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IRETA to Host Much-Needed Community Panel on Inconsistent Quality in Addiction Treatment

Written by Jessica Williams | May 24, 2019

On June 12, 2019, IRETA hosted a community symposium on the subject of barriers to high-quality addiction treatment.

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Like All of Us, Dentists Can Play a Role in Reducing Opioid-Related Harms

Written by Abigail Bartus | April 11, 2019

Of the three million wisdom tooth extractions that occur each year, most patients are under the age of 25, and most leave with prescription opioids to manage pain associated with the surgery. This can have serious consequences over time.

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A Medication-First Approach Can Blend Harm Reduction and Ongoing Treatment As Needed to Save Lives

Written by Jessica Williams | March 27, 2019

In 2009, the World Health Organization advocated for a “medication first” approach to treating opioid use disorder. Ten years later, in the midst of an unprecedented number of opioid-related deaths, the idea is still marginal in America.

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Parental Overdose and Grieving Children

Written by Leila Giles | February 4, 2019

Children who have lost a parent to overdose represent a group that is both large and vulnerable. Preliminary data gathered by the Allegheny County Dept. of Human Services shows that about 50% of residents who died last year from opioid-involved overdoses were parents.

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Why Don’t We Do a Better Job with the Overlap Between Eating Disorders and Addiction?

Written by Jessica Williams | January 23, 2019

Amy Winehouse was not unusual in her overlap between eating disorders and addiction. Research shows that substance use disorders (SUDs) go hand-in-hand with eating disorders (EDs), particularly binge eating and purging behavior.

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Happy Holidays from All of Us

Written by Jessica Williams | December 19, 2018

As an organization, IRETA benefits from many partners and supporters. We are tremendously grateful for the people we work with, and for the many thousands of people we are connected to all over the world. We thank you for the work we do together, and for your shared interest in substance use and health.

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Concrete Ways to Shift from Punitive to Therapeutic Responses to Addiction

Written by Jessica Williams | November 26, 2018

Even as the consensus seems to be gathering around the need for a less punitive and more therapeutic approach to addiction, there are monumental questions about how actually to achieve this shift.

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There Are a Number of Ways for an ED to Responsibly Address Addiction

Written by Jessica Williams | October 23, 2018

The extremely popular webinar, There Are a Number of Ways for an ED to Responsibly Address Addiction, was originally held on October 17, 2018, and led by Dr. Michael Lynch is now available in our Webinar Library.

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What’s So Great About the Pittsburgh Recovery Walk? This Amazing Video Says It All

Written by Jessica Williams | October 12, 2018

We are overwhelmed by the support of the whole Pittsburgh community, who came together last month to celebrate the reality and possibility of recovery from addiction. If you want to get a sense of what this year’s Pittsburgh Recovery Walk was like, watch this video. Or if you want to relive it–watch this video!

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Measurement-Based Care and Outcomes Monitoring in Addictions Treatment

Written by Steven Proctor, Ph.D. | October 1, 2018

This blog post addresses an ongoing area of dysfunction in the addiction treatment system: the inability to measure the impact of the treatment services. Here, Dr. Steven Proctor offers measurement-based care as the solution and paints a picture of what that looks like in practice.

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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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