Latest Drug & Substance Abuse News - American Medical …
网页2024年8月6日 · 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 ...
Care for substance use disorder guide - American Medical …
网页2024年5月8日 · 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. This is part of AMA’s broader efforts ...
网页Like other chronic diseases, substance use disorder (SUD) disrupts the healthy function of the body and increases an individual’s risk of developing other health conditions. And yet, because of the stigma that is often associated with SUD, individuals may be reluctant to seek care, and therefore, their SUD may be untreated and unmanaged.
Treating substance use disorder as a family physician
网页2016年8月17日 · Treating patients with substance use disorders in a family medicine setting can be a unique situation because physicians are often treating other members of the patient’s family as well. At first, patients may be reluctant to discuss substance use but once the condition is out in the open, having the family involved can be beneficial.
3 steps for talking with patients about substance use disorder
网页2016年5月23日 · 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.
How to talk about substance use disorders with your patients
网页2016年5月2日 · 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.
Here’s your one-stop shop to meet new DEA training mandate
网页2023年6月27日 · Here’s your one-stop shop to meet new DEA training mandate. 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.
4 factors that add to stigma surrounding opioid-use disorder
网页2018年9月13日 · Commonly overlooked illnesses among patients with opioid-use disorder include substance use, mental health and physical health conditions. Patients with complex conditions often require more treatment. Instead, clinicians too often attribute symptoms of other health maladies as symptoms of medication-assisted treatment.
90% who need substance-use disorder treatment don’t get it
网页2019年10月22日 · 90% who need substance-use disorder treatment don’t get it. What’s the news: The AMA, the American Society of Addiction Medicine and others are taking part in National Addiction Treatment Week to promote the reality that substance-use disorder is a chronic medical disease for which there are evidence-based treatments to support recovery.
Why denying addiction treatment in jails, prisons is inhumane
网页2021年5月18日 · “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.