Alexandra Plante
Senior Advisor, Substance Use Disorder in the Strategy and Growth Office, National Council for Mental Wellbeing
Alexandra Plante is a Senior Advisor of Substance Use Disorder in the Strategy and Growth Office of the National Council for Mental Wellbeing. Alexandra is a recipient of a Fulbright Specialist Award in Substance Use Disorder, leads the national Substance Use Interest Group and volunteers her time with the Maine Recovery Advocacy Project.
She has served as a consultant to U.S. federal agencies and state policymakers, international agencies such as the United Nations Office of Drug Control and Crime (UNODC), and private entities such as Google. Her writing has been featured in outlets such as Harvard Health Publications, Scientific American and Psychology Today. She holds a M.A. in Quantitative Research in Communications, and previously served as a Director at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School – Recovery Research Institute and DynamiCare Health.
The Latest from Alexandra Plante
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Blog Lessons to Accelerate MOUD Prescribing Among Behavioral Healthcare ProvidersMar 13, 2024
Medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) stands at the forefront of effective interventions for combating the opioid crisis. Despite the consensus on their importance, medications remain underused, presenting a significant gap in the standard services available to treat individuals with substance use disorder (SUD). Buprenorphine, methadone…
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Blog Competing Ideologies: The Quest for a Consensus on SUD OutcomesFeb 9, 2024
The lack of consensus around definitions of success and desired outcomes in solving SUD highlights the complex, multifaceted nature of addiction.
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Blog Toward Standardization of Service Intensity AssessmentDec 6, 2023
A patient walks into a hospital in rural Kentucky, with thoughts of suicide and trouble sleeping. A similar patient, presenting with the same symptoms, walks into a hospital 700 miles away in New York City. One patient is hospitalized for a week and then referred to a two-week partial-hospitalization program.