Resources

Informed Consent: Choose Your Own Treatment
Treatment can give you the opportunity to acquire the knowledge, skills, and abilities to stay on the path to recovery and live a healthy, productive life. Treatment can occur in a variety of inpatient and outpatient care settings, including specialty OUD/SUD programs, primary care offices, hospitals and residential programs, and includes a range of services including withdrawal management, medication-assisted treatment (MAT), abstinence-based recovery, recovery supports, and behavioral therapies, among others. This guide will allow you to make the best-informed decisions based on your personal treatment needs. 

Standards and Credentialing Process for Addiction and Prevention Professionals
The West Virginia Certification Board for Addiction & Prevention Professionals is a voluntary board whose purpose is to certify the qualifications and competence of the persons who are engaged in professional addictions services, be it treatment or prevention.