National Mentoring Network Promotes Buprenorphine Treatment among Patients with Opioid Dependence

The Physician Clinical Support System for Buprenorphine (PCSS-B) is a cost-free educational resource to help practicing physicians incorporate office-based buprenorphine treatment for prescription-opioid and heroin dependence into their practices. Comprised of a national network of physician mentors with evidence-based expertise in buprenorphine treatment and clinical education, the PCSS-B provides training and support to primary care physicians, pain specialists, psychiatrists, and other nonaddiction medical practitioners to increase access to buprenorphine treatment and improve care for the millions of opioid-dependent patients in all 50 states, Washington DC, and Puerto Rico. The PCSS-B and its sister program, the Physician Clinical Support System for Methadone (PCSS-M), are coordinated by the American Society of Addiction Medicine in conjunction with other leading medical associations.

For more information about the program or to find a PCSS-B clinician in your area, visit www.pcssbuprenorphine.org or email a PCSS representative at PCSSproject@asam.org.