Addiction

In the final segment of the series, experts look ahead to how pain management will grow to treat the millions of burdened Americans.

In part 4 of our series, guideline authors and researchers relay the particularities of guiding and regulating the spread of still-necessary painkiller prescriptions.

Findings of a new study can lead to more informed individualized opioid prescriptions.

In part 2, experts discuss how the public health crisis has reached a third decade, and what plans are to combat addiction problems.

The expert-led narrative series will seek to answer when and how the development of opioids led to a public health crisis.

A study of more than 300,000 older patients found use of tramadol was associated with an increased risk of hip fracture compared to 5 other pain medications.

The physician and memoir author shares his personal and professional perspective on what's needed to fix a broken system of care.

The pediatric oncologist-turned-author gives perspective on the current suicide epidemic in the US, and what he learned from his own struggles.

A new analysis is painting a clearer picture of the impact and causes of the rise and fall of US life expectancy between 1959 and 2017.

A discussion with a director from the American Public Health Association on what drives the increasing burden of mental illness in the US.

How physicians in a shrinking field have taken on a greater burden of leadership roles in patient care.

How does psychiatry access differ among patients, and how should it become individualized?

A recent study of more than 200,000 injured workers identified risk factors of opioid use of a previously opioid-free population.

A clinical trial of 147 individuals found that a 15-week treatment program using cognitive behavioral therapy may be a promising treatment for internet and video game addictions.

For chronic pain sufferers using opioids, policy changes have made it difficult to find new primary care providers — which investigators warn could have unintended consequences.