Latest Addiction Medicine News
A team of researchers bridging the Yale Program in Addiction Medicine, the Yale Department of Psychiatry and the Yale School of Public Health were recently awarded an $11.8 million grant through the NIH Helping End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) initiative. The grant will support the establishment of a research center to advance integrated treatments for chronic pain and opioid use disorder or opioid misuse.
- October 12, 2021
Supported by a $3.5M grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), faculty in the Yale Program in Addiction Medicine and the Yale Department of Psychiatry have partnered to implement a three-arm trial that will investigate the optimal approach to enhance post-discharge AUD treatment engagement and reduction of alcohol use.
- September 30, 2021
Faculty from Yale Global Addictions Network Receive Grant to Create Joint Training Program with The University of Jordan
- September 23, 2021Source: Yale Daily News
Yale experts commented on the opioid crisis and pharmaceutical settlements in interviews with News.
- August 11, 2021Source: The Washington Post
As drug-related deaths have spiked across the United States in recent years, doctors seeking to curb that surge are getting an unlikely new tool: a video game. The game, titled “PlaySmart,” was developed by Dr. Lynn Fiellin and funded in part by the National Institutes of Health.
- August 09, 2021Source: ABC News
Misinformation could make first responders hesitate in life-or-death situations.
- July 26, 2021
“Targeted drug enforcement and over-policing in communities of color have led to severe consequences to Black and brown populations,” said Maritza Perez. “I’m not just talking about high-level trafficking. I’m talking about severe consequences for simple use and possession.”
- July 15, 2021Source: YaleNews
The study found that giving higher doses of buprenorphine in EDs may provide a longer period of relief to people after they are discharged, which may help them navigate barriers to access to follow-up care before they experience withdrawal symptoms.
- July 07, 2021
On May 20, Yale’s Department of Internal Medicine and Program in Addiction Medicine hosted its first event on Clubhouse, a social networking app that allows members to gather in audio chat rooms and discuss issues in a live podcast style. The event focused on the drug overdose in the United States and incorporation of harm reduction into U.S. health policy and practice.
- June 30, 2021Source: Preventive Medicine Reports
Yale researchers, led by first author Lisa Fucito, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, surveyed patients during lung cancer screenings to understand their use of electronic nicotine delivery products and their beliefs and knowledge of these products. The findings were published in Preventive Medicine Reports.