Day: April 5, 2019

In-Home Care for Postpartum Depression

In-home therapy is just one new tactic being explored by a consortium of Philadelphia providers to increase women’s access to care for postpartum depression. The working group, called the Community Action Network, is led by the city Department of Public Health, the Maternity Care Coalition, and Einstein Health. It emerged from an effort to lower infant-mortality rates across Philadelphia.

https://www.philly.com/health/postpartum-depression-help-maternity-resources-therapy-access-20190405.html

By Nina Feldman

Overdose Prevention Sites OpEd

Overdose prevention sites, also known as supervised injection facilities, offer a clean, safe environment in which people can inject drugs they have purchased elsewhere under the supervision of medical staff, who act much like lifeguards do at a swimming pool. Staff members are always on the scene and armed with naloxone, which they can readily administer if needed so no overdose becomes a fatality.

https://www.statnews.com/2019/04/05/overdose-prevention-sites-save-lives/

By Thomas Farley

Cocaine and Fentanyl Investigation

The people who are overdosing with cocaine and fentanyl in their bodies are not your average coke user, according to Dr. Kendra Viner, Opioids Program Manager at Philadelphia’s Department of Public Health. “People who died from overdose with cocaine and fentanyl in their system look similar demographically and in death scene presentation to those who died from overdose with cocaine and heroin,” said Viner.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8xyzkp/the-truth-about-drug-dealers-lacing-cocaine-with-fentanyl

By Max Daly