American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (AATOD) guidelines on how to operate during pandemics. Issued last week. PDF: https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/6818855/AATOD-Guidance-to-OTPs-in-Response-to.pdf

The outbreak of disease 2019 (covid 19) may be stressful for people .Fear and anxiety about a disease can be overwhelming and strong emotions in adult and children.The coping with stress will make you ,the people you care about ,and your community stronger 

Hi all, If you need suggestions, ideas, or resources about creative ways to take care of yourself, please let me know.  Here are some to begin with:

Authentic Self-Care for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC)

https://www.naadac.org/authentic-self-care-webinar

WEBINAR: Cary Hopkins Eyles on Authentic Self-Care for Addiction Professionals

https://www.issup.net/knowledge-share/resources/2020-03/webinar-cary-hopkins-eyles-authentic-self-care-addiction

Wellness Experts on Easy Ways to Feel More in Control

https://news.yahoo.com/wellness-experts-best-self-care-144800468.html

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Hello dear colleagues,

Hope this message finds everyone who is reading this document safe and sound.

I would like to share with you the newly released technical guidance document on how to support substance users during the COVID-19 pandemic. The document is released by the UNODC Drug Prevention and Health Branch.

Please click on the below link:

https://www.unodc.org/documents/drug-prevention-and-treatment/Drug_treatment_and_care_services_and_COVID19.pdf

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Dear Colleagues, 

I hope that you are all doing well and are safe.  I wanted to share some resources that we are tracking and find useful in the U.S.:

• Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) offers this public dashboard of worldwide confirmed cases, recoveries and deaths aggregating WHO, CDC, ECDC, NHC and DXY data in real time. This source is unique, not only because of the currency and quality of the confirmed case data, but also because it provides comprehensive global surveillance summaries. This includes city level points in the United States...