Cross-posted from Penn LDI’s Blog Rebecca Stewart, PhD The opioid epidemic is in its fourth and possibly deadliest wave, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and disproportionately killing people of color. Medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD)—including methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone—are effective in combatting the epidemic, but sorely underused. Philadelphia’s Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disability Services (DBHIDS) recently enacted […]
Sonam Saxena Adjusting to quarantine looks different for everyone. For individuals on the autism spectrum, the substantial daily changes associated with the pandemic have proven especially challenging and confusing. Many recently-published stories detail the challenges that individuals with autism or individuals caring for them currently face, including this one by STAT, this one by […]