An Epidemic Rages On: “Treatment” Is Not Enough

• By: Ashley Brody, MPA, CPRP Search for Change, Inc.
• October 23rd, 2023
• addiction, comorbid conditions, deaths of despair, depression, epidemic, Fall 2023 Issue, harm reduction, housing first, mental illness, pain, recovery, social determinants of health, substance use disorder, suffering, suicide
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Unprecedented rates of substance abuse and mental illness have afflicted nearly every segment of our population in recent years. This intractable public health crisis has led healthcare professionals, policymakers, and other stakeholders to reexamine longstanding assumptions concerning the...

Does Our Healthcare System Perpetuate an Epidemic?

• By: Ashley Brody, MPA, CPRP Search for Change, Inc.
• September 28th, 2020
• epidemic, fall 2020 issue, health insurance, healthcare, income inequality, social welfare spending, suicide
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Suicide has been rightly classified as an epidemic, as evidenced by a precipitous increase in its incidence in recent decades. Between 1999 and 2018, the rate of completed suicides has risen by 35% in the United States (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2020). Some authors suggest suicide...