A Statewide Consultation Helpline for Rapid Linkage to Services for Youths With Opioid Use Disorder and Other Substance Use.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The authors examined the initial implementation of the Indiana Adolescent Addiction Access (AAA) program, modeled on the widely disseminated Child Psychiatry Access Program framework. The AAA program developed a statewide consultation helpline to connect health care providers with adolescent addiction specialists.

Methods

The AAA line was staffed by a coordinator, who fielded initial questions, and on-call clinical specialists (social workers, nurse practitioners, psychiatrists, and psychologists), who were paged to complete telephone consultations and provide care recommendations. When necessary, AAA providers offered urgent clinical assessments and initiated treatment. Descriptive analyses were performed for key variables over the first 21 months of AAA operation

SUBMITTER: Adams ZW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11444921 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature