Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a mental health disorder characterized by repetitive  actions that seem impossible to stop. 

The Office of Health Care Quality (OHCQ) is the agency within the Maryland Department of  Health charged with monitoring the quality of care in Maryland’s health care facilities and  community-based programs. 

Opioids are a class of drugs that include the illegal drug heroin, synthetic opioids such as  fentanyl, and pain relievers available legally by prescription, such as OxyContin, Vicodin,  codeine, morphine, and others. Opioids are highly addictive and have depressant effects on the  central nervous system. 

Opioid Intervention Teams (OITs) are multi-agency coordination bodies set up in each of  Maryland’s 24 jurisdictions led by the emergency manager and health officer that coordinate,  complement, and integrate with the statewide opioid response effort. 

Maryland Opioid Misuse Prevention Program (OMPP) is administered by the Division of  Population-Based Behavioral Health within BHA and utilizes funds provided to jurisdictions to  strengthen and enhance local overdose prevention plans and implement evidence-based opioid  misuse prevention strategies. 

The Maryland Opioid Operational Command Center (OOCC) was established by Executive Order as part of the Hogan Administration’s 2017 Heroin and Opioid Prevention, Treatment, and Enforcement Initiative. The Center provides an overarching picture of  Maryland’s Heroin and Opioid crisis to help build upon ongoing community-based approaches  to address the Maryland opioid crisis by increasing collaboration …

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Opioid use disorder is a substance use disorder relating to the use of prescription, synthetic, or  natural opioids.  

An Outpatient Mental Health Clinic (OMHC) is a nonresidential program for persons with  mental illness that work to restore more effective functioning, prevent regression, and provide  evaluation, diagnosis, medical services, and psychotherapy.