/
GBMC Resources:
The Sheppard Pratt Integrated Behavioral Health at GBMC Health Partners collaborative partnership, which rolled out in November 2016, provides patients with access to full-time licensed certified social workers (known as behavioral health specialists) within GBMC’s primary care practices, along with visiting Sheppard Pratt psychiatrists and substance use counselors from Kolmac Outpatient Recovery Centers. In the past year, approximately 86,000 patients have been screened for substance use disorder and more than 44,000 patients have been screened for depression in the primary care setting. (/greater-living/an-emphasis-on-behavioral-health-at-our-advanced-primary-care-centers)
Kolmac Outpatient Recovery Center is available for direct referrals for medical detoxification from any substance, including alcohol. Kolmac has six locations, with one on the campus of Sheppard Pratt in the Gibson Building. Call 410-296-2232.(https://www.kolmac.com/)
Mosaic Community Services, part of the Sheppard Pratt Health System, offers a variety of programs, including addiction recovery services. Visit http://www.mosaicinc.org/programs-services/ for a complete list. Referrals can be faxed to 443-612-1400.
The Baltimore County REACH (Resource, Education, and Advocacy County Help) line offers peer support services or referrals to treatment. Call 410-88-REACH (887-3224): https://www.baltimorecountymd.gov/Agencies/health/healthservices/substanceuse/index.html
General Resources:
Opioid Addiction Treatment: A Guide for Patients, Families and Friends (from American Society of Addiction Medicine):http://eguideline.guidelinecentral.com/i/706017-asam-opioid-patient-piece/0?
Partnership for Drug-Free America: https://drugfree.org/
Audio Resources:
Treating Opioid Addiction (The American Health Podcast/ Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health): http://americanhealth.libsyn.com/treating-opioid-addiction
How the Opioid Crisis Started (New York Times The Daily): https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/05/podcasts/the-daily/opioid-crisis-purdue-oxycontin.html
Opioid Addiction and Treatment (Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation): https://www.hazeldenbettyford.org/articles/podcasts/opioid-addiction-treatment
ACEP Frontline- Podcast by American College of Emergency Physicians: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/american-college-of-emergency-physicians/acep-frontline/e/alexis-lapietra-do-pain-management-in-the-elderly-population-48243099?refid=stpr&autoplay=true
The views and opinions expressed in the links on this page are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Greater Baltimore Medical Center.
Updated September 2018