Recovery Research Institute

A telebridge online program helps people recently released from incarceration quickly connect to opioid use disorder treatment by linking them to clinicians via telemedicine and coordinating follow-up care.

Notably, over 90% of patients received medication the same day they first engaged with the program, minimizing delays that can lead to treatment drop-off.

Learn more here: https://www.recoveryanswers.org/research-post/relapse-to-recover-rapid-telemedicine-access-oud-treatment-after-incarceration/

From release to recovery: Rapid telemedicine access to opioid use disorder treatment after incarceration In this geospatial modeling analysis done in Ohio, more than a third of opioid use disorder treatment need was outside a 15-minute drive time of an Opioid Treatment Program to access methadone trea…

In a new study, giving and receiving help in recovery—in sober living homes, 12-step groups, and personal networks—was linked to better alcohol outcomes. Helping others was associated with lower odds of drinking, while receiving help was linked to fewer alcohol-related problems.

Learn more here: https://www.recoveryanswers.org/research-post/does-helping-others-benefit-the-helper/