Background: The inpatient hospital setting is a potential intervention point where people at risk for overdose can be identified and connected to evidence-based substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and harm reduction services. Inpatient addiction consult service (ACS) programs have been shown to have a range of positive outcomes, but there remains an implementation gap, and ACS […]
Introduction: Teaching graduate medical trainees to conduct forensic medical and mental health evaluations (FMEs) of people seeking asylum fosters knowledge and skills needed to care for displaced and trauma-exposed populations. The national Asylum Medicine Training Initiative (AMTI) is the new standard for training clinicians to conduct FMEs but has not yet been evaluated in graduate medical […]
The body and brain’s normal responses to traumatic stress can result in changes to cognition, emotion, affect, and behavior. Beyond these biological and psychological effects, trauma can also impact our relationships with each other and with our institutions, histories, and social structures. This informs how people who have experienced trauma relate to our organizations. Our […]
