Executive summary The Stanford–Lancet Commission on the North American Opioid Crisis
was formed in response to soaring opioid-related morbidity and mortality in the USA and …

Introduction: Training in addiction medicine and addiction psychology is essential to ensure
the quality of treatment for patients with substance use disorders. Some earlier research has …

Effective dissemination from researchers to clinicians can improve outcomes for people
using substance misuse services by providing the knowledge and skills necessary to deliver …

Background Despite the high prevalence of substance use disorders, associated
comorbidities, and the evidence base upon which to base clinical practice, most health …

Background: Implementation of evidence-based approaches to the treatment of various
substance use disorders is needed to tackle the existing epidemic of substance use and …

Context Hospice and palliative medicine (HPM) physicians frequently care for patients with
substance use disorders (SUDs), but there is no consensus on which primary addiction …

Background: Hospital-based clinical addiction medicine training can improve knowledge of
clinical care for substance-using populations. However, application of structured, self …

Background: Although psychoactive substance use disorders (PSUDs) are a domain of
mental health, addiction psychiatry is only formally recognized as a subspecialty in a few …

Addiction has reached epidemic proportions in the US, yet the workforce prepared to care
for this population is woefully inadequate. Of the 23 million Americans suffering from …

Background: Caring for patients with substance use disorders (SUD) is held in low regard
and many clinicians resist treating them. To address this situation, numerous research …