California Approved to Offer Medicaid Benefits to Justice-Involved Individuals Prior to Release
For the first time, justice-involved individuals will be eligible to receive critical health care coverage through Medicaid prior to...
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- Sep 22, 2018
Treatment Works
It is critical for people to have access to a system of care that has adequate capacity to provide all levels of treatment
- Aug 10, 2018
Best Practices: SBIRT - Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral to Treatment
SBIRT is a concept that has been utilized in other disease processes but really addiction is its primary usage.
- Aug 10, 2018
Best Practices: What is Addiction?
Nobody chooses addiction. This isn't a choice for us. We aren't here because we're bad people, we're here because we have an illness.
- Jul 31, 2018
Understanding Severity
Like other chronic illnesses, substance use disorders get worse over time. There are 3 levels of severity: mild, moderate, and severe.
- Jul 24, 2018
Whirlpools of Risk: Understanding Risk Factors
People have different risk factors that make them more vulnerable to developing SUDs.
- Dec 2, 2014
Brain Imaging Reveals What Causes Drug Addiction in Humans
Doctor Nora Volkow, MD, research psychiatrist and scientist, Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) at the National...
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