The Department of Psychiatry gives residents the opportunity to train in Addiction Medicine and Addiction Psychiatry to help those battling substance use disorders and addiction through our fellowship ...

Comprehensive addiction training is rare in American medical education, which denies physicians the necessary diagnostic and communication skills required to treat patients with substance use disorder ...

ADDICTION, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO OPIOIDS. WHAT WE SAW IS THAT THERE WAS A DIFFERENCE WHEN WE LOOKED AT OPIOIDS, WHICH WE KNOW ARE KILLING A RECORD NUMBER OF TEENAGERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY RIGHT ...

The U.S. Surgeon General’s office estimates that more than 20 million people have a substance use disorder. Meanwhile, the nation’s drug overdose crisis shows no sign of slowing. Subscribe to read ...

Before the Covid-19 pandemic struck, the U.S. was making some headway in fighting the drug overdose epidemic. But as the nation directs scarce public health resources to combatting Covid-19, the ...

According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA; 2023), more than 1 in 9 of American adults (11.8 percent) believe they have ever had a problem with alcohol or other ...

The ancient practice of mindfulness may be a powerful tool in fighting the modern-day epidemic of opioid addiction, new research suggests. In a series of studies, an eight-week course in mindfulness ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Efforts are underway at Oregon Health and Science University and around the state of Oregon to help people struggling with addiction through better addiction training for healthcare ...

A new training and development resource is available to the state’s addiction and substance use prevention professionals. The New Jersey Prevention Network recently launched The Learning Center. The ...