Personalizing the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders

The opioid crisis in the United States has brought drug addiction to the forefront of the public mind and to the attention of health care personnel, organizations, and agencies. The epidemic of overdoses, beginning with those caused by prescription opioid analgesics and then broadening to include he...

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Published in:The American journal of psychiatry 2020-02, Vol.177 (2), p.113-116
Main Author: Volkow, Nora D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictions
Drug abuse
Drug addiction
Drug overdose
Humans
Narcotics
Outcome Assessment, Health Care - standards
Precision Medicine - methods
Substance use disorder
Substance-Related Disorders - drug therapy
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Summary:The opioid crisis in the United States has brought drug addiction to the forefront of the public mind and to the attention of health care personnel, organizations, and agencies. The epidemic of overdoses, beginning with those caused by prescription opioid analgesics and then broadening to include heroin and fen t any I and its analogs, has prompted major initiatives in local communities, states, and at the federal level to treat addiction and pain more effectively. The crisis has highlighted an insulated addiction treatment s\s-tem that for decades was segregated from the rest of health care because of stigma associated with addiction and. by extension, the medications used to treat it. Stigmatizing attitudes have been slow to erode, but the moralizing and punitive viewpoints of the past are gradually giving way to a medical and even a cultural consensus that addiction is a chronic disorder of the brain, one that is strongly influenced by social factors, and one that is also treatable.
ISSN:0002-953X
1535-7228
DOI:10.1176/appi.ajp.2019.19121284