Co-Occurring PTSD and OUD in Rural Healthcare Settings Toolkit

Development of a Toolkit for Implementing Evidence-Based Assessment and Treatment Practices for Co-Occurring PTSD and OUD in Rural Healthcare Settings

Please join us on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, from 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. ET for a UVM CORA Community Rounds Workshop Series panel session, “Development of a Toolkit for Implementing Evidence-Based Assessment and Treatment Practices for Co-Occurring PTSD and OUD in Rural Healthcare Settings.” 

Our speakers are Kelly Peck, PhD, Associate Professor with joint appointments in the Departments of Psychiatry and Psychological Science at UVM and the Director of Clinical Operations for the UVM Center on Rural Addiction, and Mary Lindsey Smith, PhD, MSW, Director of Substance Use Research & Evaluation at the University of Southern Maine’s Catherine Cutler Institute. This presentation will discuss evidence-based guidelines for the assessment of treatment of PTSD in individuals with co-occurring SUDs as well as barriers and facilitators to implementation in rural MOUD treatment settings. It will also introduce the newly developed UVM CORA Co-occurring PTSD and OUD Toolkit. 

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