Mini Mindset: Substance Use Disorder — Opening the Door to Better Care

Podcast: PA Mindset Matters · jspissinger

Opublikowano: 2026-09-15

You don’t have to work in addiction medicine to care for patients with substance use disorders. Substance use shows up across healthcare—from psychiatry and primary care to emergency medicine, pediatrics, and hospital settings—and it often intersects with anxiety, insomnia, trauma, depression, chronic pain, and relationship stress. In this Mini Mindset episode, Jessica Spissinger and Mercedes Dodge break down practical ways clinicians can recognize substance use disorder, reduce stigma, and feel more confident starting the conversation. In this episode, we discuss: • Why shifting from “Why won’t you stop?” to “What is th...