From the front lines of the Appalachian addiction crisis : healthcare providers discuss opioids, meth and recovery / edited by Wendy Welch ; foreword by Lauren Sisler.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Welch, Wendy, editor.

Sisler, Lauren, writer of foreword.

Series:

Contributions to southern Appalachian studies ; 50.

Contributions to southern Appalachian studies ; 50

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Opioid abuse--Appalachian Region.

Opioid abuse.

Methamphetamine abuse--Appalachian Region.

Methamphetamine abuse.

Drug addiction--Treatment--Appalachian Region.

Drug addiction.

Medical personnel--Appalachian Region.

Medical personnel.

Mental health personnel--Appalachian Region.

Mental health personnel.

Drug addiction--Treatment.

Appalachian Region.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 217 pages).

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2020]

Summary:

"Stories from doctors, nurses, and therapists dealing on a daily basis with the opioid crisis in Appalachia should be heartbreaking. Yet those told here also inspire with practical advice on how to assist those in addiction, from a grass-roots to a policy level. Readers looking for ways to combat the crisis will find suggestions alongside laughter, tears, and sometimes rage. Each author brings the passion of their profession and the personal losses they have experienced from addiction, and posits solutions and harm reduction with positivity, grace, and even humor. Authors representing seven states from northern, Coalfields, and southern Appalachia relate personal encounters with patients or providers who changed them forever. This is a history document, showing how we got here; an evidenced indictment of current policies failing those who need them most; an affirmation that Appalachia solves its own problems; and a collection of suggestions for best practice moving forward"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

5,000 year ghazal / Molly O'Dell and Wendy Welch

Six minutes / Theresa Ann Poling

Perspectives from a prescriber / Manju Pushkas

Injecting hope with sublocade / Daleen Berry

Rockabye / Rondalyn Varney Whitney

This is your body on drugs / Tauna Gulley

Hoofbeats of the zebra / Susan M. Hamrick

The seeker and the provider / Brandon Whited

City of solutions / Lyn M. O'Connell, Jodi Maiolo, and Stephen Petrany

A clinician's guide to changing your mind / Issaiah Wallace

Why addiction care is primary care / Melissa L. Zook

Community is the vehicle to recovery / Tanner Clements and Andrea D. Clements

Mountain doc / Willie Dalton

How we got here and how we can get out of here / Randall E. Jessee

The bad / Deborah Gold, in conversation with Misty

Who will leave Harlan alive? / Mary Jewell Allen

White coat man... / Marcus Oglesby, Creek Don't Rise Band

Data make you credible, but stories make you memorable / Michael Meit.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 8, 2021)

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

1-4766-4133-1

9781476641331 (electronic bk.)

1476641331

OCLC:

1196197636