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Measurement-based Care Using DSM-5 for Opioid Use Disorder: Can We Make Opioid Medication Treatment More Effective?

About the Course

This course examines Measurement-Based Care (MBC) using Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) and psychological intervention for patients who meet the DSM-5 criteria for diagnosis of Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) as measured by Patient-Reported Outcome (PRO). It includes: why we need an MBC approach, MBC using DSM-5 symptoms, practical proposals for MBC, and MBC research.

This course is based on the reading-based online, Measurement-based Care Using DSM-5 for Opioid Use Disorder: Can We Make Opioid Medication Treatment More Effective? created by John Marsden et al. in 2019.

Publication Date:

Jan 2019

Course Material Authors

Course Material Authors authored the material only, and were not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.

John Marsden

John Marsden PhD, PgDip CBT, BABCP is Professor of Addiction Psychology at the Addictions Department, Institute of psychiatry, psychology and neuroscience, Kings College London. Holding professional appointments in the Addictions treatment and research field since 1987, John is a clinical research psychologist and cognitive behavioural psychotherapist and a senior member of the addictions department. He has held research grants from a range of public finders of research in the UK and overseas, with a focus on the development and evaluation of novel psychological and medication-assisted treatments for opioid, stimulant and alcohol use disorders. John is the Editor-in-Chief of the academic journal Addiction.

Betty Tai, PhD

Dr. Tai is Director of the Center for the Clinical Trials Network at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). She has been recognized for her leadership of the NIDA Clinical Trials Network and her instrumental role in defining future research issues and identifying new avenues for collaboration within the Network. She has had her work published in multiple peer reviewed journals.

Course Creator

L.A. Rankin
L.A. Rankin is a social worker with experience in many different settings with a variety of clients. She has worked with dementia and Alzheimers patients, dual diagnosis MH/MR, in a battered women’s shelter, and a rape crisis center. She also has 11 years of experience as a child protective social worker, where she earned certificates in domestic abuse/family violence and substance abuse.

Recommended For:

Counselors, marriage and family therapists, psychologists and social workers. This course is appropriate for all levels of knowledge.

Course Objectives:

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  1. Describe how Measurement-Based Care (MBC) is a practical approach given the field’s move towards evidence-based care and payment.
  2. Identify the benefits of Measurement-Based Care (MBC).
  3. Summarize approaches to be used in conjunction with Measurement-Based Care (MBC).

Disclosure to Learners

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Planners and Reviewers

The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

Commercial support

There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.

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Course Number 103118
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