COVID-19 impact on addiction
COVID-19 impact on addiction
Dr. Melton participated in a Zoom panel with Yale School of Medicine and the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP)
to discuss the impact of Covid-19 on caring for patients with substance use disorders.
This was part of ETSU's participation in the Phase 1 (Jan.July 2020) pilot for Addiction
Treatment: Clinical Skills for Healthcare Professionals funded by Substance Abuse
and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to support educating health professionals
in evidence-based prevention and treatment of substance use disorders. SAMHSA awarded
the grant for two years to the AAAP in collaboration with Yale University.
The pilot was part of the interprofessional elective Substance Misuse and Addiction
in Appalachia: Impacting the Community through a Vision of Change course held every
spring at Gatton.