This academic paper provides an overview of the evolution of the opioid crisis framed as an epidemic of opioid addiction through overprescribing. Prevention strategies are discussed across three levels: preventing new cases of opioid addiction (primary prevention), identifying early cases of opioid addiction (secondary prevention), and ensuring access to effective addiction treatment (tertiary prevention).
Resource Type
Peer-reviewed Articles and Reports
Continuum of Care
Prevention
Treatment
Response Approach
Cautious Opioid Prescribing
Early Intervention
Medications for Opioid Use Disorder
Overdose prevention
Peer-reviewed Article
Citation
Kolodny, A., Courtwright, D. T., Hwang, C. S., Kreiner, P., Eadie, J. L., Clark, T. W., & Alexander, G. C. (2015). The Prescription Opioid and Heroin Crisis: A Public Health Approach to an Epidemic of Addiction. Annual Review of Public Health, 36(1), 559–574. doi:10.1146/annurev-publhealth-031914-122957