National Addiction Treatment Week is an annual initiative raising awareness about addiction as a chronic treatable disease & challenging stigma around addiction
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Join us next week, Oct. 16-22, for National Addiction #TreatmentWeek to help raise awareness about the crucial role medical professionals play in addiction treatment & recovery. Learn more from @TreatmentWeek here: ow.ly/nqG450PU9tJ #AddictionTreatment #NATW
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Read about Dr. Jones and the document she helped create - Your Words Matter: Language Showing Compassion and Care for Women, Infants, Families, and Communities Impacted by Substance Use Disorder >> ow.ly/owP850Lfz77
#EndStigma #TreatmentWeek #TreatAddictionSaveLives
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Stigma reduces access to and the quality of care for people with addiction. To start breaking down these barriers, check out #NIDAMED’s Addressing Stigma and Health Disparities page to learn about addressing stigma in health care settings: loom.ly/H-2RLHo #TreatmentWeek
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Pregnant women and mothers with addiction are less likely to seek treatment, get prenatal care, and breastfeed their babies, in part due to stigma. Learn more in this #CME: #TreatmentWeek #NIDAMED loom.ly/brs4Zzg
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How does #stigma impact people with addiction? Find out with our Words Matter resource and learn how small changes to what we say may help patients and families talk about addiction—#CME credit available. #TreatmentWeek #NIDAMED loom.ly/F8mXMB4
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Clinicians are often among the first points of contact for a person w/addiction. Care visits can be an opportunity to help patients feel comfortable discussing substance use. Learn steps providers can take to stop stigma w/this CME loom.ly/z-qV8Is #NIDAMED #TreatmentWeek
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@ACAAMorg is partnering with @ASAMorg and @treatmentweek during #NATW for an opportunity for our fellows to share stories about the importance of #addictionmedicine #fellowships. See your stories this Friday, 10/21, and watch for more here: treataddictionsavelives.org/ #treatmentweek
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Research suggests that stigmatizing attitudes among providers correlate with lower use of medication in treatment for opioid use disorder. Visit #NIDAMED to hear from peers on how rewarding treating addiction is & how to get started. #TreatmentWeek loom.ly/tE4a0ow
![Recognizing that [addressing opioid addiction] helped dozens of patients and promoted wellness throughout our institution, it is so rewarding and so impactful and such a humbling experience. It's the best thing I have had the privilege of doing.
Richard Bottner, PA-C Assistant Professor Department of Internal Medicine Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FfcpT62X0AA7YpP.jpg?name=orig)
ALT Recognizing that [addressing opioid addiction] helped dozens of patients and promoted wellness throughout our institution, it is so rewarding and so impactful and such a humbling experience. It's the best thing I have had the privilege of doing. Richard Bottner, PA-C Assistant Professor Department of Internal Medicine Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin
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While not using drugs/alcohol poses the fewest health risks & often helps sustained recovery efforts, In Forefront, Dr. Nora Volkow shares how to make treatment more realistic--by thinking differently about abstinence. @Health_Affairs #Treatmentweek loom.ly/zTU7C1o
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National Addiction #TreatmentWeek highlights the critical treatment gap between the number of patients who need to addiction treatment and qualified medical professionals available to treat addiction using evidence-based approaches.
Learn more at TreatAddictionSaveLives.org.
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Today is the first day of National Addiction Treatment Week! Share how treating addiction has impacted your career. #TreatmentWeek. bit.ly/3S8zPpR
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All week long we're sharing inspiring and powerful stories from medical providers discussing how treating addiction and becoming certified in addiction medicine has positively impacted their medical careers and patients. Learn more >> asam.org/news/detail/2022/10…
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It's #NationalAddictionTreatmentWeek, an initiative highlighting the critical treatment gap between the number of patients needing addiction treatment + qualified medical professionals available to treat addiction. Learn more here: bit.ly/3S8zPpR
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During addiction #TreatmentWeek, we’d like to thank all those who dedicate their lives to helping people overcome addiction. Let's raise awareness that treatment is available & recovery is possible. If you’re looking for treatment visit findtreatment.samhsa.gov #AddictionMedicine
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This Addiction #TreatmentWeek, we’d like to thank all those who dedicate their lives to helping people overcome addiction. #thankyou
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Addiction is a disease that can be treated. Join us in this lifesaving work. #TreatmentWeek
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These shirts say it all for @ASAMorg National Addiction @TreatmentWeek. Recovery. Hope. Fight. Overcome. Believe. Our Brilliant Treatment Services team in #Ohio stands ready to serve individuals struggling with #opioidaddiction. #TreatmentWeek #NATW #TreatAddictionSaveLives
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Clinicians are often the first points of contact for a person with addiction. They are a part of a key opportunity to help patients feel comfortable discussing addiction. Learn steps providers can take to stop stigma with this CME: loom.ly/z-qV8Is #NIDAMED #TreatmentWeek
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Pregnant women and mothers with addiction are less likely to seek treatment, get prenatal care, and breastfeed their babies, in part due to #stigma. Find out how to reduce stigma & diminish treatment barriers for women in this CME: loom.ly/vLNmu_Y #TreatmentWeek #NIDAMED
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#OpioidUseDisorder or #ChronicPain. Learn about #nihHEALinitiative studies and programs that are helping to address #stigma. bit.ly/3AJ84KJ #TreatmentWeek