Researching and addressing mental illness, chronic pain, and opioid use.
Researching and addressing mental illness, chronic pain, and opioid use.
Researching and addressing mental illness, chronic pain, and opioid use.
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BEYOND STIGMA
Stigma impacts all aspects of treatment for people living with opioid use disorder.
Join us as we explore the impacts of stigma and how we can work together to overcome it.
RESEARCH STUDY
Canadian Veterans with PTSD
Our team is looking for Canadian Veterans to participate in a study exploring alternative treatments for PTSD.
Get InvolvedRecent Publications
Education as drug policy: A realist synthesis of continuing professional development for opioid agonist therapy
Bridging the Macro-micro Divide: A Qualitative Meta-synthesis on the Perspectives and Experiences of Health Care Providers on the Extramedical Use and Diversion of Buprenorphine
How the Suboxone Education Programme presented as a solution to risks in the Canadian opioid crisis: a critical discourse analysis
Permissive regulation: A critical review of the regulatory history of buprenorphine formulations in Canada
Shifting interpretations in evidence and guidance in pain and opioids research: A bibliometric analysis of a highly cited case series from 1986
A bibliometric analysis of Portenoy and Foley’s 1986 landmark case series and its impact on opioid research.
More of Our Work
Beyond Stigma: Nurturing Circles of Care (Captions in Inuktitut, Mi’kmaq, English, and French)
Stigma impacts all aspects of treatment for people living with opioid use disorder. This animated video explores how the impacts of stigma are further compounded for Indigenous peoples due to the effects of institutional racism and colonialism, and how we can work together to move beyond stigma.
Améliorer les cercles de soins (sous-titres en inuktitut, micmaq, anglaise, française)
Les préjugés affectent tous les aspects du traitement des personnes ayant un trouble lié à l’utilisation d’opioïdes. Cette vidéo d’animation explore comment leur incidence est encore plus grave pour les peuples autochtones en raison des effets du racisme institutionnel et du colonialisme, et comment nous pouvons travailler ensemble pour aller au-delà des préjugés.
The exclusion of people with comorbid depression from chronic pain clinical trials: a secondary data analysis
A poster presentation for the NAPCRG 50th Annual Meeting of a secondary analysis of trials reporting depression outcomes in chronic pain trials.
SKY for Canadian Veterans with PTSD Study
An ongoing study evaluating the effectiveness and implementation of virtually delivered Sudarshan Kriya Yoga for Canadian veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder.
CPHA Substance Use Webinar Series: Beyond Stigma Panel Discussion
A panel discussion of the Beyond Stigma video, presented by the Canadian Public Health Association and the Canadian Substance Use Resource and Knowledge Exchange Centre (SURE)