Americans filled roughly the same number of prescriptions for opioid use disorder (OUD) medication before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and after, according to the first research using national prescription data representing all payer sources, co-conducted by Indiana University and IUPUI faculty members who are part of IU’s Addictions Grand Challenge. But while prescriptions… Read more »
Month: December 2020
COVID-19 turned parents into proxy educators. New research examines the stress it caused.
When the emerging COVID-19 pandemic caused most U.S. schools to close and transition to distance learning last spring, many parents were forced into new roles as proxy educators for their children. A new study co-authored by O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs Assistant Professor Alberto Ortega, published today in Educational Researcher, a peer-reviewed journal… Read more »
O’Neill faculty and staff complete Mental Health First Aid training
Twenty-five members of the faculty and staff of the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs in Bloomington have successfully completed Mental Health First Aid Training. The training is a nationally recognized curriculum that increases mental health awareness, decreases stigma, helps people understand signs of symptoms of mental health disorders, and provides guidance on how… Read more »