Author: jessica
Bio:
Jessica was hired as an assistant at IRETA in 2010 and has risen in the ranks to lead the Communication and Health Promotion team. During her tenure at IRETA, she received a Master of Public Health from the University of Pittsburgh and has found her voice as local advocate for addiction recovery and harm reduction services. At IRETA, Jessica creates online content and other educational materials, in addition overseeing IRETA’s training initiatives for health and human service providers. No matter what she’s working on at IRETA, Jessica welcomes the opportunity to shine a light on all who have struggled personally with addiction.
Posts by jessica:
- Motivating Change Talk: May the Force Be With You, 30 Mar 2020
- The Standard of Care in ALL Levels of Care: MAT Across the Continuum, 02 Mar 2020
- Fear of Drug Users is How We Justify Harming Them, 28 Feb 2020
- Our Healthcare System Can (and Must) Work Better for People Who Use Drugs, 04 Feb 2020
- Combatting the Abstinence Violation Effect, 13 Nov 2019
- The ‘Treatment Gap’ Is Not What You Think It Is, 31 Oct 2019
- IRETA After 20 Years, 23 Sep 2019
- Clinical Research on SBIRT and Integrative Healthcare at an FQHC, 18 Sep 2019
- Study Suggests Calling Myself an ‘Addict’ Is Different Than You Calling Me One, 23 Jul 2019
- Medical Students Learn Addiction Skills Because They’ll Need Them in Practice, 01 Jul 2019
- Integrating CBT, ACT & Mindfulness-Based Therapy for the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders, 28 Jun 2019
- Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Substance Use Disorders: From Theory to Practice, 30 May 2019
- IRETA to Host Much-Needed Community Panel on Inconsistent Quality in Addiction Treatment, 24 May 2019
- The Feasibility & Effectiveness of Drug Using Peers Distributing Naloxone & Injection Equipment, 22 Apr 2019
- A Medication-First Approach Can Blend Harm Reduction and Ongoing Treatment As Needed to Save Lives, 27 Mar 2019
- Medication First: Integration of Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Across the Healthcare System, 22 Mar 2019
- Why Don’t We Do a Better Job with the Overlap Between Eating Disorders and Addiction?, 23 Jan 2019
- Concrete Ways to Shift from Punitive to Therapeutic Responses to Addiction, 26 Nov 2018
- What’s So Great About the Pittsburgh Recovery Walk? This Amazing Video Says It All, 12 Oct 2018
- How Not to Talk About Addiction, 17 Sep 2018
- Let’s Say You Run a Mayoral Campaign Focused Solely on Addiction. You Win. Then What?, 25 Oct 2017