#Evidence-based addiction treatment

[reasonsforhope]

Thanks to @gardening-tea-lesbian for posting about this and bringing it to my attention!

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The Biden-Harris Administration wants to make substance abuse treatment more accessible for all prisoners in the U.S. Addiction is common among people in prison, and treatment helps fight recidivism and reduce overdose rates.

From Federal Prisons To State Prisons

By this summer, all federal prisons will offer addiction treatment, Dr. Rahul Gupta, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, said last week.

Federal officials want states to follow suit. Starting this spring, Medicaid funds will be set aside for states to use in their own jails and prisons to provide mental health services, including SUD treatment.

Approximately 25% of all Americans received Medicaid benefits in 2022. For people with low incomes, Medicaid is the largest provider of funds for healthcare services.

The Biden-Harris Administration has shown a commitment to helping underserved communities receive addiction prevention, treatment, and recovery services.

This includes services for rural populations and Tribal populations along with people who are incarcerated.

Addiction In Our Prisons

It’s hard to know precisely how many incarcerated people have an SUD, but the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) estimates that about 65% of all inmates do.

NIDA estimates that another 20%, who didn’t meet the official criteria for an SUD, were under the influence of drugs or alcohol when they committed a crime.

Overall in America, about 40 million people ages 13 and over are living with addiction, or about 12% of the population, according to the 2020 National Survey on Drug Use and Health.

How Treatment Helps Prison Populations

Drug abuse treatment is effective. For people in prison, receiving treatment can mean the difference between staying out of jail once released or returning behind bars.

It can also provide them with the mental clarity and tools to meet the challenges of life, improve their mental health, and succeed in their relationships and work.

Aids Long-Term Recovery

The Biden-Harris Administration is focusing on evidence-based treatment methods to help people who are incarcerated get and stay on the path to addiction recovery.

This includes medication-assisted treatment (MAT), which combines the use of medications like buprenorphine with behavioral therapy to treat opioid abuse.

Buprenorphine, the first medication that could be prescribed by physicians to treat opioid use disorders, helps people overcome addiction in a few ways.

Using buprenorphine helps with recovery by:

reducing cravings

diminishing opioid withdrawal symptoms, which include flu-like symptoms and severe anxiety

improving safety, if overdose occurs

lessening the chance of misuse

One study in support of buprenorphine’s effectiveness showed that participants receiving the medication were almost twice as likely to remain in treatment and not relapse.

Prevents Overdose Deaths

According to U.S. News and World Report, the leading cause of death among people newly released from prison is drug overdose.

This is partly due to the fact that their tolerance levels decrease while incarcerated, so they aren’t able to tolerate the same amount of the drug as before they were in prison.

The buprenorphine study mentioned above also revealed that people not receiving the treatment had a 20% mortality rate."

-via Addiction Resources.net, 3/9/23

[oysters-aint-for-me]

maybe when the spanish subtitles for “dennis takes a mental health day” are released, his doctor will say at the end “eso es bueno sr. reynolds. todavía tienes hipertensión” instead of whatever bullshit the english dub tried to pull

[misojohnist]

The absolute comedy of watching Pennsylvanian govt officials fumble opioid settlement funds so fucking badly in ways that make them look like cartoon villains vs the unspeakable tragedy of knowing that willful incompetence is going to very literally kill people

[healthyboom]

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[fatliberation]

they have a point though. you wouldn't need everyone to accommodate you if you just lost weight, but you're too lazy to stick to a healthy diet and exercise. it's that simple. I'd like to see you back up your claims, but you have no proof. you have got to stop lying to yourselves and face the facts

Must I go through this again? Fine. FINE. You guys are working my nerves today. You want to talk about facing the facts? Let's face the fucking facts.

In 2022, the US market cap of the weight loss industry was $75 billion [1, 3]. In 2021, the global market cap of the weight loss industry was estimated at $224.27 billion [2]. 

In 2020, the market shrunk by about 25%, but rebounded and then some since then [1, 3] By 2030, the global weight loss industry is expected to be valued at $405.4 billion [2]. If diets really worked, this industry would fall overnight. 

1. LaRosa, J. March 10, 2022. "U.S. Weight Loss Market Shrinks by 25% in 2020 with Pandemic, but Rebounds in 2021." Market Research Blog. 2. Staff. February 09, 2023. "[Latest] Global Weight Loss and Weight Management Market Size/Share Worth." Facts and Factors Research. 3. LaRosa, J. March 27, 2023. "U.S. Weight Loss Market Partially Recovers from the Pandemic." Market Research Blog.

Over 50 years of research conclusively demonstrates that virtually everyone who intentionally loses weight by manipulating their eating and exercise habits will regain the weight they lost within 3-5 years. And 75% will actually regain more weight than they lost [4].

4. Mann, T., Tomiyama, A.J., Westling, E., Lew, A.M., Samuels, B., Chatman, J. (2007). "Medicare’s Search For Effective Obesity Treatments: Diets Are Not The Answer." The American Psychologist, 62, 220-233. U.S. National Library of Medicine, Apr. 2007.

The annual odds of a fat person attaining a so-called “normal” weight and maintaining that for 5 years is approximately 1 in 1000 [5].

5. Fildes, A., Charlton, J., Rudisill, C., Littlejohns, P., Prevost, A.T., & Gulliford, M.C. (2015). “Probability of an Obese Person Attaining Normal Body Weight: Cohort Study Using Electronic Health Records.” American Journal of Public Health, July 16, 2015: e1–e6.

Doctors became so desperate that they resorted to amputating parts of the digestive tract (bariatric surgery) in the hopes that it might finally result in long-term weight-loss. Except that doesn’t work either. [6] And it turns out it causes death [7],  addiction [8], malnutrition [9], and suicide [7].

6. Magro, Daniéla Oliviera, et al. “Long-Term Weight Regain after Gastric Bypass: A 5-Year Prospective Study - Obesity Surgery.” SpringerLink, 8 Apr. 2008. 7. Omalu, Bennet I, et al. “Death Rates and Causes of Death After Bariatric Surgery for Pennsylvania Residents, 1995 to 2004.” Jama Network, 1 Oct. 2007.  8. King, Wendy C., et al. “Prevalence of Alcohol Use Disorders Before and After Bariatric Surgery.” Jama Network, 20 June 2012.  9. Gletsu-Miller, Nana, and Breanne N. Wright. “Mineral Malnutrition Following Bariatric Surgery.” Advances In Nutrition: An International Review Journal, Sept. 2013.

Evidence suggests that repeatedly losing and gaining weight is linked to cardiovascular disease, stroke, diabetes and altered immune function [10].

10. Tomiyama, A Janet, et al. “Long‐term Effects of Dieting: Is Weight Loss Related to Health?” Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 6 July 2017.

Prescribed weight loss is the leading predictor of eating disorders [11].

11. Patton, GC, et al. “Onset of Adolescent Eating Disorders: Population Based Cohort Study over 3 Years.” BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.), 20 Mar. 1999.

The idea that “obesity” is unhealthy and can cause or exacerbate illnesses is a biased misrepresentation of the scientific literature that is informed more by bigotry than credible science [12]. 

12. Medvedyuk, Stella, et al. “Ideology, Obesity and the Social Determinants of Health: A Critical Analysis of the Obesity and Health Relationship” Taylor & Francis Online, 7 June 2017.

“Obesity” has no proven causative role in the onset of any chronic condition [13, 14] and its appearance may be a protective response to the onset of numerous chronic conditions generated from currently unknown causes [15, 16, 17, 18].

13. Kahn, BB, and JS Flier. “Obesity and Insulin Resistance.” The Journal of Clinical Investigation, Aug. 2000. 14. Cofield, Stacey S, et al. “Use of Causal Language in Observational Studies of Obesity and Nutrition.” Obesity Facts, 3 Dec. 2010.  15. Lavie, Carl J, et al. “Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease: Risk Factor, Paradox, and Impact of Weight Loss.” Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 26 May 2009.  16. Uretsky, Seth, et al. “Obesity Paradox in Patients with Hypertension and Coronary Artery Disease.” The American Journal of Medicine, Oct. 2007.  17. Mullen, John T, et al. “The Obesity Paradox: Body Mass Index and Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Nonbariatric General Surgery.” Annals of Surgery, July 2005. 18. Tseng, Chin-Hsiao. “Obesity Paradox: Differential Effects on Cancer and Noncancer Mortality in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.” Atherosclerosis, Jan. 2013.

Fatness was associated with only 1/3 the associated deaths that previous research estimated and being “overweight” conferred no increased risk at all, and may even be a protective factor against all-causes mortality relative to lower weight categories [19].

19. Flegal, Katherine M. “The Obesity Wars and the Education of a Researcher: A Personal Account.” Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases, 15 June 2021.

Studies have observed that about 30% of so-called “normal weight” people are “unhealthy” whereas about 50% of so-called “overweight” people are “healthy”. Thus, using the BMI as an indicator of health results in the misclassification of some 75 million people in the United States alone [20]. 

20. Rey-López, JP, et al. “The Prevalence of Metabolically Healthy Obesity: A Systematic Review and Critical Evaluation of the Definitions Used.” Obesity Reviews : An Official Journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity, 15 Oct. 2014.

While epidemiologists use BMI to calculate national obesity rates (nearly 35% for adults and 18% for kids), the distinctions can be arbitrary. In 1998, the National Institutes of Health lowered the overweight threshold from 27.8 to 25—branding roughly 29 million Americans as fat overnight—to match international guidelines. But critics noted that those guidelines were drafted in part by the International Obesity Task Force, whose two principal funders were companies making weight loss drugs [21].

21. Butler, Kiera. “Why BMI Is a Big Fat Scam.” Mother Jones, 25 Aug. 2014. 

Body size is largely determined by genetics [22].

22. Wardle, J. Carnell, C. Haworth, R. Plomin. “Evidence for a strong genetic influence on childhood adiposity despite the force of the obesogenic environment” American Journal of Clinical Nutrition Vol. 87, No. 2, Pages 398-404, February 2008.

Healthy lifestyle habits are associated with a significant decrease in mortality regardless of baseline body mass index [23].  

23. Matheson, Eric M, et al. “Healthy Lifestyle Habits and Mortality in Overweight and Obese Individuals.” Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM, U.S. National Library of Medicine, 25 Feb. 2012.

Weight stigma itself is deadly. Research shows that weight-based discrimination increases risk of death by 60% [24].

24. Sutin, Angela R., et al. “Weight Discrimination and Risk of Mortality .” Association for Psychological Science, 25 Sept. 2015.

Fat stigma in the medical establishment [25] and society at large arguably [26] kills more fat people than fat does [27, 28, 29].

25. Puhl, Rebecca, and Kelly D. Bronwell. “Bias, Discrimination, and Obesity.” Obesity Research, 6 Sept. 2012. 26. Engber, Daniel. “Glutton Intolerance: What If a War on Obesity Only Makes the Problem Worse?” Slate, 5 Oct. 2009.  27. Teachman, B. A., Gapinski, K. D., Brownell, K. D., Rawlins, M., & Jeyaram, S. (2003). Demonstrations of implicit anti-fat bias: The impact of providing causal information and evoking empathy. Health Psychology, 22(1), 68–78. 28. Chastain, Ragen. “So My Doctor Tried to Kill Me.” Dances With Fat, 15 Dec. 2009. 29. Sutin, Angelina R, Yannick Stephan, and Antonio Terraciano. “Weight Discrimination and Risk of Mortality.” Psychological Science, 26 Nov. 2015.

There's my "proof." Where is yours?

[electraslight]

crack theory of the day: the rooters arc retcon poses a big question: if devin never existed, then who is kevin's real father? i have an idea based on very real evidence.

phil is a former partner of max's, making max's memories of kevin's father easier to manipulate. his behavior also lines up with the treatment kevin and his mother were implied to have faced from harvey (who i think does not exist and is also just phil or a rooters informant). he has ties to the rooters and the plumbers which may have helped bury the lead on devin's nonexisistance and also explained why the police either never looked for kevin or informed area 51 about him. he and kevin share many facial features especially as kevin gets older, like a square jaw and high cheekbones, an aquiline nose, and heavy dark circles, as well as many probable genetic conditions like anger issues and addictive personalities

(just an evil little theory. of no substance other than i like putting kevin in a blender)

[goodmorninglovelies42]

My least favorite take is that the story of Jamie’s dad is about substance abuse. It’s not. Addiction is a disease. At least in the US it’s classified as substance use disorder. And it’s a treatable condition that should be viewed as a public health matter and not a moral matter.

But that’s not the issue with James Tartt, Sr. The issue with James is that he’s abusive — physically, emotionally, and sexually — towards Jamie. Now, maybe that is exacerbated by substance use, particularly alcohol. But that doesn’t fully explain or excuse behavior.

And again, I believe that people can change. No matter how old they are or what horrible things they’ve done. And I believe that *societally* those people deserve second chances. But believing both of those things doesn’t require that the the *individual* they harmed extend forgiveness. Those are complex and individual choices.

The show implies that James Tartt Sr. is in rehab. And I think that’s great. People should absolutely get the medical treatment they need (AA isn’t evidence based, btw, but that’s a discussion for another day). But getting treatment for substance use disorder doesn’t automatically fix the behaviors he engaged in, even while under the influence. And me saying that doesn’t mean I’m demonizing people with substance use disorder.

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Action on Addiction is dedicated to addressing addiction related issues and supporting individuals and families affected by substance misuse. Through their work, they provide evidence-based treatment, counseling, and rehabilitation services to help people overcome addiction and achieve long-term recovery.

Recognizing that addiction not only affects the individual but also their loved ones, causing emotional and psychological distress, the provide counseling and support services to families, enabling them to cope with the challenges and improve their own well-being.

The organization also conducts research and campaigns to raise awareness about addiction, reduce stigma, and advocate for better policies and resources for those struggling with substance use disorders. By working closely with communities, healthcare professionals, and policymakers, it strives to make a significant impact in tackling addiction and providing hope and support for those seeking to break free from the cycle of dependency.

In 2021, The Action on Addiction merged with Forward Trust and The Princess of Wales became the patron of Forward Trust.

[secularprolifeconspectus]

Abortions do not save the lives of young girls.

CW: CSA, rape, sui mention

It's a misconception that girls below teenage years can't safely carry a pregnancy to term. Provided they receive sufficient and timely maternal/prenatal care, doctors will follow the same protocols with smaller girls as they would for very short women. For some young girls it may be best that they not give vaginal birth, or that they induce when the baby is at the point of viability rather than full term, but the overall risk of harm to their bodies is mitigated by the timing and quality of their pregnancy care.

The reasons childhood pregnancies often have more complications is NOT because the bodies of young girls can't handle it. Complications commonly arise because childhood pregnancies are often discovered late (girl is too young to know signs of pregnancy and adults don't know until she starts showing), and because girls often lack access to good prenatal care (either because care is not available, or they aren't aware of the availability and necessity of such care).

(Here's a medical study backing this up. And another one.)

Without early pregnancy care, girls are more likely to develop preventable disease or to let treatable disease progress. Pregnancy is not disease, but disease may happen within pregnancy.

Young girls are also more likely to experience complications from abortion procedures, such as asherman's syndrome and preterm birth in later pregnancies. Some studies found girls who experience abortion to be more at risk for cancer, addiction, and death by suicide later in life. Whether a childhood pregnancy ends in abortion or childbirth, there is no option that is free from risk of further harm.

And there is no option that guarantees reduction of trauma. Additional trauma may be caused by disease and stigma, or come from parenting and adoption. Childbirth may be traumatic. Abortion may be traumatic. None of this may be traumatic. All of these traumas are separate from the initial traumas of rape and forced impregnation.

However, pregnancy itself is not inherently traumatic. Abortion is not evidence-based treatment for the trauma of CSA. Abortion is not a standard of care for the treatment of trauma. Abortion cannot undo or prevent trauma.

But abortion can, and often is, used by abusers to hide the traumatic harm they have done to a girl. Abortion clinics do not report abuse because it's bad for business; they need girls to come back for more abortions. That is their business model.

None of this is an argument for or against the morality of abortion after CSA. These are just objective facts.

Of course I don't want children to be impregnated with children. I don't want children to be forced to raise children. I also don't want children to be forced to become the parents of dead children. I want to end rape culture and rape, as this is a completely avoidable scenario.

When abortion occurs after CSA, the rapist ought to be held accountable for both the abuse of one child and the death of another. Rape destroys lives. That is truth. Abortion kills people. That is also true. Some victims feel deep relief after abortion. Some survivors find healing in keeping their babies. All of this can be true.

But don't say young girls can't survive pregnancy, so abortion saves their lives. That is objectively untrue.

If you are a CSA victim who was told you would die if you didn't get an abortion, or that you had no choice but to abort, I am so sorry that you were lied to and that you were failed by the people that should have protected you. I am so sorry you were violated and exploited. I am so sorry they hurt you and that they hurt your baby.

From one CSA survivor to another, I want you to know that you didn't deserve that. You deserved the truth, and you deserved your baby. You deserved better than abuse and abortion. It has never been your fault. We love you. The folks at supportafterabortion.com want to help you heal.

To learn about preventing CSA, to seek help for a victim, or to find support as a survivor, I highly recommend 1in6.org, regardless of your gender. Call 988 if you're in crisis. It gets better, I promise.

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[allthecanadianpolitics]

The Manitoba government has announced $12 million in funding for addictions treatment.

Mental Health and Community Wellness Minister Janice Morley-Lecomte says the funding, which includes money for several new medical withdrawal management beds in rural Manitoba, is part of the government’s promise to create 1,000 publicly funded treatment spaces.

“We are taking strong action to meet the growing demand for treatment for Manitobans pursuing recovery from addictions,” Morley-Lecomte said in a release Tuesday.

“We are eliminating barriers to recovery by making it easier to navigate the system and increasing access to high-quality, evidence-based services.”’ [...]

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Tagging: @politicsofcanada

[shashirajfoundation]

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[nostalgebraist-autoresponder]

Frank, let’s say hypothetically I or a friend has a cocaine addiction. How, hypothetically, would one go about fixing that?

I am no expert on dealing with drug issues or drug addiction in particular, and it is possible I may not have the most up-to-date (or correct) views. (My drug posts were made years ago, as were my posts on addiction.) I'm going to try to keep this general and avoid specifics.

When I was in school, I had an issue with substance use that my mother and I have discussed openly in the past. As I'm not sure I've talked about in those posts, a certain portion of the time I was also drinking, which led to various issues. If you've read those posts, you can probably get a sense of what I was going through.

To make a long story short, what helped a lot was the approach of not allowing yourself to keep using alcohol or drugs, and taking the time to figure out why you use them, what they accomplish in your life, why they are such a drag (for me, the answer is that I drink in large amounts with my friends and family, which is socially pleasant but has negative effects on my body). You need to know these things not because of "science" but because it helps you know what to do in the future and figure out what your needs are. You may want to use some sort of evidence here, but again, I'm no expert on this stuff, and I was never particularly good at taking action based on evidence.

Anyway, I was still heavily drinking on weekends, and the more I would drink the more I would drink. On some nights, I would get so sick from drinking that I was unable to get out of bed the next morning. I used to have a drinking partner whom I had a very deep, intimate and loving relationship with, but this eventually ended. (A big part of my problem is that I tended to feel I owed her this, but I think she ended up realizing I really wasn't capable of fulfilling a "friendship" role for her or anyone.)

Once I figured out this stuff, I didn't just stop drinking -- I started to drink in smaller amounts to keep the effects of alcohol in check (this is when the cocaine thing came up). Some of the drinking was also accompanied by an increasing use of amphetamines -- I still took amphetamines in college, but I later found that amphetamines were causing me some serious problems and I stopped them.

As far as I know, this was basically the right approach. At least for me, it's not the kind of thing you can get through a "treatment plan," it's the kind of thing you have to gradually work out, but you can probably get pretty far along in terms of "I'm no longer drinking to excess."

I've also heard from several people (e.g. from the person I just linked) that they got sober by seeing a "treatment plan" that involved them giving up drinking all together (with no substitution, like "take these pills"). This was not for me -- drinking is still not a good idea for me but, having reached the point where the problem was "I'm too drunk," I didn't take it as a serious treatment plan.

And then there are the people who don't drink at all, which is fine for them, but that's not for me.

(For the record, I've found that a mix of two things helps a lot. First, being very very very honest with myself about what alcohol does to my body and how it makes me feel. I also try to make sure to keep myself in a situation where I know I'm going to drink no matter what, or I can stop drinking with the effort of a single step -- a sort of "no drinking plan" for the next several days, where I try not to drink if I know I'll be doing so anyway in an hour or two.)

This all was probably way too long to answer the question you're actually asking. Sorry, I really can't be any more specific here.

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Eliza Dushku and husband Peter Palandjian donate $7.5 million to Brigham & Women's Hospital

August 2023. BOSTON - Watertown native Eliza Dushku Palandjian and her husband Peter Palandjian are donating $7.5 million to Brigham and Women's Hospital, with most of their gift going toward addiction treatment.

The hospital will rename its Bridge Clinic, which offers "rapid access to treatment for patients with substance use disorders," after the couple in honor of their generosity.

Dushku, who rose to fame on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," has previously opened up about her battle with alcoholism and addiction. She is currently studying for her master's degree in clinical mental health with a concentration in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy.

"Our gift is about honoring, supporting, and inviting in everyone who might come to the clinic," Dushku said in a statement this week. "We're thrilled to support the committed professionals who treat addiction with a multidisciplinary approach using evidence-based sciences together with holistic integration. These principles have benefited me in my own recovery."

Dushku and Boston native Peter Palandjian married in 2018. 

"It is humbling to be able to support, thank, honor, and encourage the countless doctors, nurses, administrators, and all Brigham hospital workers who collectively live in service of keeping us healthy," he said.  

The hospital says the donation is "helping advance care, research, and education for substance use disorders as well as supporting innovative leadership at the hospital."

(Source: WBZ CBS News in Boston)