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IRETA and Our Services

Adding to the Universal Addiction Medicine Toolbox

Written by Marla Kauffman | November 17, 2022

Dawn Lindsay, Ph.D, is the Director of Research and Evaluation at IRETA. Dawn and her team have been working with the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) and the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP) this past year to develop a clinical guideline addressing the management and treatment of stimulant use disorders. This project is […]

Filed Under: Addiction, IRETA and Our Services, News

Celebrating Recovery

Written by Marla Kauffman | September 7, 2022

September is Recovery Month! IRETA is proud to celebrate pathways to recovery with the Pittsburgh Recovery Walk.

Filed Under: Addiction, IRETA and Our Services, Pittsburgh

IRETA Continues to Provide Intensive Learning Experience on Substance Use Disorders for Medical and Pharmacy Students

Written by Marla Kauffman | August 12, 2022

For 23 years, IRETA has hosted medical students for the Scaife Medical Student Fellowship in Substance Use Disorders. The program has been held virtually since 2020, due to COVID-19. This year’s program continued online. For three weeks in both June and July, small cohorts of medical and pharmacy students logged in from across the country […]

Filed Under: Addiction, Evidence-Based and Best Practices, IRETA and Our Services, News, Pittsburgh Tagged With: addiction medicine, addiction treatment, medical student, medical student fellowship

Opportunity Out of Crisis: A Natural Experiment

Written by Peter F. Luongo, Ph.D., IRETA Executive Director | February 22, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented challenges and opportunities for substance disorder treatment. IRETA and Vital Strategies are studying effects of OTP rule changes.

Filed Under: Addiction, Evidence-Based and Best Practices, IRETA and Our Services, News, Pittsburgh

A New Service Delivery Model: How IRETA has Adapted Clinical Quality Improvement in the Era of COVID

Written by Marla Kauffman | November 17, 2020

IRETA faced the challenge of switching completely to telehealth with very little notice. IRETA’s Director of Clinical Quality Improvement Services, David Reazin, MHS, answered questions about what it was like to adapt to telehealth and the pros and cons of virtual groups.

Filed Under: Addiction, IRETA and Our Services, Profiles

Compassion Fatigue: A Personal Account from an IRETA Clinical Quality Improvement Associate

Written by Jessica Thurston, MSCP, LPC | October 23, 2020

I don’t believe that we can truly understand what those teachers lecturing about clinician burnout means until we’re “in the trenches” of this field. Let’s talk about compassion fatigue.

Filed Under: Addiction, Addiction in the News, Evidence-Based and Best Practices, IRETA and Our Services

Medical & Pharmacy Students Learn Skills About Addiction And Its Treatment Despite Challenges Amid Pandemic

Written by Marla Kauffman | August 12, 2020

IRETA has hosted medical students in Pittsburgh for the Scaife Medical Student Fellowship in Substance Use Disorders. The fellowship offers medical students, typically between their first and second years of medical school, an intensive learning experience about substance use, addiction, and addiction treatment.

Filed Under: Evidence-Based and Best Practices, IRETA and Our Services, Pittsburgh

Migrating To Recovery-Oriented Methadone Maintenance

Written by Jessica Williams | March 2, 2018

IRETA was fortunate to be chosen to work with Foundations Medical Services, a methadone maintenance program in Butler, PA managed by Pyramid Healthcare, Inc.

Filed Under: Evidence-Based and Best Practices, IRETA and Our Services, Pittsburgh

Because of IRETA, There are More Doctors in the World with Unusual Knowledge and Skill

Written by Jessica Williams | November 7, 2017

IRETA’s 2017 Annual Report summarizes the effectiveness of our longstanding medical student program.

Filed Under: IRETA and Our Services, Pittsburgh

It Works! Annual Summer Program Changes Medical Students’ Views of Addiction

Written by Jessica Williams | August 24, 2017

Peer-reviewed evaluation results indicate that students feel more responsible and motivated to help people with substance use disorders

Filed Under: Evidence-Based and Best Practices, IRETA and Our Services, Research Updates

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The Institute for Research, Education and Training in Addictions (IRETA) is an independent 501(c)3 nonprofit located in Pittsburgh, PA. Our mission is to help people respond effectively to substance use and related problems.

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