by Pollen Williamson | Feb 1, 2019 | Content
The New England Journal of Medicine published an article reporting that in the United States, deaths due to suicide and unintentional overdose pose a major, and growing, public health concern. The combined number of deaths among Americans from suicide and...
by Pollen Williamson | Jan 24, 2019 | Content
A new study finds only 36 percent of outpatient facilities that treat substance use disorder offer medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder. Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found only 6 percent of facilities that used...
by Pollen Williamson | Jan 22, 2019 | Content
In a recent blog post, Nora D. Volkow, MD, Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) at the National Institutes of Health shared some of NIDA’s accomplishments over the past year. She explains, “As always when I look back at the research...
by Pollen Williamson | Jan 9, 2019 | Content
To combat the nation’s opioid crisis, HRSA launched the NHSC Substance Use Disorder Workforce Loan Repayment Program (SUD Workforce LRP). The most effective treatment for opioid addiction is a comprehensive approach that incorporates medication and behavioral health...
by Pollen Williamson | Jan 8, 2019 | Content
Please join us at the 10th annual Addiction Medicine Conference – the region’s premier conference for substance use disorder and addiction-related education and updates, hosted by the Governor’s Institute, North Carolina Division of Mental Health, Developmental...
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