In light of the alarming increase in opioid overdose deaths in 2020, it is vitally important to understand the clinical and psychosocial services available to treat people with opioid use disorder (OUD).
This brief uses data from the National Mental Health Services Survey (N-MHSS), a census of specialty mental health treatment facilities in the United States.
In this study, we develop a type of systems map-a causal loop diagram-to display a high-level, holistic depiction of some of the interconnected relationships between opioid use disorder, parenting, social determinants of health, family health and environment, and children's health and well-being.
The president’s National Strategy goal to vaccinate the U.S. population quickly, effectively, and equitably requires wide-scale, unbiased distribution and access, and public confidence in the safety of the vaccine and the vaccination effort.
This book chapter describes the application of systems thinking and the use of an opioid systems map to addressing response to the opioid epidemic in Georgia.