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Webinar: Frame by Frame: Guiding Teens to Advocate Through Film. NW Wednesday, Aug 13, 2025, 1:00PM PT. Registration required. NW ROTAC is funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Very cool upcoming session (Aug 13, 1pm PT) from the Northwest PTTC & Northwest ROTAC highlighting an innovative teen film camp focused on mental health and substance use prevention!

Register here: wsu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Workforce Spotlight Initiative - Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC) Network There is a national shortage of addiction care professionals, and societal needs for this workforce are projected to increase over the next decade.

This great series profiles people in the addictions field talking about their career paths, what they do now, & who inspired them along the way. Their new video interviews Kevin Sweet, head of a unique program for fathers in recovery. Check it out and help #EndStigma! attcnetwork.org/northwest-sp...

Photo of a smiling adult sister and brother with text: ADAI Publication: “All I want is the best for my brother”: interest in a Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT)-based group intervention among concerned significant others of individuals on office-based medications for opioid use disorder. Owens MD, et al. BMC Psychiatry 2024;25:748.

This study from ADAI’s Mandy Owens found that friends/family of patients on MOUD were interested in Community Reinforcement and Family Training to learn how to keep their loved one in care.

Next: can it be delivered by an MOUD nurse care manager? bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Overdose Awareness Series, every Tuesday in August, WA Poison Center

REGISTER TODAY for the WA Poison Center's upcoming Overdose Awareness Series, taking place every Tuesday in August! Learn what leads to overdose, how to respond, how to prevent it and reduce harms, and how to access resources! Info & register here: www.wapc.org/programs/edu...

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Looking for affirming crisis or mental health support now that the LGBTQ+ 988 crisis line is gone? Check out some of these resources instead. You are loved!

adai.uw.edu/lgbtq-support/

YouTube video by ADAI UW 2024 ADAI Symposium: Promising policies to reduce onset & progression of psychotic disorders

(2/2) Cannabis policies aimed at changing “defaults” could help delay initiation of use & discourage frequent use & use of high-THC products, reducing the risk of developing psychosis.

How? Find out from ADAI/@uwpsychiatry.bsky.social's Dr. Beatriz Carlini: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wzhb...

Screenshot of Dr. Carlini's title slide with her photo next to it. Title slide reads "Promising policies to reduce onset and progression of psychotic disorders in U.S. states with legal cannabis markets. Beatriz H. Carlini, September 19th, 2024"

The “default” option—the choice made when no action is taken—powerfully shapes behavior. In public health, setting healthier defaults (like milk instead of soda on kids’ menus) can drive better outcomes. Why not apply this approach to #cannabis policy too? (1/2)

Children are safer when families are supported — not separated | Op-Ed Society must lift stressed families up with services, rather than remove children to foster care.

ADAI's Susan Stoner, PhD, director of the WA Parent-Child Assistance Program (PCAP), has an op-ed in today’s @seattletimes.com about the impending impacts of budget cuts on the safety of children and what policymakers should & shouldn't do to protect them:
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/chil...

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Are you new to a leadership role—or planning to be in one soon?

The Northwest ATTC at ADAI is creating a free leadership program designed just for you! They'd love your input to help shape it!

👉 Share your thoughts in this quick survey: www.surveymonkey.com/r/29QDJTP

A woman holding a notepad and pen smiling and looking at a person with short hair (seen only from the back) with the text "Introduction to care navigation"

SOR also has two additional series: one for Care Navigators and another for Nurse Care Managers. Find the complete set of SOR training videos at www.learnabouttreatment.org/for-professi...

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WATCH: The WA State Opioid Response Training Team at ADAI has a new video series for providers who aren't trained as mental health therapists to help boost their knowledge of common mental health issues. Check it out here: www.learnabouttreatment.org/for-professi...

YouTube video by University of Washington School of Medicine Fentanyl & Methamphetamine:What’s happening to our community and what can we do about it?

Last month, ADAI/@uwpsychiatry.bsky.social‬'s Caleb Banta-Green and Spokane addiction psychiatrist Amy Burns spoke to community members about why ppl are using fentanyl & meth and what families & communities can do to support recovery & health.

WATCH here (90min): www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JJh...

NORTHWEST ATTC SEVEN DIRECTIONS A CENTER FOR INDIGENOUS PUBLIC HEALTH Webinar: July 30, 2025; 12-1pm PT Incorporating Indigenous Evaluation into a Tribal Clinical Supervision Learning Collaborative A panel presentation and community of practice led by Danielle Eakins, PhD; Paul Hunziker, MA,LMFT, SUDP; and Lynsey Parrish, LICSW'

Join the Northwest ATTC on July 30 (12pm PT) for their next webinar to hear from a panel sharing different approaches to Indigenous evaluation, and get ideas for ways YOU can advocate for Indigenous-centered clinical approaches in YOUR community!
washington.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

wednesday Wednesday WEDNESDAY (at 9am)!

Join ADAI report authors & SSP staff to find out what WA State syringe services program participants had to say about their experiences with harm reduction and treatment! Find out more and register here: washington.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Screenshot of the article's headline, showing a photo of Dr. Robey from the EMOTE program and text "Addiction specialists come together in Everett to reach more patients." By Mitch Borden, July 2, 2025, KNKX Public Radio

New from KNKX: ADAI/@uwpsychiatry.bsky.social's Caleb Banta-Green talks about the value of health engagement hubs like EMOTE in Everett: People who use drugs "need to be comfortable coming out of the shadows [and] going to a care site that's going to treat them well": www.knkx.org/public-healt...

ADAI Small Grant Awards for Spring 2025: Opioids and the Brain, Cannabis and Lactation, Asian American Youth Drinking, and Cannabis "Tolerance Breaks" - Addictions, Drug & Alcohol Institute ADAI is proud to announce the recipients of our Spring 2025 Small Grant awards, whose projects all start today! Check out the four projects below to see what we'll be learning about next: Investigatin...

Congratulations to all our awardees! Read more about their projects here: adai.uw.edu/spring-2025-...

Finally, Katherine Walukevich-Dienst, PhD, & Christine Lee, PhD (@uw-psychiatry.bsky.social‬) will be testing an intervention that helps daily cannabis users take breaks from their cannabis use to reset tolerance (T-breaks). Results will help improve the guide & reduce harms in young adults.

P. Priscilla Lui PhD (@uwpsychology.bsky.social‬) is examining why Asian American youth are drinking more: acculturative stress, the pressure of balancing Asian & American cultural expectations. Findings will help shape culturally tailored strategies to better support this understudied group.

Rebecca Hoban, MD, MPH & Sara Berkelhamer, MD (UW Pediatrics) are using data from an ongoing study of cannabis use in pregnancy to see how cannabis impacts lactation goals/duration. Their findings will help guide future interventions to support lactation for peoplewho use cannabis.

Abigail Elerding (UW Pharmacology) & Omar Koita, PhD (@uw-psychiatry.bsky.social‬) are investigating 3 different GABA neurons in the brain’s ventral tegmental area to see how they influence opioid use disorder. Better understanding this function could help lead to more targeted treatments.

ADAI Small Grants: Spring 2025 Awards over photo of campus cherry trees in bloom

ADAI’s Spring 2025 Small Grant awardees start their projects TODAY! Here’s what they’ll be working on over the next year:

RAMS: Research in Addiction Medicine Scholars

Addiction Medicine fellows: Get up to $8k to develop your research and be mentored by NIDA-funded experts! Apply for the NIDA Research in Addiction Medicine Scholars (RAMS) program today! Find out how here: ctnlibrary.org/2025/06/30/n...

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AK, ID, OR, and WA addiction workforce members: The Northwest ATTC @ ADAI needs your help!!

Take their Needs Assessment Survey and tell them what you want to learn about and how you prefer to learn about new practices and ideas (in person, webinars, readings?):

www.surveymonkey.com/r/9FQRKCG

Stimulants and Health handout screenshot. Subtitle: Support for people who use cocaine and methamphetamine with colorful "safer use tips" section and more.

This new handout from Dr. Banta-Green's team at ADAI provides easy-to-understand info on how to facilitate initial and ongoing conversations to support the health of people who use stimulants in the short and long term: www.learnabouttreatment.org/download/245...

Opioid deaths are still rising. Methamphetamine deaths are now rising faster in Spokane, says UW researcher While fentanyl addiction and overdoses continue to plague Eastern Washington, those addicted to meth need more attention and services.

ADAI expert Dr. Caleb Banta-Green talked about methamphetamine and fentanyl overdoses at an event in Spokane, WA last week. Find out what he had to say in this piece from the Spokesman-Review: www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...

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AK, ID, OR, WA providers:

Looking to brush up on your motivational interviewing skills? Join the Northwest ATTC's monthly MI Community of Practice! Sessions held the first Weds of each month (3pm PT); earn 1 NAADAC credit every time you attend!

More info here: washington.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

New ADAI CEDEER report: “I think one enhances the other”: Use of harm reduction and drug treatment among participants of syringe services programs. Newman A, Winstead T, Layman L. June 2025

NEW report & webinar (July 9, 9am): ADAI CEDEER staff surveyed 27 WA State syringe services program participants to find out what their experiences with harm reduction and treatment have been.

Check out the report and sign up for the webinar here: adai.uw.edu/harmreductio...

Focus on Meth: Be part of the conversation. A one-day virtual symposium. June 12, 2025, 9am-3:30pm PT. ADAI: Center for Community-Engaged Drug Education, Epidemiology & Research (CEDEER)

RECORDINGS now available! If you missed our Focus on Meth symposium last week, get caught up on the latest data, research, and in-the-field approaches to support people who use methamphetamine here: adai.uw.edu/methsummit20...

UW School of Medicine and GU Health Partnership. Fentanyl & Methamphetamine: What's happening in our community and what can we do about it? June 24, 2025, 6-7:30pm PT. In-person at Gonzaga University & virtual (YouTube). Dr. Amy Burns (Spokane psychiatrist) and Dr. Caleb Banta-Green (UW ADAI)

June 24 (6pm PT): Join ADAI's Dr. Caleb Banta-Green and Spokane psychiatrist Dr. Amy Burns to learn what's going on in WA State with #fentanyl & #methamphetamine, what support services are available, & how loved ones can help!

Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Check out the recording of our recent webinar on the EmpathyLens.org project and learn how stigmatizing images can hurt people who use drugs and where you can find images that are realistic, positive, and humanizing to make a difference! wsu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...