A brief course, including an assigned pre-reading and participatory seminar, that aims to teach residents about recognizing and treating substance use disorders. The read [...]

In 2017, 21 million individuals in the United States suffered from a substance use disorder (SUD) involving alcohol or drugs. This is a public health crisis and the Ameri [...]

August 2013 issue of the Scribe. Contents include the Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative, legislation around uniform credentialing and preauthorization, health systems [...]

This paper examines strategies to enhance attendance rates and provider productivity within addiction medicine, focusing on CODA Inc. Consistent patient engagement in hea [...]

Genome-wide polygenic risk scores (PRS) can now predict complex genetic disease risk with nearly the same ability as tests for monogenic diseases. Despite this, there is [...]

Patients on prescription opioids for pain can develop opioid use disorder (OUD) from extended use. Such patients are at increased risk for opioid overdose deaths contribu [...]

In 2020, over 26.8 million people around the world were affected by opioid use disorder, with approximately 2.7 million cases of opioid use disorder in the United States [...]

For pregnant people with Substance Use Disorder (SUD), multi-sectoral and collaborative systems of care are central to improving pregnancy, birth, health, and child welfa [...]

Behavioral health conditions are common in the United States (U.S.). Nearly 59 million adults, or 25% of Americans, had a mental illness or substance use disorder in the [...]