Epigenetics as the Bridge Between Treatment and Prevention

Epigenetics as the Bridge Between Treatment and Prevention

There has long been a canyon of understanding between the fields of substance misuse prevention and substance use disorder treatment. While treatment views substance misuse as a disease, prevention aims to help people make better choices. The opioid and mental health crisis in America has exacerbated this rift, overwhelming treatment and recovery centers while prevention professionals work to put out fires in communities rather than focusing on upstream, primary prevention efforts. 

The relatively new field of epigenetics provides both a literal and metaphorical way to build a bridge between prevention and treatment. This presentation provides knowledge prevention and treatment professionals need to understand each other and work in partnership to build a system that works to abate our substance misuse problems.

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