PerformCare to Host Much-Needed Symposium on Opioid Dependence, Treatment and Public Policy

Mortality Rate from Opioid Overdose up Nearly 90 Percent since 1999PerformCare, a national full-service managed behavioral health care organization, will host “Crossroads: Converging Paths in Search of Sound Policy and Practice of Opioid Dependence Management” September 11 – 12, 2014, at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center, State College, Pa. The symposium will convene leading behavioral health experts and policy makers for presentations on the neurobiology and treatment of opioid dependence, as well as an analysis of public policies surrounding opioid abuse and addiction. “