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MARCH 6, 2025

Collaborative Care Models Help Reduce Chronic Pain, Substance Use

Collaborative care models could alleviate chronic pain and the reliance on substances for people with concurrent chronic pain and substance use disorder (SUD), according to new research.

A team of investigators led by Travis I. Lovejoy, PhD, MPH, in the Department of Psychiatry at Oregon Health & Science University, in Portland, conducted a pilot test examining whether collaborative care intervention via telehealth could help rural patients receiving SUD treatment who also experience chronic