This issue of Healing Hands will discuss the following:
• The current opioid crisis in the United States;
• The use of non-opioid substances amongst people experiencing homelessness;
• Key issues that intersect with substance use and mental health in homeless populations;
• Commonly-used substances such as alcohol, methamphetamines, cocaine and rock cocaine, and synthetic cannabinoids (K2/Spice);
• The ways in which stigma around substance use occurs at multiple levels; and
• Strategies that providers can use to decrease the impact of stigma on service provision.
Categories:
Chronic Disease, Clinical Practice, Healing Hands Newsletter, Substance Use Disorder