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Duke Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Uche Aneni, MBBS, MHS: Promoting Prevention & Increasing Access through Digital Interventions
As a child and teenager in Ibadan, Nigeria, Uche Aneni, MBBS, MHS, thought her mother, a clinical psychologist, “got into her head too much.” But that frequent unsolicited analysis—along with her father’s career as a public health and community medicine physician and her older sister’s struggle with a neurodevelopmental disorder—ultimately inspired Aneni to become a child psychiatrist. More >
NIH HEAL Initiative Investigators Meeting
A digital intervention to prevent the initiation of opioid misuse in adolescents in SBHCs
NIH HEAL Initiative Investigators Meeting: “A digital intervention to prevent the initiation of opioid misuse in adolescents in SBHCs” Virtual, April 11, 2022.
TIME
What Euphoria Gets Right—and Wrong—About Teen Drug Use and Addiction
The show has sparked controversy over how it portrays teen drug use. In January, D.A.R.E.—the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program—criticized the show for “glorify[ing]” high school drug use and making it seem “common and widespread in today’s world.” But drug use is not uncommon among high school students today. In the U.S., about 1.6 million kids ages 12 to 17—6.3% of the adolescent population—had substance use disorder in 2020, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). “That’s a huge problem,” says Dr. Lynn Fiellin, professor of medicine at the Yale School of Medicine and Child Study Center, who is trained in addiction medicine and behavioral health (and who is a fan of the show). The problem seems to be growing, too; in 2020, millions more kids tried drugs for the first time. “Euphoria depicts exactly what is going on,” she says. More >
NBC Connecticut
Meals4Healers Helps Physician Trainees Impacted by COVID-19 – NBC Connecticut
The ongoing strain the pandemic has had a significant impact on health care workers and it’s been made more difficult with many hospital employees testing positive for COVID over the last few weeks. A program called Meals4Healers is helping. Dr. Claudi-Santi Fernandes, an assistant professor at the Yale School of Medicine, spoke with NBC about the program. More >
Annual HEAL Prevention Collaborative Meeting
PlaySMART intervention development: A digital intervention to prevent the initiation of opioid misuse in adolescents in School-Based Health Centers (SBHCs)
Annual HEAL Prevention Collaborative Meeting: “PlaySMART intervention development: A digital intervention to prevent the initiation of opioid misuse in adolescents in School-Based Health Centers (SBHCs)”, Virtual, November 10, 2021.
Annual HEAL Prevention Collaborative Meeting
A digital intervention to prevent the initiation of opioid misuse in adolescents in School-Based Health Centers (SBHCs)
Annual HEAL Prevention Collaborative Meeting: “A digital intervention to prevent the initiation of opioid misuse in adolescents in School-Based Health Centers (SBHCs)”, Virtual, November 8, 2021.
Technology in Psychiatry Online Summit
Identifying Digital Biomarkers for Adolescent Substance Use from In-game Data
Technology in Psychiatry Online Summit: “Identifying Digital Biomarkers for Adolescent Substance Use from In-game Data”. Video presentation, October 2021.
2021 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Expo
An accessible digital intervention to promote STI/HIV testing/counseling and prevention among adolescents
American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Expo: “An accessible digital intervention to promote STI/HIV testing/counseling and prevention among adolescents.” Virtual Roundtable Presentation, October 26, 2021.
2021 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Expo
Incorporating Social Connections into the Design and Development of PlaySmart, a Videogame Prevention Intervention to Address Opioid Misuse in Adolescents
American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Expo: “Incorporating Social Connections into the Design and Development of PlaySmart, a Videogame Prevention Intervention to Address Opioid Misuse in Adolescents.” Virtual Oral Presentation, October 25, 2021.
The Morning Call
Your View: How we can cut opioid deaths among young people
In addition to the COVID-19 pandemic, there is another public health emergency that recently hit peak levels in the United States.
The opioid epidemic has escalated at a startling rate. Recent data released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that reported drug overdose deaths reached a record high of 94,134 in the period from January 2020 to January 2021. That’s a 30% increase over the same 12 months from 2019 to 2020.