Pandemic-era changes to prescribing guidelines for the lifesaving drug buprenorphine led to improved treatment outcomes for patients with opioid use disorder in Philadelphia, according to a recently ...

Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a serious and complex condition affecting millions of people across the country and contributing to a national public health emergency. Yet stigma and misinformation about ...

Addiction is an umbrella term that reflects qualities of substance use disorder, characterized by an inability to stop using a substance despite harmful consequences. However, addiction is not a ...

Black patients are less likely to receive outpatient OUD treatment referrals post-ED visit for opioid overdose compared to White patients. Hospital admissions increase the likelihood of receiving ...

Integrating OUD treatment into CCM in primary care significantly reduces opioid use compared to usual care, with sharper declines observed in the intervention group. The study found modest ...

Methadone is a vital medication for opioid use disorder, yet it remains underused because of restrictive federal and state regulations. Before 2018, not all state Medicaid programs covered methadone ...

Medically reviewed by Elle Markman, PsyD, MPH Key Takeaways The DSM-5 is used worldwide to diagnose mental disorders but does not include treatment guidelines.The DSM-5 categorizes 298 mental ...

A study supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) finds that individuals who received medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) while incarcerated were significantly more likely to continue ...

The Opioid Risk Tool (ORT) is a self-reported questionnaire that doctors can use to assess a person’s potential risk of opioid use disorder before prescribing pain medication. This feature mentions ...

Nearly 17 million children and adolescents in the United States are estimated to live with a parent who has a substance use disorder, according to a study led by Texas State University, University of ...