Using the ATTC/NIDA Blending Products to Affect Change – Part 4 – Pat Stabile
Using the ATTC/NIDA Blending Products to Affect Change – Part 4 – Pat Stabile – Pat Stabile, Director of HARBEL in Baltimore City speaks about the positive aspects of Clinical Trials Network studies conducted at her site. She explains how challenging it can be at times when researchers and clinicians might have different objectives and different language, but the overarching common goal to improve substance use disorder treatment makes such collaboration worth the effort. This conference took place on July 13, 2012 in the Baltimore-Washington Metro area. It was sponsored by the Central East Addiction Technology Transfer Center (a program of the Danya Institute), and the Mid-Atlantic Node Clinical Trials Network. It featured presentations on the Blending Products which are a collaborative effort of the The National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network and the National Institute of Drug Abuse/Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administrations Blending Initiative to disseminate trestmernt and training products based on results conducted by the NIDA Clinical Trials Network. The audience was made up of practitioners in the Substance Abuse Treatment workforce -us tools in the Blending products suite and give them an opportunity to learn how to implement a particular evidence based practice. More information about the NIDA Blending Initiative and its products is available here: www.drugabuse.gov
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