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Substance abuse disorders occur when the use of one or more narcotic or alcoholic substances leads to distress and impacts health. Substance abuse is a significant issue in the United States today, and physicians, practices and health systems are on the front lines of the battle. Addressing the issue spans across policymaking, treatments, research and other efforts, and physicians play a key ...
The newly updated “Care for Substance Use Disorder How-To Guide" provides physician practices and health systems serving both children and adults with practical strategies, actionable steps and evidence-based resources for identifying and addressing unhealthy substance use or misuse in their patients.
Reducing the stigma of substance use disorders and enhancing access to treatment for those who have a disorder is one of the five things physicians can do to prevent opioid abuse, recommended by the AMA Task Force to Reduce Opioid Abuse, which physicians convened to help the nation move closer to the goal of ending the opioid epidemic.
Find out how a substance use researcher in San Francisco talks with his patients about substance use disorder. Learn how President Obama’s opioid initiatives align with the task force’s recommendations. Read a call to action for physicians to turn the tide of the opioid epidemic, and watch a video message from AMA President Steven J. Stack, MD.
A comprehensive resource on the AMA Ed Hub™ helps physicians and other health professionals complete the new, one-time eight-hour training requirement issued by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on treating and managing patients with opioid or other substance-use disorders.
But there are ways to approach the topic with your patients and partner with them in preventing misuse and overdose, or in getting treatment for a substance use disorder. 3 core components to the conversation. Dr. Coffin’s expertise includes HIV management, viral hepatitis care, and substance use disorder treatment and research.
substance use disorder, enabling primary care physicians and other members of the care team to overcome key barriers to operationalizing integrated behavioral health (BH) care in their practice. This resource is reflective of the generous time and direction provided by numerous substance use disorder subject matter experts with firsthand experience
Why it matters for patients and physicians: More than 20 million people nationwide live with a substance-use disorder, yet federal officials say that only 10% of those affected receive treatment for the condition. “The opioid crisis today is a national tragedy that requires the same resolve we have mustered for other public health epidemics.
“The law is very clear that people with substance-use disorder, people with opioid-use disorder, are people with disabilities and that discrimination against these groups is prohibited,” Bond said. She added that denying treatment for a serious medical need is a cruel and unusual punishment and thus prohibited by the Eighth Amendment.
National Addiction Treatment Week kicks off today with Bobby Mukkamala, MD, chair of the AMA Substance Use and Pain Care Task Force, discussing the stigma of addiction, common barriers to substance abuse treatment and physician advocacy efforts in the fight against the overdose epidemic in the U.S. Dr. Mukkamala also shares advice for doctors and practitioners on treating opioid use disorder ...