Yale Program in Addiction Medicine
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No wrong door. Advancing evidence-based prevention, treatment, and harm reduction services for substance use and substance use disorders.
New Haven, CT
Joined September 2019
How should we address in-hospital substance use? In this Yale-led @JAMANetworkOpen study using a 3-round Delphi consensus process, 38 addiction experts inc. multidisciplinary clinicians & people with lived experience developed 84 consensus recommendations:
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Kerry Bilda’s job as a recovery coach is paid for through a federal agency that’s being dismantled. @CTMirror spoke with Bilda and others, inc. @YaleSPH's Dr. Robert Heimer, on how federal budget cuts may impact the substance use and addiction workforce.
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The future of CT’s recovery coaches, who help people navigate sobriety and stay safe, is in flux. One man’s story shows what could be lost.
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RT @JAMANetworkOpen: Adding behavioral therapy to buprenorphine treatment and medical management for #opioid use disorder showed no additio….
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In a recent piece for Health Affairs Forefront, Drs. Ben Howell, Lisa Puglisi, and colleagues discuss urine drug testing pitfalls and best practices in the context of parole and probation. Read more:
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Best practice ensures the use of confirmatory tests for every presumptive positive urine drug test and that results are interpreted by trained professionals only.
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In a new episode of the RAPM (Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine) Focus podcast, Brian Sites, MD, discusses use of buprenorphine for acute pain management with YPAM core faculty member, Thomas Hickey, MD, MS:
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RT @JPDeAquinoMD: Excited to have our work with @DrEricGarland published in Drug & Alcohol Dependence (@CPDDorg)! Applying psychophysiologi….
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Among research advances highlighted this month by @YaleSPH, a study (@JAMANetworkOpen) from Susan Busch, PhD, & colleagues in SPH and @YaleIM @YaleMed, examined lack of access to medications for alcohol use disorder in mental health facilities. Read more:
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🚨 New Pub Alert: Fentanyl and other high-potency synthetic opioids are changing how doctors initiate MOUD in the hospital. Learn more about new research from @ShawnCohen_MD & colleagues, + access the published paper in @JAMANetworkOpen below. 🔗
Hospital-based addiction consult directors widely use novel practices like rapid methadone initiation, full-agonist #opioids for withdrawal, and low- and high-dose buprenorphine initiation in response to high-potency synthetic opioids. @ShawnCohen_MD
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A recent study from Deepa Camenga et al (J Adolescent Health) examines primary care pediatricians' attitudes + practices around substance use screening. Among primary barriers to screening? Lack of treatment options for adolescents who screen positive.
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RT @JPDeAquinoMD: Thrilled to share our new @ASAM Journal #Addiction Medicine paper! . We found that childhood #trauma correlates with wors….
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RT @BorelliCara: Severe GHB withdrawal can resemble delirium tremens and has the potential to be deadly. Treatments for severe withdrawal c….
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As one of the few detailed reports on severe GHB withdrawal and its potential complications, our findings extend the current body of literature by detailing the successful application of a multi-mo...
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RT @JSADJournal: Modeling Trends and Projections of Riding with Alcohol-Impaired Drivers in Fatal Crashes Among Young Adults: A System Dyna….
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