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Addiction counselors train CPS workforce on MAT in Conn.
Author(s) -
Knopf Alison
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent behavior letter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7575
pISSN - 1058-1073
DOI - 10.1002/cbl.30089
Subject(s) - methadone , workforce , psychiatry , medicine , substance abuse , addiction , buprenorphine , certification , abstinence , family medicine , psychology , opioid , political science , receptor , law
Pregnant women who are in treatment for opioid use disorders with methadone or buprenorphine have a good chance of giving birth to a child with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), a transient and easily treatable condition. However, in many states, these women are reported to child welfare authorities as soon as their babies are born, usually by hospital staff. In Connecticut, the Department of Children and Families (DCF) is working to educate the workers who go out on these and other calls relating to parental drug use about medication‐assisted treatment (MAT) and about substance use disorders (SUDs) in general. And the state has teamed with certified SUD counselors to help provide this training.