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Creating a Palliative Care Clinic for Patients with Cancer Pain and Substance Use Disorder

CAPC

An intervention founded on harm reduction principles in collaboration with addiction psychiatry for cancer-related pain.

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April is Alcohol Awareness Month. Here are resources for social workers

Social Work Blog

It highlights the dangers of unsafe alcohol consumption and promote awareness in reducing alcohol use disorder. million people ages 12 and older had an alcohol use disorder (AUD) in 2019. Underage drinking is common and early use can lead to an alcohol use disorder later in life. April is Alcohol Awareness Month. Winter 2020.

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Native Americans and Opioid Addiction: Understanding the Problem

Relias

Funding and availability are a dual challenge To illustrate this double dilemma, consider that over 200 facilities provided behavioral health services to Native Americans, but only 34 of those (from eight IHS areas) received funding through IHS’s Community Opioid Intervention Pilot Projects (COIPP) award program.