Bradley Stein
@bradleydstein.bsky.social
Child psychiatrist/ health services/policy researcher at RAND, studying improving access, treatment, and outcomes for individuals with mental health and substance use disorders. Often found at youth soccer games and finding recipes to try in my smoker
New in @ameracadpeds.bsky.social journal Pediatrics: state paid sick leave (PSL) mandates aren’t just labor policy—they’re getting more kids to the dentist. Led by rising star Alex Skinner from @brownpublichealth.bsky.social with colleagues from @georgemasonu.bsky.social and @rand.org
New research alert: How are teens and young adults really using AI? Our national survey led by Ryan McBain in @jamanetworkopen.com helps offer a clear, data-driven answer.
Really important research about a school mental health intervention. Studies without significant findings often have a hard time getting published, but its just as important to know what interventions don't seem to have a significant benefit as knowing what interventions do.
Dr Lucy Foulkes@lucyfoulkes.bsky.social · 10mo agoNew paper from my group, led by Carolina Guzman Holst This is a secondary analysis of data from the high-quality MYRIAD trial, a universal school-based mindfulness intervention Summary below (🧵) acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
New research alert: The nationwide stimulant shortage didn’t affect all schools equally. Our new national study in JAACAP found much higher rates of ADHD medication interruption in schools where most students are from racial/ethnic minorities or low-income backgrounds.
The number of people initiating and continuing medication treatment for opioid use disorder declined in the six months after Medicaid unwinding began. New study: https://bit.ly/42vlomV
Medicaid Unwinding Associated with Less Medication Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder
The end of pandemic-era enrollment enhancements for Medicaid was associated with a rise in the number of people ending medication treatment for opioid use disorder, as well as a decrease in the number...
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New research led by @jcmecon.bsky.social of @georgemasonu.bsky.social in @healthaffairs.bsky.social finds Medicaid expansion has yielded lasting gains in access to specialty substance use disorder (SUD) treatment—benefiting thousands experiencing drug or alcohol problems.
New Research Alert: Did you know nearly all U.S. public schools restrict student cell phone use—but the types of bans are very different depending on the school? Our recent paper, led by led by my @rand.org colleague Jon Cantor, just published in @jamahealthforum.com examines this issue
Such an important topic. Great to see @parcka.bsky.social diving into this with my @rand.org colleague Liz!
PARCKA@parcka.bsky.social · 10mo agoTalking with youth about substance use isn’t easy. Dr. Elizabeth D’Amico shares how Motivational Interviewing #MI can help build trust. 🩷🎧 Listen to the newest episode of Let’s Talk About Drugs in the Intermountain West #LTAD now!
New research alert: Medicaid covers nearly 40% of treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD), but recent “unwinding” of pandemic-era enrollment protections led many to lose coverage nationwide. How did this affect life-saving buprenorphine treatment?
New research alert: Naloxone can stop opioid overdoses and save lives. When it went over-the-counter in Sept 2023, did Americans start buying it? We examined this question in a study now out in @jamainternalmed.com
Schools nationwide want to be more trauma-responsive. The Trauma Responsive Schools Implementation Assessment (TRS-IA) provides practical tools for schools to support kids facing adversity. Published in @apajournals.bsky.social and led by Pamela Vona
Important new findings led by @rand.org colleague Erin Taylor in @healthaffairs.bsky.social : More older Americans are battling opioid addiction. In 2020, Medicare made it easier to get treatment—did it help? Find out below! (Paper link at end)
Mental health needs are rising among teens, but not all get the care they need. Can telehealth help bridge the gap? Recent paper in the Journal of Adolescent Health led by @rand.org colleague Josh Breslau helps answer the question
How are U.S. public schools tackling the growing youth mental health crisis? A new study led by my @rand.org colleague Jon Cantor gives us some answers.
Note to health/science journalists: When describing any sort of research, now would be a good time to note that the research was possible, at least in part, by federal funding of science through the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, etc. report.nih.gov/funding/cate...
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Very much looking forward to participating in this FORE webinar today and sharing some of our emerging findings from exploring the effects of Medicaid unwinding on buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder More info/ registration link at forefdn.org/webinar-medi...
Webinar: Medicaid’s Ongoing Critical Role in the U.S. Response to the Opioid and Overdose Crisis (3/26/2025) - FORE
Medicaid is the largest payer of opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment in the United States, covering an estimated 40% of adults under the age of 65 with OUD, and plays additional roles in supporting re...
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So encouraging yesterday to see the bipartisan commitment to tackling the opioid crisis in action at the Senate Special Committee on Aging. It was an honor to share RAND research with Congress and speak about the unique needs of the millions of older Americans who are affected.
Thrilled to have the opportunity to testify today before the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging and share thoughts about addressing some of the challenges the opioid crisis is presenting for older Americans. Catch the livestream here at 3:30 ET: www.aging.senate.gov/hearings/com...
Combating the Opioid Epidemic | United States Senate Special Committee on Aging
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An urgent message from the nation's health journalists:
Anyone sitting in a warm car honking at the guy slinging heavy garbage cans into a trash truck on a freezing day gets assigned to trash truck duty in their next life
watching this game has to suck if you actually care about these teams, but it absolutely rips for the rest of us
This is what the winter solstice looks like in Fairbanks, Alaska.
1/ Excited to share recent paper, "Examining the Impact of Eliminating the X Waiver on Buprenorphine Dispensation in 63 Counties in Pennsylvania," in @sajamersa.bsky.social led by @beccabilden.bsky.social
New work just dropped in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. The paper, led by @rand.org colleague Natalie Ernecoff, examines buprenorphine prescribing among older adults. A quick 🧵 doi.org/10.1111/jgs....
Buprenorphine prescribing practices for older adults in 2019 and 2020
Background Opioid use disorder (OUD) prevalence has increased threefold among Medicare beneficiaries 65 years and older (hereafter “older adults”) since 2013, with a prevalence of 15.7 per 1000 Medi...
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Join @seangrant.bsky.social of @rand.org USC Schaeffer Center OPTIC on Dec. 13 for a webinar to learn about online expert panel approaches for identifying expert views on state policy effectiveness: www.rand.org/events/2024/...
Expert Views on State-Level Policies for Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder
On Friday, December 13, RAND researcher Sean Grant will discuss an online expert panel approach for identifying expert views on the effectiveness and implementability of population-level policy interv...
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Join @rand.org and USC Schaeffer Center Dec. 13 for a webinar led by @seangrant.bsky.social to learn about an online expert panel approach for identifying expert views on the effectiveness and implementability of population-level policy interventions: www.rand.org/events/2024/...
Expert Views on State-Level Policies for Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder
On Friday, December 13, RAND researcher Sean Grant will discuss an online expert panel approach for identifying expert views on the effectiveness and implementability of population-level policy interv...
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Excited to share this new study! We examine how state policies facilitating telehealth impacted buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder early in the COVID pandemic. #HealthPolicy 🧵 Learn more: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Associations Between State Policies Facilitating Telehealth and Buprenorphine Episode Initiation and Duration Early in the COVID Pandemic - Journal of General Internal Medicine
Importance State policies facilitating telehealth implemented early in COVID may support buprenorphine treatment of opioid use disorder. However, little empirical information is available about those ...
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