AMERSA Talks
Current Series, Stigma and Substance Use: Rewriting the Narrative.
Eight 30-minute episodes sponsored by PCSS-MOUD and hosted by AMERSA members, featuring subject matter experts across multiple disciplines.
2024 Series, Harm Reduction: Compassionate Care for People who use Drugs
Eight 30-minute episodes sponsored by PCSS-MOUD and hosted by AMERSA members, featuring subject matter experts across multiple disciplines.
Podcasting since 2024 • 20 episodes
AMERSA Talks
Latest Episodes
Phil McNamara, Bella Wilklow, and Elizabeth Abbs, Enhancing Treatment Access: How collaboration with multidisciplinary providers and community members increases connection to long term care.
This episode will focus on the outreach and support service efforts within MATTERS that address barriers to treatment for opioid use disorder. While MATTERS is widely recognized for its harm reduction efforts, this episode will dig deeper into ...
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Dr. Triveni DeFries, Dairo Romero and Dr. Marlene Martin, Promoting health: Community health workers address unhealthy substance use
The Program for Education in Drugs and Alcohol for Latine (PEDAL) is an example of a partnership between community-based organizations and addiction medicine clinicians. In this episode the guest discuss their collaboration to co-develop a trai...
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Dr. Carrie Wilkens, Dr. Brandee Madden, & Dr. Jeff Foote. Stigmatized by Association- Impact of SUD and Stigma on Families
This episode explores the "contagious" nature of stigma in substance use disorders (SUDs), revealing how shame and discrimination spread beyond the 45-50 million Americans with SUDs to affect an estimated 45-300 million family members. While st...
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Dr. Lauren Broyles, Jackie Slaugenhaupt, and Holly Hagle, Untapping Social Potential: Teetotal Initiative’s Model for Empowering Recovery and Challenging Stigma
In this episode, Teetotal Initiative will provide insight into an innovative and underexplored but critical component of recovery: the impact of social interaction on recovery capital ecosystems and prevention of return to use. Despite its impo...
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Michelle Kavouras, Dr. Nichole Nidey, and Dr. Sunny Kung, Why Language Matters in Documentation
In this episode, we dive into why language in client and patient records matters—and how it can shape care experiences. We explore practical ways to use non-stigmatizing language in health records and discuss the role of electronic health recor...
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