CRWS: Incentive-Based Interventions for Stimulant Use Disorder into Rural Community Settings

This UVM CORA Community Rounds Workshop Series webinar is entitled “The Fourth Wave of the U.S. Overdose Crisis: Disseminating Incentive-Based Interventions for Stimulant Use Disorder into Rural Community Settings.” Our speaker is Tyler Erath, PhD, NIH Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Vermont Center on Behavior and Health at the University of Vermont. This presentation explores the role of psychomotor stimulants in the ongoing overdose crisis and discusses contingency management treatment for stimulant use, including current obstacles to its use in community settings.

Learning objectives:

1. Review the role of stimulants in drug-involved overdose deaths in the U.S.
2. Define contingency management (CM) as a treatment for stimulant use disorder
3. Describe current challenges to using CM and some efforts to overcome them
4. Explore CM components such as financing, protocol considerations, using technology-based CM apps, and ways to implement CM in rural areas
5. Discuss the role of certificate programs as training opportunities for health professionals including in rural areas

The Community Rounds Workshop Series is provided live by the University of Vermont Center on Rural Addiction (UVM CORA). UVM CORA was established in 2019 through a cooperative agreement with the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA). Learn more about our mission, who we are, and what we do at UVMCORA.org.

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