Support from Social Work Critical in Substance Use Recovery
Social workers and patient navigators play a key role in providing services, reducing stigma, and breaking down barriers to care for parents with substance use disorder.
Read MorePolysubstance Use: A Dangerous Fourth Wave in the Opioid Crisis
Seeing a worrisome rise in people using multiple substances, providers call for a renewed focus on the social factors underlying addiction.
Read MoreCommunity Narcan Training Extends Our Life-Saving Capacity
Education and distribution turns community members into first responders and is key in overcoming the opioid epidemic, despite what some critics of the drug say.
Read MoreGuidance for Opioid Prescribing
A veteran primary care physician discusses the subtleties of prescribing opioids and treating people with chronic pain and substance use disorders appropriately.
Read MoreStigma: A Key Barrier to SUD Treatment and Sound Public Policy
The words we use to describe substance use disorders can reshape perceptions, a necessary step toward reducing the morbidity and mortality of the current opioid crisis.
Read MoreNew Hotline Offers Guidance in Treating Addiction and Pain
For busy primary care providers managing substance use disorders and chronic pain in their clinics, expert help is a phone call away.
Read MoreOpioid Marketing Linked to Opioid Overdose Deaths
A new county-by-county analysis finds that opioid marketing is associated with higher prescribing rates and higher rates of fatal overdoses one year later.
Read MoreAccelerating a Systems-Level Response to the Opioid Crisis
Although the opioid crisis has grown into a systemic problem, a systems-level response has been fatefully slow to materialize.
Read MoreFew Youths Receive Recommended Meds for Addiction
Even as overdose deaths increase, effective medications for opioid use disorder are underused in adolescents despite guidelines recommending their use.
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