Trends in Buprenorphine Use in US Jails and Prisons From 2016 to 2021
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In the US, buprenorphine use...
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Longitudinal Impact of Childhood Adversity on Early Adolescent Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the ABCD Study Cohort: Does Race or Ethnicity Moderate Findings?
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Background
During the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, mental health among youth has been negatively affected. Youth with a history of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), as well as youth from minoritized racial-ethnic...
Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care: A Perspective on the Past, Present, and Future
ROSC or Recovery Oriented System of Care is a coordinated network of community-based services that is person-centred and builds on the strengths and resilience of individuals, families and communities (1).
This paper provides a...
Normalisation Process Theory
Theories are important tools in the health and social science world. However, it is important to consider how they are formed and how they inform everyday practice.
In this paper, the authors discuss the Normalisation Process Theory...
Chicken or egg: A dual diagnosis narrative
Summary
What is known on the subject?
- Dual diagnosis is a term used to describe persons who have a co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.
- It is the cause of significant economic burden to health care, justice and...
Alcoholic Liver Disease Among Patients with Wernicke Encephalopathy: A Multicenter Observational Study
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Background
data regarding the association between Wernicke encephalopathy (WE) and alcoholic liver disease (ALD) are scarce in spite of alcohol consumption being the main risk factor for WE.
Aims
to describe the frequency of...
Alcohol and illicit drug use among young people living with HIV compared to their uninfected peers from the Kenyan coast: prevalence and risk indicators
There is a scarcity of research on drug use patterns among HIV-positive young individuals in Sub-Saharan Africa (YLWH). To fill the gap, the following was set out:
- compare the prevalence of substance use, specifically alcohol and illicit...
Perspectives of healthcare providers, service users, and family members about mental illness stigma in primary care settings: A multi-site qualitative study of seven countries in Africa, Asia, and Europe
Stigma among healthcare providers is a barrier to the effective delivery of mental health services in primary care. Few studies have been conducted in primary care settings comparing the attitudes of healthcare providers and experiences of...
Strategies Adopted by Addiction Facilities during the Coronavirus Pandemic to Support Treatment for Individuals in Recovery or Struggling with a Substance Use Disorder: A Scoping Review
This review aimed to identify and synthesize strategies and actions adopted by addiction facilities to support and maintain treatment during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
Harm Reduction Rise and Fall. The Lessons Learned from the Greek Experience, Challenges and Recommendations
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Greece represent a unique case for investigating harm reduction policy since the unprecedented economic recession and the radical austerity programs coupled with the auxiliary effects of an unstable, punitive political...
Clinical Utility of Assessing Changes of Personality Functioning During Substance Misuse Treatment
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Dimensional models for classifying personality have received extensive empirical support in the treatment of substance misuse. However, we do not currently understand whether and which dimensions of personality functioning are...
Examining the Relationship of Personality Functioning and Treatment Completion in Substance Misuse Treatment
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Background: Treatment retention is a major factor contributing to favourable outcome in the treatment of substance misuse, but the literature remains very limited. Despite evidence of the association of personality with drug use...
The Role of Personality Functioning on Early Drop out in Outpatient Substance Misuse Treatment
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Treatment initiation is a major factor contributing to positive outcomes, but the supporting literature remains limited. It is difficult to draw conclusions regarding predictors of dropout, and there is a need to target clients'...
Urdu translation and psychometric properties of WHO-Five Wellbeing Index among male patients with substance use disorders in Pakistan
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Objective
The present study aims to translate and adapt the WHO-Five Wellbeing Index (WHO-5) into the Urdu language and then determine its psychometric properties.
Method
Male participants (N = 201) between 18 and 45 years old...
Prevalence of and Factors Associated With Substance Use Among Canadian Medical Students
To the authors' knowledge, this study is one of the largest and most comprehensive studies of medical student substance use. Canadian medical students reported similar rates of alcohol use, higher rates of cannabis use, and lower rates of...
Alcohol Availability, Use, and Harms Among Adolescents in Three Mexican Cities.
Alcohol consumption contributes to 3 million deaths each year globally as well as to the disabilities and poor health of millions of people.
Alcohol use among adolescents can be harmful to neurodevelopment and has been linked to an...
Conocimiento de enfermería sobre el consumo de sustancias psicoactivas y su prevención
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Identificar el nivel de conocimientos de los profesionales de Enfermería de una Institución de salud de primer nivel de atención sobre el consumo sustancias psicoactivas y su prevención. Estudio descriptivo de corte transversal en...
Nursing education and addictions. A review of the literature
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To know the state of the art is to be aware of the background and not to repeat what has already been said before, and use it as a starting point. Finding out the development of the subject that interests us is not an easy task...
Actitudes hacia el consumo, búsqueda de sensaciones y consumo de alcohol. Modelo de mediación parcial en adolescentes ecuatorianos
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Objetivo: Determinar el efecto de mediación de la búsqueda de sensaciones en la relación entre actitudes al consumo y el consumo de alcohol en una muestra de adolescentes del Ecuador. Método: Estudio descriptivo predictor y de...
Cannabis and tobacco use prior to pregnancy and subsequent offspring birth outcomes: a 20-year intergenerational prospective cohort study
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There is increasing evidence that the life-course origins of health and development begin before conception. We examined associations between timing and frequency of preconception cannabis and tobacco use and next generation...