Pittsburgh’s Healthcare for the Homeless program addresses substance use with regular screening, Motivational Interviewing, and philosophy of harm reduction.
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Heroin is Ubiquitous. But It’s Not Just Heroin.
A new DEA report on Pennsylvania’s overdose deaths underlines, italicizes, and exclamation-points this statement. Of 2,500 recorded drug-related deaths in Pennsylvania in 2014, 81% involved two or more drugs. Most Pennsylvania overdose deaths involve multiple drugs
Anyone Can Become Addicted. Anyone.
PaStop.org is Pennsylvania’s new hub for information on opiate use, addiction, and treatment.
The Devil is in the Details: Overdose Prevention in Pennsylvania
In November 2014, Pennsylvania’s Act 139 went into effect. Designed to prevent overdose deaths, it focused primarily on increasing access to naloxone, a medication that reverses overdose caused by prescription opioid pain relievers and heroin. These policy changes have opened up certain possibilities, but that’s a far cry from making them happen.
People Who Care About SBIRT Converge in Pittsburgh
Last month’s event, Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment: An Interprofessional Conference was not massive, but it was certainly a major undertaking and a successful one.
Pennsylvania’s Medicaid Expansion Smooths the Road to Addiction Treatment, But Barriers Remain
Monday, April 27, 2015 was a day of celebration for many in Pennsylvania. It marked the beginning of Phase I of the state’s transition from Healthy PA to full Medicaid expansion.
Separate Medication from Level of Care
We would help a lot more people with opioid use disorders and quell a lot of criticism if we stopped using this inaccurate paradigm in addiction treatment.
Standardized patients are powerful simulation technology
Learning SBIRT with standardized patients helps students “practice saying the words themselves.”
A person experiencing an opioid overdose needs oxygen and/or naloxone to survive
New ways to incorporate overdose prevention, response, and experience into substance use disorder treatment.
An Interview with Em DeMarco on Recovery Homes
A couple of months ago, I read an article called The Brotherhood of Recovering Addicts about recovery homes, also known as sober homes and three-quarter way houses
