OUD definition

OUD means opioid use disorder defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM–5), as updated or amended.

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OUD means a pattern of problematic use of opioids, whether prescription painkillers, or heroin, or other illicit synthetic opioids. Practitioners use criteria from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5 (DSM 5) to diagnose opioid use disorder.

OUD means Oracle Unified Directory. OVD means Oracle Virtual Directory.

Examples of OUD in a sentence

• Support stigma reduction efforts regarding treatment and support for persons with OUD, including reducing the stigma on effective treatment.

• Provide employment training or educational services for persons in treatment for or recovery from OUD and any co-occurring SUD/MH conditions.

• Provide or support transportation to treatment or recovery programs or services for persons with OUD and any co-occurring SUD/MH conditions.

• Provide community support services, including social and legal services, to assist in deinstitutionalizing persons with OUD and any co-occurring SUD/MH conditions.

• Provide counseling, peer-support, recovery case management and residential treatment with access to medications for those who need it to persons with OUD and any co-occurring SUD/MH conditions.

• Provide the full continuum of care of treatment and recovery services for OUD and any co-occurring SUD/MH conditions, including supportive housing, peer support services and counseling, community navigators, case management, and connections to community-based services.

• Engage non-profits, faith-based communities, and community coalitions to support people in treatment and recovery and to support family members in their efforts to support the person with OUD in the family.

• Ensure that health care providers are screening for OUD and other risk factors and know how to appropriately counsel and treat (or refer if necessary) a patient for OUD treatment.

• Invest in infrastructure or staffing at government or not-for-profit agencies to support collaborative, cross-system coordination with the purpose of preventing overprescribing, opioid misuse, or opioid overdoses, treating those with OUD and any co-occurring SUD/MH conditions, supporting them in treatment or recovery, connecting them to care, or implementing other strategies to ▇▇▇▇▇ the opioid epidemic described in this opioid abatement strategy list.

• Create or support culturally appropriate services and programs for persons with OUD and any co-occurring SUD/MH conditions, including new Americans.

More Definitions of OUD

OUD means a medical condition characterized by a problematic pattern of opioid use that causes clinically significant impairment or distress. It often includes a strong desire to use opioids, increased tolerance to opioids, and withdrawal syndrome when opioids are abruptly discontinued. Addiction and dependence are components of a substance use disorder and addiction represents the most severe form of the disorder. Opioid dependence can manifest as physical dependence, psychological dependence, or both.

OUD has the meaning ascribed to it in the Hospital TDP.

OUD means Oracle Unified Directory. OVD means Oracle Virtual Directory. Post-Production Defect means a defect that is only identified once code has been deployed in Production (unlike a Leaked Defect). Post-Production Defects are the responsibility of the DDI vendor that triggered the defect, including the efforts necessary to create a workaround until the defect is fixed. Primary Business Components means the following subset of the Managed Applications: (1) VHC External Portal, (2) VHC Internal Portal and (3) Siebel.