Commentary: Break Down Walls Between Services for Mental Health, Addiction

• By: James Hollywood, LCSW Melissa J. Earle Times Union
• January 14th, 2025
• addiction treatment, community partnerships, education, health equity, innovative programming, mental health, opioid, substance use disorders, Winter 2025 Issue, workforce
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One in four. That’s how many adults in the U.S. living with severe mental illness are also living with substance use disorders. In New York, 1.4 million people are living with both mental health and substance use challenges. Yet these issues are too often addressed as distinct and separate,...

Men Died of Overdose at 2-3 Times Greater a Rate Than Women in the U.S. In 2020-2021

• By: | The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
• February 28th, 2024
• addiction, drug misuse, gender differences, opioid, overdose deaths, recovery, substance use disorder
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Men were significantly more vulnerable than women to overdose deaths involving opioid and stimulant drugs in 2020-2021, according to a new study analyzing death records data from across the United States. The study found that men had a 2–3 times greater rate of overdose mortality from opioids...