Diagnosis and Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder in Adolescence
JAMA Pediatrics Editors' Summary
English - October 02, 2023 15:00 - 18 minutes - 42.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsMedicine Health & Fitness Science health infants adolescents children jamanetwork kids medicine Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Treatment with buprenorphine is approved and effective for adolescents with opioid use disorder (OUD) but is underused. JAMA Pediatrics Editor in Chief Dimitri Christakis, MD, and JAMA Pediatrics Associate Editor Alison A. Galbraith, MD, discuss diagnosis and treatment of OUD with Scott Hadland, MD, Chief of Adolescent Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, and an expert in adolescent OUD.
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Conflict of Interest disclosures:
Dr Hadland has received honoraria from the American Academy of Pediatrics for speaking on the topic of adolescent opioid use disorder treatment.