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Penn State team leads effort to prevent youth substance misuse in PA

A team of Penn State experts from Evidence-based Implementation and Intervention Support (EPIS) is leading the five-year Opioid Misuse Prevention Project (OMPP) to support community-based partnerships throughout Pennsylvania to help prevent substance misuse and promote healthy development in young…
News Topics: PRCOpioidsSubstance UseAddiction
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Examining the opioid epidemic through the lens of crime data

The opioid overdose epidemic in the United States remains a critically important public health issue that continues to worsen as time goes on. The estimated death toll in 2021 has reached the historical high of 100,000 overdose deaths from all drugs and over 75,000 deaths from opioid overdoses. We…
News Topics: CSUAOpioidsSubstance Use
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Youth with mental illness, substance-misuse histories at risk of opioid misuse

Opioid misuse is a devastating problem in the U.S. and a leading cause of death among adolescents and young adults. Penn State College of Medicine researchers found young people with certain mental health conditions and histories of substance misuse may have an increased risk of being diagnosed…
News Topics: OpioidsSubstance UseCSUA
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Education project to help improve data on drug overdose deaths

A new Penn State-led project is educating coroners, medical examiners, and others in the death certifier community in Pennsylvania about the reporting of substances associated with accidental overdose. The project, known as the Death Certifier Education Project, is a collaborative effort with the…
News Topics: Criminal JusticeCriminal Justice Research CenterCSUASubstance UseOpioidsAddiction
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Can mindful yoga reduce opioid dependence?

With more than 100 people dying from opioid overdoses each day in the U.S., new approaches to treating opioid-use disorders are needed. Emma Rose, assistant research professor with Penn State's Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center, is leading a study that adds twice-weekly mindfulness-…
News Topics: OpioidsCSUASubstance UseAddiction
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Impacts of the pandemic on opioid-related drug overdose

Opioid-related drug overdose is a leading cause of death and injury in the United States. When we consider individuals who use opioids, social factors including poor access to healthcare, unstable housing and employment, and social isolation may double as risk factors for infectious disease…
News Topics: COVID-19OpioidsSubstance Abuse
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Impacts of the coronavirus on student athlete substance abuse

College is a well-known risk environment for problematic alcohol use and substance abuse. In this post, Katherine McLean, associate professor of criminal justice at Penn State Greater Allegheny, outlines why student athletes may be at particular risk for higher levels of alcohol consumption and…
News Topics: Substance AbuseOpioidsCriminal Justice
EIC Podcast #5

EIC Podcast on the opioid crisis is now available

The fifth episode of the new Evidence-to-Impact Podcast features a discussion with Glenn Sterner, PhD, assistant professor of criminal justice at Penn State Abington, and Stephen Forzato, deputy chief for tStatewide Drug Initiatives at the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General about reducing the…
News Topics: EIC PodcastSubstance AbuseOpioids
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Registration open for fifth annual Penn State Addiction Symposium on Dec. 10

Registration is open for Penn State Addiction Center for Translation’s fifth annual Penn State Addiction Symposium. This symposium will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Dec. 10 at Junker Auditorium, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. This symposium will feature preclinical and…
News Topics: CCSAAddictionOpioidsSymposiumPenn State ResearchCTSI
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Penn State, PA team up to promote treatments for substance abuse disorders

The opioid epidemic and larger problems of substance misuse continue to deeply impact communities across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the nation. In 2017, more than 70,000 drug overdose deaths occurred in the United States, with Pennsylvania ranking third with the highest rates of death due…
News Topics: OpioidsAddictionCCSAEvidence-to-Impact CollaborativePenn State ResearchSubstance Abuse
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Collaborative Community Service Conference offers opiate addiction resources

Penn State Schuylkill and Lehigh Valley Hospital – Schuylkill collaborated to present “Opioids: The Crisis Next Door,” a free conference held on campus Sept. 19 that detailed the facts and signs of addiction, as well as the resources available to help community members affected by the epidemic. The…
News Topics: SSRIOpioidsAddictionCCSACriminal JusticeSubstance AbuseConference
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Why Social Science? - Because It Provides Empirical Answers to Critical Public Health Questions

By Jeni L. Burnette, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology & Sarah L. Desmarais, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, North Carolina State University What do the opioid and obesity epidemics have in common? For starters, they are both public health crises in which the disease model is used to…
News Topics: SSRIPsychologyObesityOpioidsPublic Health SciencesCCSAWhy Social Science?
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Abstracts can be submitted for fifth annual Penn State Addiction Symposium

The Penn State Addiction Center for Translation is accepting abstracts for consideration as poster and oral presentations at the center's fifth annual Penn State Addiction Symposium. Send a 250-word abstract, complete with title, author(s), affiliations and the presenter's email address, to PSACT@…
News Topics: CTSISymposiumAddictionOpioidsSubstance Abuse
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Schuylkill nursing professor researches impact of opioid addiction on families

Marianne Adam, associate teaching professor in the College of Nursing at Penn State Schuylkill, has been an asset to the Penn State nursing community, educating future nurses while researching substantial health issues ranging from palliative care, diabetes, and her current focus — the opioid…
News Topics: AddictionCCSASSRICollege of NursingOpioidsSubstance Abuse
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Training program available to recovering addicts

If you have a history of addiction recovery and want to help others, Penn State Shenango will host a Beaver campus Continuing Education course on “Certified Recovery Specialist Training” from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Saturdays, beginning Oct. 5 and ending Dec. 14, in Sharon Hall room 108 in downtown…
News Topics: Penn State ResearchAddictionOpioidsCCSASubstance Abuse
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Examining state policies governing opioid use and pregnancy

Opioid use disorders during pregnancy have risen at alarming rates in the U.S. in recent years, increasing the risks of preterm labor and delivery, poor fetal growth, prolonged hospital stays, maternal death and stillborn infants. Maternal opioid use can also result in neonatal abstinence syndrome…
News Topics: CCSASSRIOpioidsAddictionSubstance AbuseChild HealthPregnancy
Glenn Sterner in blue suit jacket.

Resources to combat opioid epidemic available through new WPSU project

Trisha Stouch lost her daughter Pamela to a drug overdose almost 10 years ago, but Stouch remembers like yesterday the moment she realized her daughter’s need for opioids had taken over her life. A stay-at-home mom, frequent chaperone on school trips and softball coach, Stouch was an involved…
News Topics: CCSASSRIOpioidsSubstance AbuseAddictionCriminal Justice
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Penn State helps tackle opioid epidemic through consortium, public media project

The strategies being employed by Penn State to help combat the opioid epidemic were discussed today, Sept. 12, during an update to the Board of Trustees Committee on Outreach, Development and Community Relations at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center.   Presentations were given about the …
News Topics: CCSASSRIOpioidsAddictionSubstance Abuse
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Douglas W. Pollock Center for Addiction Outreach and Research dedicated

Substance abuse has been among the most serious health care challenges facing communities across Pennsylvania and the nation. As a strategic priority, Penn State is committed to combating substance abuse and as a result has established the Consortium to Combat Substance Abuse. As part of the…
News Topics: Substance AbuseOpioidsAddictionCCSASSRIPenn State Research
Opioid deaths.

Researchers estimate societal costs of the opioid epidemic

The devastating consequences of the opioid crisis are far-reaching in the United States, impacting public health as well as social and economic welfare. Penn State researchers recently collaborated to address the issue in a supplement of The American Journal of Managed Care, titled “Deaths, Dollars…
News Topics: Penn State ResearchOpioidsSubstance AbuseAddictionCollege of Health and Human DevelopmentHealth CareHealth Policy and Administration
Jennifer Murphy.

Criminal justice professor presents research on police views of addiction

Police officers who are repeatedly called to the scene of opioid overdose incidents may be at risk for “empathy fatigue,” according to a Penn State researcher who said additional training may be helpful in preventing emotional burnout. Jennifer Murphy, associate professor and program coordinator…
News Topics: Criminal JusticeCollege of the Liberal ArtsOpioidsSubstance AbuseAddictionPsychologyPenn State Research
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Course on addiction and recovery offered Fall 2019

An opportunity to obtain a Certified Recovery Specialist (CRS) certification, a Certified Family Recovery Specialist (CFRS) certification, or a better understanding of addiction and recovery, is available for Penn State students this fall. Curriculum & Instruction 497 is a 4-credit course that…
News Topics: Social ScienceAddictionEducationCCSASubstance AbuseOpioidsAlcoholSSRI
Pain meds.

For many, friends and family, not doctors, serve as a gateway to opioid misuse

In a common narrative of the path to opioid misuse, people become addicted to painkillers after a doctor prescribed them pills to treat an injury and then, later, switch to harder drugs, such as heroin. However, nonmedical opioid users were more likely to say they began abusing opioids after…
News Topics: Mental HealthOpioidsAddictionSubstance AbusePenn State ResearchFamilyFriends
Battling Opioids podcast.

Actress Lauren Holly featured in Battling Opioids podcast

Actress Lauren Holly grew up in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in the midst of the opioid epidemic and is now using her talent to shed light on the important issue. In season three of Designated Survivor, coming to Netflix June 7, Holly acts as a privileged, political figure who falls to opioid…
News Topics: OpioidsAddictionSubstance AbusePodcastSocial Science
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Studying implications of policy and law for treatment of substance use disorders

People who suffer from substance use disorder need effective treatments, however, 90 percent of those who need treatment do not receive it. One Penn State professor and his team are looking into the legal and financial barriers to treatment and how the law can be used to break down or build…
News Topics: Substance AbuseOpioidsAddictionPenn State LawPenn State ResearchPolicymakingPublic PolicyCCSASSRI

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