Resumen de Shelter-Based Opioid Treatment: Increasing Access to Addiction Treatment in a Family Shelter.

Avik Chatterjee, Aura Obando, Erica Strickland, Ariana Nestler, Rachel Harrington-Levey, Toni Williams, Terri LaCoursiere-Zucchero

• The article discusses research regarding the shelter-based opioid treatment (SBOT) program which was developed by the Family Team at the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program in 2015, and it mentions an effort to increase access to opioid addiction treatment through the utilization of a family motel-shelter in Massachusetts. According to the article, the twice-a-week outreach clinic is staffed by physicians, nurses, care managers, and behavioral health clinicians.