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Is peer support a tip** point for the opioid use disorder crisis in Appalachia? Research holds the answer
BackgroundThe present commentary highlights the pressing need for systematic research to assess the implementation and effectiveness of medications...
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Facts and Personal Recovery Stories to Reduce Substance Use Disorder Stigma and Increase Support for Recovery Housing: a US Randomized Study
Substance use disorder (SUD) is a considerable threat to global public health and is considered a “public health crisis” in the USA. Despite the...
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Perceived Educational Needs of Substance Use Peer Support Specialists: A Qualitative Study
The opioid crisis is an ever-growing issue nationwide. The role of peer support specialists has received widespread acceptance in the substance use...
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Preliminary feasibility of integrating tobacco treatment into SUD peer recovery coaching: a mixed-methods study of peer recovery coaches
BackgroundIndividuals with substance use disorder (SUD) have high prevalence of cigarette smoking and difficulty quitting. Peer recovery coaches...
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Assessing the Training for Certified Peer Support Specialists Who Provide Mental Health and Substance Use Services
The behavioral health system’s peer support workforce must be adequately trained to perform peer support services, but evidence of the adequacy of...
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Structural and social changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic and their impact on engagement in substance use disorder treatment services: a qualitative study among people with a recent history of injection drug use in Baltimore, Maryland
BackgroundSubstance use disorder treatment and recovery support services are critical for achieving and maintaining recovery. There are limited data...
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Telephonic Outreach to Engage Patients with Substance Use Disorder Post-Hospitalization During the COVID-19 Pandemic
During the initial COVID-19 surge, one public hospital in NYC updated their post-discharge outreach approach for patients with substance use...
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BeHERE’s effective virtual training to build capacity to support people who use drugs in non-substance use disorder settings
BackgroundHuman service settings not specifically focused on supporting people who use drugs (PWUD), especially those with a substance use disorder...
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Peer Recovery Coaches Perceptions of Their Work and Their Implications for Training, Support and Personal Recovery
The peer recovery workforce, including individuals in sustained recovery from substance use, has grown rapidly in the previous decades. Peer recovery...
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Integrating substance use peer support and screening brief intervention and referral to treatment services in the emergency department: a descriptive study of the ED leads program
BackgroundThe ED Leads program was introduced to 11 emergency departments (EDs) within New York City public hospitals from 2018 to 2019 to address a...
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Characterization of peer support services for substance use disorders in 11 US emergency departments in 2020: findings from a NIDA clinical trials network site selection process
IntroductionEmergency departments (ED) are incorporating Peer Support Specialists (PSSs) to help with patient care for substance use disorders...
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Reducing Fear to Help Build Healthy Families: Investing in Non-Punitive Approaches to Hel** People with Substance Use Disorder
BackgroundMany pregnant and parenting people with substance use disorders (SUD) refrain from seeking perinatal care or treatment for their SUD for...
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Contextualizing medications for opioid use disorder and peer support service provision in the probation system with implementation science
BackgroundMedications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) is an evidence-based approach that reduces opioid-related mortality, particularly among criminal...
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Substance use disorder bridge clinics: models, evidence, and future directions
BackgroundThe opioid overdose and polysubstance use crises have led to the development of low-barrier, transitional substance use disorder (SUD)...
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Assessing self-stigma levels and associated factors among substance use disorder patients at two selected psychiatric hospitals in Egypt: a cross-sectional study
BackgroundSubstance use disorder is a growing problem worldwide, and the stigma associated with it remains a significant barrier to treatment and...
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The Relationship Between Serious Mental Illness and Criminal Offending in Persons Experiencing Homelessness: The Role of Substance Use Disorder
Individuals who live with mental illness are encumbered by related risk factors that increase the probability of legal involvement. The goal was to...
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“And Now that I Feel Safe…I’m Coming Out of Fight or Flight”: A Qualitative Exploration of Challenges and Opportunities for Residents’ Mental Health in Substance Use Recovery Housing
Co-occurring mental health concerns are prevalent among substance use recovery housing residents. We sought to explore how residents with...
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“Sometimes you have to take the person and show them how”: adapting behavioral activation for peer recovery specialist-delivery to improve methadone treatment retention
BackgroundDespite efficacy of medication for opioid use disorder, low-income, ethno-racial minoritized populations often experience poor opioid use...
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Substance use care innovations during COVID-19: barriers and facilitators to the provision of safer supply at a toronto COVID-19 isolation and recovery site
BackgroundEarly in the COVID-19 pandemic, there was an urgent need to establish isolation spaces for people experiencing homelessness who were...
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Support for Safe Consumption Sites Among Peer Recovery Coaches
Safe consumption sites (SCSs), legally sanctioned facilities where people can use drugs under medical supervision, are an effective strategy to...