Based upon recommendations to professionals, books and sources during my current appearance on Steven Cambian’s Truth Applicants podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMlZ0xGvS 1 I&& t =4 s
I’m a contributing editor of The Washington Month-to-month , and author of the well-received book, Mental Wellness, Inc.: How Corruption, Lax Oversight and Fell Short Reforms Jeopardize Our A Lot Of At Risk People [https://amzn.to/3zg7c01]
I’m a past factor to Newsweek on a range of subjects [https://bit.ly/3z7oXP4], including one cover tale on VA corruption and its role in the opioid dilemma [https://bit.ly/3eE7lCq] A passage of my publication was included as mentioned over as the cover story [https://bit.ly/3eE7lCq] with the heading: “Just how the VA Sustained the National Opioid Dilemma and Is Killing Hundreds Of Experts.”
Furthermore right here’s my LinkedIn overview of my write-ups, book and broadcast looks: https://www.linkedin.com/in/art-levine- 096 b 295/. Several of my short articles, meetings and book information are additionally highlighted in this pinned tweet: bit.ly/ 3 DkGcP 2
I have actually also written on overdrugging of youth [bit.ly/3AdOVAA]; drastic recommending crackdowns [bit.ly/3lj3bUw] on discomfort individuals driving up suicides [bit.ly/3ake2Ha] and aggravating their specials needs [bit.ly/3uMC3Al]; and, indirectly relevant, law enforcement cover-ups of rape and attacks at an institution for learning impaired young people [bit.ly/3BprTrO] who are frequently over-medicated. They’ve been featured in Salon, Newsweek, The Huffington Blog Post, Tarbell and Miami New Times, to name a few outlets.
https://www.newsweek.com/va-opiod-crisis-killing-veterans-mental-illness- 683434 As much as 90 % of drug therapy and mental health therapy programs inefficient for dual-diagnosis treatment– emblematic of wider failings
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Best author on #harmreduction is Maia Szalavitz, a must-follow on twitter, her write-ups and her most recent book, Undoing Drugs:
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Ideal solitary book on finding excellent therapy and preventing dreadful treatment is Anne Fletcher’s Within Rehab. Every family needs to have a copy:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B 008 EKMAC 4/ ref=dp-kindle-redirect? _ encoding=UTF 8 & btkr= 1
Harm-reduction sources for needle exchanges, obtaining naloxone for OD revivial, and access to Suboxone, etc, from injury decrease union:
https://harmreduction.org/issues/medication-for-opioid-use-disorder/
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The best current talk linking all the patterns in negative plans– from company greed-driven over-drugging with opioids in the late 1990 s and the early 2000 s right currently to the oppressive suppression on ideal prescribing for chronic pain patients that is increasing self-destructions– is contained in the must-follow Dr. Stefan Kertesz’s new presentation at the College of Florida:
https://twitter.com/StefanKertesz/status/ 1451285287024353280
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Leading champion for patients with chronic discomfort is impairment legal rights attorney and advocate Kate Nicholson, who started the National Pain Campaigning For Center:
A must-follow on twitter:
https://twitter.com/speakingabtpain?lang=en
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https://www.changingthenarrative.news/ Northeastern University Regulation College challenges misconceptions about medications and opioids, and biases in news insurance coverage.
Champions for injury reduction there and allies include Leo Beletsky, Zachary Siegel, Philadelphia-based Brooke Feldman, leader of the Pennsylvania Injury Reduction Network:
https://twitter.com/LeoBeletsky ; https://twitter.com/ZachWritesStuff ; https://twitter.com/BrookeM_Feldman