Collaborative Impact Needed for the Opioid Epidemic

• By: Pamela Mattel, LCSW Acacia Network, Inc.
• April 16th, 2020
• community engagement, harm reduction, integrated care, medication-assisted treatment, naloxone training, opioid epidemic, stigma reduction, substance use treatment
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Acacia Network, the leading Latino integrated care nonprofit in NY, began in 1969 to address the consequences of heroin in the South Bronx. Our founding leaders, Carlos Pagan, Julio Martinez, Gumersindo Martinez, Hector Diaz, Evalina Lopez Antonetty, and Lorraine Montengreo, among others,...

Today’s Opioid Addiction and Overdose Epidemic: How We Can Make a Difference

• By: Jeffrey Selzer, MD Medical Society of the State of New York
• January 1st, 2020
• addiction treatment access, evidence-based care, healthcare workforce training, medication-assisted treatment, opioid epidemic, opioid use disorder, overdose prevention, stigma reduction
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The opioid addiction and overdose epidemic that has ravaged America for two decades now has left almost no one untouched. From 1999 to 2017, more than 400,000 people in the United States have died from overdoses related to opioids. According to a poll by the American Psychiatric Association,...

Treatment Works! The Recipe to Recovery and Storytelling as Medicine

• By: Tom Wright, MD Rosecrance Health Network
• October 1st, 2018
• community support, mental health, purpose, recovery, stigma reduction, storytelling, substance use disorder, treatment
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When I was training to be a child psychiatrist many years ago, I had a mentor who was one of the most well-known and beloved child psychiatrists in Illinois: Jay Hirsch, MD. Jay had many sayings, quotes, and “clinical pearls” he taught all of us and I continue to use today. One of my favorites...

The NYSPA Report: Repeal and Replace Should Not Harm Our Most Vulnerable

• By: Jeffrey Borenstein, MD NY State Psychiatric Association (NYSPA)
• July 1st, 2017
• access to care, healthcare policy, insurance coverage, Medicaid, mental health care, mental health parity, public policy, stigma reduction
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I am honored to serve as editor of the NYSPA Report and I want to begin by thanking my friend and colleague, Dr. Barry Pearlman. Barry has served as editor of this column since its inception and has provided useful and interesting information since day one.I’m proud to have the opportunity to...

Grassroots Advocacy: Addiction Recovery Support in New York State

• By: Robert J. Lindsey Friends of Recovery New York
• April 1st, 2017
• addiction recovery, community-based recovery organizations, peer recovery support, public health policy, recovery support services, recovery-oriented systems of care, stigma reduction, substance use disorder treatment
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The recently released 413-page, Surgeon General’s Report, “Facing Addiction in America – Alcohol, Drugs & Health,” (the first report of its kind to focus on the public health crisis of addiction) is being compared to the 1964 Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking credited with millions...

System Transformation in Substance Use Disorder Care: New York State Progress and Priorities

• By: Arlene González-Sánchez NY State Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS)
• April 1st, 2017
• continuum of care, early intervention and prevention, integration of behavioral and physical health, quality of care and evidence-based treatment, recovery support services, stigma reduction, substance use disorders (SUD), treatment access barriers
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The Surgeon General’s Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health (https://addiction.surgeongeneral.gov), issued in November 2016, is a landmark report for the substance use disorder (SUD) care system. This report makes clear the importance of identifying and treating substance use disorders and places...