Transforming Addiction Care: From Stigma to Support

16/09/2025 30 min
Transforming Addiction Care: From Stigma to Support

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Episode Synopsis

For National Recovery Month, we are joined by Matthew O. Hurford, MD, vice president, Behavioral Health, UPMC Insurance Services Division, and Michael Lynch, MD, an attending emergency physician and medical toxicologist at UPMC. Among the topics we hit on are the 4 crucial dimensions of recovery; understanding that addiction is a brain disease, not a moral failing; and the challenges and opportunities they encounter in providing behavioral health services to millions of Pennsylvanians.

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