The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration will offer a free course June 9 in Philadelphia for physicians and other health care professionals who care for pregnant women with opioid use disorder and substance-exposed infants. Based on SAMHSA guidance, the course is designed to help health care professionals make clinically appropriate and individualized treatment decisions that promote the best possible outcome for both mother and infant. For more information and to register, click here.

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