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Most Outpatient Mental Health Clinics Don't Offer Opioid Addiction Meds
US News & World Report· 3 hours agoOnly a third of outpatient mental health facilities offer medications essential for treating opioid addiction, a new study finds. Standard care for treating people with opioid use disorder involves ...
Science-based addiction treatment in Kentucky and the nation must drive our policies | Opinion
Lexington Herald-Leader McClatchy via AOL· 2 days agoThis is true for several reasons, including stigma, a lack of understanding that addiction is a...
Lost chances to treat overdose survivors are documented in new Medicare study
FOX40 Sacramento· 2 days agoA new study documents lost opportunities to treat drug overdose survivors covered by the Medicare...
Detroit pastor hosting Trump defends visit amid criticism of conservative events in city
Detroit Free Press· 4 days agoWhen the Rev. Lorenzo Sewell got a call last week from the campaign of Donald Trump asking whether...
Too Often, Overdose Survivors Miss Out on Vital Treatments: Study
WFMZ Eastern Pennsylvania and Western New Jersey· 3 hours agoMost seniors who survive a drug overdose often miss out on treatments that could help save them from...
Trump portrays rampant crime in speech at Black church in Detroit
Washington Post· 4 days agoPresumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump repeated his characterization of Black communities as...
'Hellhole' prison conditions should factor into manslaughter sentencing, argues lawyer
CBC via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoSheldon Hibbs, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of Michael King, appears in court...
Study finds medication treatment for opioid use disorder offered at only a third of outpatient...
Medical Xpress· 22 hours agoOnly a third of outpatient community mental health treatment facilities in 20 states with the...
Opinion: Surgeons give patients too many opioids. A few simple steps could curb excess prescribing
Los Angeles Times· 1 day agoAmerica’s opioid epidemic is as bad as it has ever been. Although the sharp increase in opioid...
She died in a New York jail. Her family still has questions, alleges medical neglect
KTEP 88.5 El Paso· 1 day agoNiki Capaci had her faults, but she was first and foremost a mother and a protector, her family...