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Assignment:
Opioid Use, Addiction, and Overdoses:
Please read the Psychology Discussion Requirements fully, and then Read pages 174 - 184 in your text.
Opioid use, addiction, and overdses have increased to alarming rates in the United States in recent years. Millions of Americans are affected by the opioid epidemic every day.
Read Volkow et al.'s (2014) article and Brown's (2018) articles (PDF's below) before discussing the following questions.
References
Brown, A. R. (2018). A systematic review of psychosocial interventions in treatment of opioid addiction, Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions, Advance online publication.
Coon, D., Mitterer, J.O., & Martini, T. (2022). Introduction to psychology: Gateways to mind and behavior (16th ed.). Cengage Leaming.
Volkow, N. D., Frieden, T. R., Hyde, P. S., & Cha, S. S. (2014). Medication-assisted therapies - tackling the opioid-overdose epidemic. New England Journal of Medicine, 370(22), 2063-2066.
For this week's main post, answer all of the following questions (include the questions as headings!). Be sure to include factual, properly cited information in your post.
• What are some ways that opioid addiction is affecting the United States?
What are some forms of treatment available to those suffering from opioid addiction?
If you had a friend or family member suffering from opioid addiction, what sort of help would you recommend they seek?