NYC Community-based Behavioral Health Organizations and NYC Health + Hospitals Receive $10.49 million from NYS OASAS to Tackle the Opioid and Stimulant Use Epidemic in the Bronx, Manhattan and Queens

• By: Staff Writer Behavioral Health News
• September 30th, 2021
• addiction prevention, addiction recovery, addiction support, grant, news, NYC, opioid epidemic, stimulant epidemic, treatment services
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The New York State Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS) has awarded up to $10.49 million to the Citywide Addiction Support Network (CASN) to expand services to reduce opioid and stimulant use in historically underserved Bronx, Manhattan and Queens communities. Starting next spring,...

Pain and Its Impact on the Opioid Epidemic

• By: Michael B. Friedman, LMSW Columbia University School of Social Work
• April 16th, 2020
• addiction prevention, healthcare funding, opioid epidemic, overdose reversal, pain management, prescription opioids, public health policy, substance use disorder
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In several past articles on the opioid epidemic in America, I have complained that the problem of severe, chronic pain has been overlooked as a contributing factor. It appears that that is no longer true. For example, a very recent report by the National Academies of Science to the Food and Drug...

Substance Misuse in Older Adults

• By: Arlene González-Sánchez NY State Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS)
• April 1st, 2019
• addiction prevention, aging adults, alcohol misuse, geriatric healthcare, healthy aging, opioid misuse, social isolation, substance use disorders
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In recognition of the State’s commitment to healthy aging, the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) designated New York as the first Age-Friendly State in the nation. The Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) recognizes that a key component of healthy aging is...