COVID-19 has revealed weaknesses in the gold standard for opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment. The methadone dispensing arm of opioid treatment programs (OTPs) delivers life-saving treatment to large volumes of people with OUD, but the ...
As of this writing, thirty-five states and the District of Columbia have legalized medical marijuana (hereafter referred to as “cannabis”), and an additional seven states have legalized cannabidiol (CBD) oil only (DISA Global Solutions, 2021). ...
Our bodies and brains are like radio antennae, gathering information from our environment. Our brains and bodies respond to every experience by creating or releasing chemicals and hormones. Experiences create connections and networks in our ...
Racial/ethnic discrimination, a practice of oppression, exclusion, and unequal treatment of stigmatized groups, has gained increased attention as a salient source of stress (Carter, Lau, Johnson, & Kirkinis, 2017; Goosby, Cheadle, & Mitchell, 2018; Williams ...
Equality, while fundamental to our way of life, is insufficient when implementing treatment approaches for people who use substances.
The process of healing takes many different individuals and systems actively integrating cultural lifeways into mental health and substance use treatment models.
Those who are two-spirit are described as having two souls in one body and as nonconforming to gender classifications of male or female.
The concept of cultural competence in treatment is difficult to gauge.
About 25 to 50 percent of justice-involved youth (JIY) have a substance use disorder (SUD; Teplin, Abram, McClelland, Dulcan, & Mericle, 2002; Wasserman, McReynolds, Ko, Katz, & Carpenter, 2005; McClelland, Elkington, Teplin, & Abram, 2004), ...
Young adulthood is a unique time of life, filled with new experiences, new beginnings, and fraught with new obstacles and challenges. Young adulthood is a period that is developmentally associated with biological, psychological, social, and ...
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