Filing a petition to commit his father involuntarily to addiction treatment in a prison was the hardest thing Tyshaun Perryman, CARC, has ever had to do. But at the time, he felt it was necessary because the situation had grown out of control. In Massachusetts,...
THE BOTTOM LINE | Despite medication being the gold standard for treating opioid use disorder, nearly two-thirds of young adult patients with OUD had no such documented treatment, according to a study of more than 300,000 youth patients between...
Currently, under Massachusetts law, healthcare providers are mandated to report a person to the Department of Children & Families (DCF) for suspected abuse or neglect when they give birth to a baby who was exposed to substances designated as “addictive...
One of the age groups most heavily impacted by substance use disorders are young adults between the ages of 18 and 25. According to a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration report in 2016, 23% of young adults reported using illicit drugs, most commonly...
Like many other chronic medical conditions, substance use disorder (SUD) requires comprehensive support services to help people achieve and sustain lasting recoveries. However, treatment and recovery support for addiction are often siloed either in the clinic or in...