Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT)/Medication-Assisted Recovery (MAR)
A person in medication-assisted treatment (MAT) uses medications as part of their recovery from opioid use disorder (OUD). For members of the recovery community, medication-assisted recovery (MAR) can be a preferred term because this emphasizes a person’s commitment to recovery while using medications.
For many people with OUD, medication is a life-saving component of their recovery. In combination with psychosocial services and other recovery supports, medications can help to reduce opioid misuse and overdose, increase engagement in services and supports, and improve a person’s outcomes.
C4 Innovations supports local, state, and national efforts to improve access to MAT/MAR and recovery supports, and to facilitate understanding and integrate strategies that support multiple recovery pathways.
We Can Help You
- Understand the benefits of MAT/MAR
- Use shared decision making with people who are considering the use of medications
- Integrate MAT/MAR with other recovery supports
- Assist people using MAT to set and achieve their recovery goals
- Facilitate local and national conversations to advance understanding of MAT/MAR
"I enjoyed the trainer because she seemed to have real world knowledge of how MAT is being utilized within the field." –MAT Training Participant
Our Experts
Learn More
- Recovery LIVE Virtual Event: Where's the Line? Defining Harm in Harm Reduction—webinar on June 23 at 2 pm ET
- Bringing Racial Equity Strategies to Recovery Support Services—webinar on June 24 at 2 pm ET
- Racial Equity in Recovery 101: Addressing Race-Related Barriers in Recovery Support Services—live, online course starting July 12, 2021
- Decisions in Recovery: Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder—prepared by C4 staff with funding from SAMHSA's Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS TACS) project
- Considering the Role of Antipsychotic Medications in My Recovery Plan—prepared by C4 staff with funding from SAMHSA's Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS TACS) project
- Perspectives from Recovery Residences: Adapting for MAT and Other Recovery Pathways—webinar recording (64:11 minutes)
- Helping Recovery Residences Adapt to Support People with Medication-Assisted Recovery, a guide (PDF)
- My Experience in a Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) Program: Steven Samra—video (5:17 minutes)
- My Recovery Journey: Steven Samra—video (4:35 minutes)
- Opioid Overdose Prevention and Support
- Behavioral Health and Recovery
- Stigma and Recovery
- Medication-Assisted Treatment for MA Addiction Professionals
More about our expertise and our training and technical assistance approaches and offerings.