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The addiction treatment gap in healthcare could be fixed

By Hicbd
Thu Sep 16 2021 10:58 am

"One reason: healthcare’s siloed specialties let people slip through the cracks too often. A budding movement to mainstream behavioral healthcare could change that—training doctors and nurses not only to treat physical symptoms, but to address behavioral health conditions, including addiction—in the general healthcare setting, in hospitals, emergency rooms, and clinics across the community, wherever patients routinely access care...Dr. Kang led the formation of a multi-agency, treatment-on-demand network of collaborative care, helping change how people with addiction are perceived and treated."

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https://www.obama.org/fellowship/2018-fellows/navdeep-kang/
https://www.drugaddictionnow.com/2017/04/25/asam-first-addiction-treatment-gap-awareness-week/
https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/principles-drug-addiction-treatment-research-based-guide-third-edition/frequently-asked-questions/how-do-we-get-more-substance-abusing-people-treatment

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U.S. Healthcare Doctors Addiction / Drug Addiction U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

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