Jonathan Avery

Sep 25, 2024 | goodrx.com | Jonathan Avery

The earlier you seek intervention for alcohol use disorder (AUD), the easier it will be to change behavior patterns and find different ways to cope in life. By the time AUD has set in, it may be impairing your life in tragic ways that are hard to "undo," such as a divorce or the loss of a job. What can make AUD challenging to recognize early on is that alcohol use, and even heavy alcohol use, is common and socially acceptable in many cultures.

Sep 23, 2024 | goodrx.com | Jonathan Avery

In 2020, an estimated 2.7 million people in the United States suffered from opioid use disorder, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). While this is a smaller number than for other substance use disorders - 28.9 million U.S. adults above age 12 live with alcohol use disorder according to the 2023 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) - the opioid crisis is one of the primary concerns among medical professionals and public health experts.

May 2, 2024 | psychiatrictimes.com | Jonathan Avery

CONFERENCE REPORTER “It turns out that clinicians’ attitudes are worse toward patients with substance use disorders (SUDs) than toward any other medical or psychiatric condition, and the attitudes get worse over time.” In this Mental Health Minute, Jonathan Avery, MD, vice chair for addiction psychiatry and program director of addiction psychiatry fellowship at Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital, gives Psychiatric Times® a preview of “Affective Computing and the...