Behavioral Health Business July 30, 2024
Fourteen percent of high school students say that they have misused prescription opioids, placing them at higher risk of overdose, mental health issues and suicide.
While the number of teens using opioids has declined in recent years, a new virtual treatment option has emerged for some teens still struggling with opioid use disorder (OUD).
Virtual OUD provider Bicycle Health launched a program for teens ages 16 and 17 who live in Maine, offering them virtual treatment and access to evidence-based medications for opioid use disorder (MOUDs).
“Vulnerable patient populations, like adolescents, are often overlooked in conversations around treatment access and program design,” Dr. Brian Clear, chief medical officer, told Addiction Treatment Business in an email. “But opioid misuse...
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