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Trapped: Understanding Addiction Ahana Wokhlu
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Trapped: Understanding Addiction explores the medical aspects and social implications of addiction. In this podcast, I’ll talk to experts about the science behind addictive behavior, how various substances affect the brain and body, how addiction impacts specific populations uniquely, and how our views on addiction and treatment have evolved. I will also speak with people who have had first-hand experience with a substance use disorder and get their insight on what it’s like to live with this condition.
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Episode 28: The Intersection of Methamphetamine Use and HIV - Dr. Timothy Hall, UCLA
In this episode, I speak with Dr. Timothy Hall about the intersection of methamphetamine use and HIV in the LGBTQ+ community, particularly in men who have sex with men. Dr. Hall explains how methamphetamine use can influence HIV transmission as well as health outcomes for those who are HIV positive and how new HIV medications that can be taken every few months instead of daily may improve medication adherence for those struggling with a methamphetamine addiction. He also discusses the potential consequences of the changing landscape of the LGBTQ+ community.
Dr. Hall is a Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor at the Department of Family Medicine and Center for Behavioral and Addiction Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He has trained and studied at Harvard, UCSD, University of Chicago/NORC, Karlova Univerzita (Prague), the New Center for Psychoanalysis (Los Angeles), and UCLA. He is co-chair of the Human Sexuality & Anthropology Interest Group (HSAIG) of the American Anthropological Association. He has conducted long-term ethnographic research in Prague, Czech Republic, with four years of fieldwork since 1999. This project looks at processes of gay and bisexual men’s sexual identity formation and changes in the social and sexual networks of men who have sex with men (MSM) in the post-socialist era and since EU accession, with attention to HIV risk factors. He has also conducted fieldwork among non-gay-identified MSM in Los Angeles. His research interests include theories of sexual identity and the role of sexual identities and various forms of sexual-identity-based sociality in mediating risk for HIV, depression, and addictive disorders. He has worked as study physician on clinical trials of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (HTPN 073), the mStudy cohort study of HIV risk factors, and several trials of medications for methamphetamine use disorder (bupropion, varenicline, ibudilast, and bupropion/naltrexone). Dr. Hall is a psychiatrist with clinical interests in mood disorders, HIV psychiatry, personality disorders, and addiction.
Learn more about Dr. Hall at https://www.uclahealth.org/providers/timothy-hall
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Episode 27: Infectious Complications of Injection Drug Use - Dr. David Goodman-Meza, UCLA
In this episode, I talk with Dr. David Goodman-Meza about the infectious disease complications associated with intravenous drug use. We discuss some of the most common infections seen in people who inject drugs (PWID), including Hepatitis C, HIV, skin and soft tissue infections, infective endocarditis, vertebral osteomyelitis, septic arthritis, and meningitis. Dr. Goodman-Meza goes on to explain the challenges PWID face in trying to get treatment for these infections and how he became interested in this field. Finally, he reviews strategies we can use to improve care for PWID, including having a specialty devoted to care of the entire patient struggling with substance use.
David Goodman-Meza, MD, MAS is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. His diverse research interests include the epidemiology of HIV and STIs in high-risk populations, biomedical prevention of HIV in people who use substances, and improving infectious disease-related outcomes in people who inject drugs. He is site principal investigator for HPTN094, a randomized controlled trial evaluating the efficacy of mobile clinical units to improve health outcomes in people who inject drugs.
Read more about Dr. Goodman-Meza here: https://www.uclahealth.org/providers/david-goodman
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Episode 26: Collegiate Recovery Programs- Kristina Canfield, ARHE Executive Director
In this episode, I speak with Kristina Canfield, M.ED. about collegiate recovery programs. Kristina is the Executive Director for the Association of Recovery in Higher Education (ARHE), the sole organization exclusively representing collegiate recovery programs and communities. Kristina explains how collegiate recovery programs came about, their benefits for students in recovery, and how ARHE can provide education, resources, and community connection to those looking to establish a collegiate recovery program in their school.
Kristina attended Ohio University in Athens, Ohio where she earned both her bachelor’s degree in History and a master’s degree in College Student Personnel. During her time at Ohio University, Kristina helped to establish the Collegiate Recovery Community in order to assist students in or seeking recovery from substance use disorders on that campus. After graduation, she worked in an inpatient treatment facility where she continued to gain valuable experience in the continuum of care for substance use disorders. Previously, she was employed as the program coordinator for the Collegiate Recovery Program (CRP) at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and as the Substance Abuse Prevention & Recovery Coordinator for The University of Alabama at Birmingham. Kristina is very passionate about the field of collegiate recovery and prior to her current role, she worked closely with ARHE as Conference Manager for the ARHE/ARS/AAPG National Conference, Secretary of the Advisory Council, and Project Lead for two grant projects focused on advancing the field of collegiate recovery. Her vision is that one day, every institution of higher education offers support for students in or seeking recovery so that they feel supported no matter their chosen path of recovery.
As we approach Collegiate Recovery Day, ARHE will be celebrating thirteen years of propagating and supporting the vision of collegiate recovery programs. ARHE offers time-tested, research and experience-based modeling for fostering and supporting those in recovery who seek to excel in higher education.
Learn more about ARHE at https://collegiaterecovery.org/
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Episode 25: Motivational Interviewing - Dr. Kenneth Saffier, Bi-Bett
Welcome back. In this episode, I speak with Dr. Kenneth Saffier, family physician and addiction medicine specialist. Dr. Saffier serves as the Medical Director for Bi-Bett, a substance use disorder treatment center serving Alameda, Solano, and Contra Costa counties in California. He is also the past president of the Medical Education and Research Foundation for the Treatment of Addiction. Dr. Saffier will explain the principles and practice of motivational interviewing as it relates to substance use disorders. Motivational interviewing (MI) is a collaborative method of communication designed to strengthen motivation to work towards a goal by accompanying patients in their journey towards change rather than lecturing them.
Dr. Saffier is an expert in this field and has provided over 50 motivational interviewing training sessions throughout the country. You can learn more about MI by visiting the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers.
Learn more about Dr. Saffier at https://bibett.org/staffs/kenneth-saffier-md-fasam/.
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Episode 24: Harm Reduction - Dr. Daniel Ciccarone, UCSF
Seatbelts for when you speed down a slick highway, cholesterol medication when you have a difficult time controlling your diet — these are tools we use to protect ourselves from our imperfect behaviors. Harm reduction is a set of practical strategies designed to reduce the negative consequences of risk behaviors, centered around accepting people where they are at.
In this episode, Dr. Daniel Ciccarone talks about the principles and goals of harm reduction as it relates to substance use, what strategies are currently being employed, and how we can leverage the criminal justice and healthcare systems to expand its role.
Dr. Ciccarone is a Professor of Family and Community Medicine at UCSF and principal investigator of the Heroin In Transition Study. His research focuses on contextual issues of treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS, the medical consequences of use of various sources and forms of heroin, and the intersection of HIV and substance use.
Learn more about Dr. Ciccarone at https://profiles.ucsf.edu/daniel.ciccarone#toc-id3
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Episode 23: Psychedelics as Addiction Treatment - Dr. Snehal Bhatt, University of New Mexico
In this episode, I talk to Dr. Snehal Bhatt about the use of psychedelics in the treatment of substance use disorders. Dr. Bhatt was one of the principal investigators for an exciting study demonstrating the ability of psilocybin to reduce heavy drinking in patients with alcohol use disorder. He reviews the history of psychedelic use in medicine, discusses their future therapeutic potential, and goes over the results of his psilocybin trial.
Dr. Bhatt is the Chief of Addiction Psychiatry and Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine. Dr. Bhatt’s work focuses on improving access to addiction treatment in communities across New Mexico, novel pharmacological treatments for substance use disorders, and medical education.
Read Dr. Bhatt’s study at https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2795625
If you enjoy what you hear, please feel free to contribute at www.trappedunderstandingaddiction.com to support harm reduction efforts.
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Customer Reviews
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As an addict myself;
I wish this podcast was requirement to listen too; especially if someone wants to have an opinion on addiction but has never dealt with addiction firsthand (whether a loved one, friend, coworker, or themselves).
So many, too many actually, have the “lock them up! They’re criminals, all of em” or the “Narcan shouldn’t be free!! It just gives them an excuse to use with no consequences! Disgusting! My cousins boyfriends daughters child’s dog has to pay for diabetes medication but these junkies get this stuff for free!” Or “MAT recovery is just time released hair-oh-in (not sure if that word is allowed in the reviews on Apple) and these junkies are getting h!gh from it! That’s not sober” but these people who preach these comments have never held someone’s child while they slowly die from an OD and by the grace of God someone had Narcan in their purse and saved them. That person could have meant to buy coca**e and it was laced or maybe they had been in jail and gotten out and they just weren’t ready to be sober or they wanted to do it “one more time” and did the amount they used to do, not thinking about the fact they’d been sober for months”
I could go on and on and on and stick up for the addict who’s voice is muted by a judgmental middle aged white woman who steps on the opposite side of the street when they pass a homeless addict on the sidewalk instead of asking them if they’re hungry- but then they walk 5 minutes longer and donate that $10 that would have paid for that homeless persons only meal for the next 3 days to some high school dance event 🙄
I would love love love to share my story on going from 390 pounds to 130 pounds and going from a food addiction to drug addiction whilst enduring physical abuse and how being sober doesn’t mean you’re recovered!
Amazing Podcast!
This podcast is very informative. I’m a doctoral student in public health and I’m thoroughly enjoying this content. I’m also impressed that Ahana Wokhlu is a high school student. She does a great job in her interviews.
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