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Pregnant and Afraid: Opioid-Using Expectant Mothers Facing Injustices in Rural Appalachia
(2020-11-12)
The United States Food and Drug Administration first approved several opioids—oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, etc.—for prescription use in the late 20th century. What started as simple, effective painkillers quickly led ...
Buprenorphine MAT's Impact on Opioid Relapse
(2022)
In 2020, opioids were involved in 68,630 overdose deaths, which accounted for 74.8% of all drug
overdose deaths (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2022). In the past few decades, an increased
understanding ...
Developing a Community Mental Health Chaplaincy Model in Carter County, Tennessee in Response to the Opioid Addiction Crisis
(2023-05-01)
Explores pastoral theology in the context of the current opioid crisis (1996-2023), concentrating specifically on an Appalachian social location. Examines the mechanism of opioid addiction according to the NIDA model, ...