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American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry Receives $3 Million Grant to Address Opioid Addiction
Providence, RI, September 12, 2014. The American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP) has been awarded a $3 million grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to train healthcare professionals to use evidence-based practices in treating opioid dependence.
The three-year project, entitled The Providers' Clinical Support System—Opioid Therapies (PCSS-O), begins in September 2014. AAAP will lead a consortium of national professional organizations — Addiction Technology Transfer Centers, American Academy of Neurology, American Academy of Pain Medicine, American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Physicians, American Dental Association, American Medical Association, American Osteopathic Academy of Addiction Medicine, American Psychiatric Association, American Society for Pain Management Nursing, International Nurses Society on Addictions, and Southeast Consortium for Substance Abuse Training — in conducting PCSS-O.
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