I first interviewed a person with lived experience of substance use twenty years ago. Today, I wanted to pause and reflect on the key points in this
Dennis McCarty receives prestigious Kentucky award 2022
Dennis McCarty, Ph.D., an Emeritus Professor in the School of Public Health at the Portland State University and Oregon Health & Science
Modernizing withdrawal management services, review
Withdrawal management remains one of the essential skills of addiction medicine specialists. This review describes the recent clinical advances and
Thrive supports caregivers coping with family substance use issues
Thrive is a supportive network for family and friend caregivers of older adults who use substances or alcohol.Authors: Michee-Ana Hamilton, MSc and
Male Pain and Alcohol
Pain is a universal experience across people of all genders. How do we know when something hurts inside? It keeps coming back; first, it disrupts,
Moving on: helping young people
In this 2009 Insight article, Gemma Turner, Cobh Community Based Drugs Worker, provides a brief history of the project while Jano Klimas gives a sense
Hospital based opioid agonist treatment
Researchers recently found that many people with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders are admitted to inpatient psychiatric units.
Updating alcohol Cochrane literature review
Updating Cochrane systematic reviews makes them most useful and fresh for readers. We updated our review on concurrent alcohol and drug problems
Will this patient go into severe alcohol withdrawal?
New research from the BC Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU) suggests applying easy and effective tool to identify patients at high risk of going into