Overcoming substance use disorder, Part II

<p>COVID-19 has skyrocketed rates of substance use disorder. Sandeep Kapoor, MD, joins Shatterproof executive director Stephen D'Antonio to explain how people can find resources, educate themselves, diffuse stigma and save lives. </p> <p>Meet the experts</p> <p><a href='https://www.northwell.edu/sandeep-kapoor-md'>Dr. Sandeep Kapoor</a> is Assistant Vice President of Addiction Services for Northwell’s Emergency Medicine Services, as well as Director of SBIRT, that’s Northwell’s Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment program.</p> <p>Stephen D’Antonio is the Executive Vice President for Shatterproof, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to ending the addiction crisis. He also helped create the podcast series “<a href='https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/my-child-addiction/id1233772510'>My Child & Addiction</a>.”</p> <p>Resources</p> <p>Northwell's<a href='https://www.northwell.edu/how-sbirt-helps-workers'> Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment</a> (SBIRT) program is open six days a week, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Call 516-465-5955 to speak to a team member.</p> <p>Stephen created the "Just Five" series to help people understand the most important concepts and facts regarding addiction:<a href='https://justfive.org/northwell/'> https://justfive.org/northwell/</a></p> <p>Call SAMSHA's national hotline: 1-800-622-HELP</p>