Will It Ever End?
...he had become a prime target for exploitation by some truly awful people.
Keith Humphreys on Drug Policy
Professional treatment is by definition time-limited; recovery is not. That journey doesn't end. Peer-based support is often better able to meet future needs.
...to the point where, even when they recognize a patient’s SUD — which doesn’t always happen — doctors still may fail to treat it.
It’s something we’ve encountered repeatedly over the years. That’s why I found this particular study fascinating. It’s a wide-ranging examination of the barriers that physicians themselves identify as reasons for their reluctance to deal with substance use disorders and the patients who have them. Here’s a link to the article:
Physicians Cite Barriers in Addiction Care: Study Reveals
The study covered research involving some 67,000 physicians. Here, according to respondents, is what stands in the way:
Lack of knowledge, especially when it comes to treatment, and particularly where drugs other than alcohol were involved. I can see how that would be a barrier during a decades-long opioid epidemic, but shouldn’t we have addressed the issue by now? I mean, seriously.
Lack of institutional support-- I suppose, reimbursement...
It’s something we’ve encountered repeatedly over the years. That’s why I found this particular study fascinating. It’s a wide-ranging examination of the barriers that physicians themselves identify as reasons for their reluctance to deal with substance use disorders and the patients who have them. Here’s a link to the article:
Physicians Cite Barriers in Addiction Care: Study Reveals
The study covered research involving some 67,000 physicians. Here, according to respondents, is what stands in the way:
Lack of knowledge, especially when it comes to treatment, and particularly where drugs other than alcohol were involved. I can see how that would be a barrier during a decades-long opioid epidemic, but shouldn’t we have addressed the issue by now? I mean, seriously.
Lack of institutional support-- I suppose, reimbursement...
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Will It Ever End?
...he had become a prime target for exploitation by some truly awful people.
OD Epidemic Nearing an End?
I couldn’t help noticing: The lack of references to the effectiveness of interdiction and law-enforcement.
A Bad Cut, at a Bad Time
Lives are at stake. We can’t rely on hunches. We need facts.
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Ketamine Slumber
As with other fast- growing, largely unregulated new healthcare industries, observers are getting concerned about a rising number of incidents, some quite serious.
Hardcore, once more
Incarceration alone is almost never very effective— in fact, drinking may well resume the day the offender is released.
Ketamine Slumber
As with other fast- growing, largely unregulated new healthcare industries, observers are getting concerned about a rising number of incidents, some quite serious.
Life in a Hot Spot
Make it a continuing effort, using strategies based in evidence, and harnessing the power of human interaction-- instead of relying on a burst of anti-drug education, however intense.
Aging in Recovery
She emphasizes how much stigma is encountered by older recovering persons in the healthcare system.
Should We Pay People Not to Use Meth?
...the fastest growing drug of abuse in many areas is methamphetamine, a stimulant. Incentive programs for drug abuse patients first appeared in the treatment of stimulant disorders, and much of the evidence in support of the practice is based there.
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Why Doctors Dislike SUDs
SUD treatment has always been burdened by social stigma. As one private practitioner put it: "look, nobody wants those people in their waiting room. They just make my other patients uncomfortable."
Why Doctors Dislike SUDs
SUD treatment has always been burdened by social stigma. As one private practitioner put it: "look, nobody wants those people in their waiting room. They just make my other patients uncomfortable."
Autism Can Be Expensive
Anxious parents are seeking coverage for proven behavioral therapies and getting turned down.
Intrusions into the Mind
...there solely to promote an impulse purchase of something the viewer doesn’t actually need or want. In this case, a return to drug use.
How Long Is Too Long? Board-wise.
Longtime members may become proprietary towards the organization, and resist much-needed improvements on the grounds that "we’ve always done it this way."
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First Person Hard Charger
In fact, in many instances, the trauma that occurs after they’re addicted is more damaging than what happened before.
First Person Hard Charger
In fact, in many instances, the trauma that occurs after they’re addicted is more damaging than what happened before.
Diagnosing Cannabis Use Disorder: Updated
It certainly makes sense that if you suffer from a major mental illness, you should stay away from pot.
Video: Practical Advice on Prescription Painkiller Problems
People have abused opiates for 5,000 years. As much as medicine depends on them, they've always created problems for a percentage of users.
