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Seth Godin on What We Deserve

Dec 20, 2016 by AMERSA

Seth Godin is a hero and mentor of Managing Editor Dan Harding.

Seth is an author, speaker, thought leader, and has been blogging daily insights for over 10 years.

A recent blog post nicely summarized why many of us do what we do with a fresh lens – a lens about what we deserve.

View the post here: http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2016/10/moral-hazard-is-no-excuse-for-our-inhumanity.html

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Our newly released issue is now online —> October-December 2016.
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Surgeon General’s Report On Addiction

Nov 30, 2016 by AMERSA

Last week the U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy addressed the addiction crisis. The method was to release a Surgeon General’s Report and to campaign for its awareness. The Report website can be found at: https://addiction.surgeongeneral.gov/

The Report calls for resolve in the battle against addiction, and of note, treatment of addiction as a disease.

Read more about the Surgeon General’s conclusions here: https://addiction.surgeongeneral.gov/executive-summary/conclusion.

(Also, we recognize the Surgeon General has a pretty cool Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/u.s.surgeongeneral/ )

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Our newly released issue is now online —> October-December 2016.
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SAj Volume 37, Issue 4 Is Now Online!

Nov 28, 2016 by AMERSA

We’re delighted to announce that SAj’s Volume 37, Issue 4 is now available online!

We’re proud to include all of these articles, but to highlight a few:

As always, we welcome your comments via email and Twitter.

Turning the Tide or Riptide? the Changing Opioid Epidemic

Nov 22, 2016 by AMERSA

Turning the Tide or Riptide? the Changing Opioid Epidemic
Stefan G. Kertesz
Substance Abuse
(The publisher has graciously made this article available to the public for download until January 31, 2017.)

Illustration by Lissa Mathis as published in Substance Abuse journal.

AMERSA Conference Annual Awards: Best Manuscript

Nov 14, 2016 by AMERSA

Each Fall SAj makes an appearance at AMERSA’s annual conference. Among our involvements is the presentation of three annual awards: Best Peer Review, Most Downloaded Manuscript, and Best Manuscript.

For Best Manuscript we seek to recognize a manuscript which clearly articulated research or policies designed to advance the identification and treatment of substance use disorders and/or the training of addiction care providers.

We are delighted to announce that the award for Most Downloaded Manuscript 2016 goes to Miriam Komaromy, MD for 37.1’s manuscript Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes): A New Model for Educating Primary Care Providers About Treatment of Substance Use Disorders.

Congratulations Dr. Komaromy!

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Our newly released issue is now online —> July-September 2016.
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