27: Project ECHO for Rural Primary Care, and Mental Health Consequences From Hurricanes

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Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin discuss an innovative model to integrate medication-assisted treatment (MAT) in rural primary care settings for patients with opioid use disorders, and how mental health professionals can prepare and respond to the mental health consequences of increasingly dangerous storms.

• The barriers and facilitators that affect engagement with Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) to implement MAT in primary care settings [0:58]
• How mental health professionals can help individuals affected by hurricanes [12:24]

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