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HEAL Connections Sharing Session Two-Part Series: Inclusive Language, Imagery, and Storytelling for Addiction and Pain Researcher Teams
Overview
This Sharing Session was part one of a two-part series focusing on helping HEAL addiction researchers use language, imagery, and storytelling in respectful ways that engage all stakeholders.
What is Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD)?
Short Takes with National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Learn about the definition of alcohol use disorder (AUD), signs of AUD, and what you can do to get help.
Alcohol-Related Deaths Increasing in the United States
There has been a steady rise in deaths caused by alcohol, according to a study by researchers at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health.
The research examined U.S. death...
Efficacy of Monthly Buprenorphine Injections for Opioid Use Disorders
Opioid use disorder is a chronic, relapsing disease and a global health burden. Treatment for OUD tends to involve a combination of medication and behavioural intervention. It is recognised that buprenorphine can alleviate opioid withdrawal...
Risk Factors for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
Recent studies carried out by researchers from Vanderbilt University and Johns Hopkins University have examined characteristics linked with the heightened risk NAS.
The researchers found that boys are more likely to receive a diagnosis of...
NIDA Notes: Impacts of Drugs on Neurotransmission
This articles discusses the central importance of studying drugs’ effects on neurotransmission and describes some of the most common experimental methods used in this research.
Drugs can alter the way people think, feel, and behave by...
Fentanyl and Other Synthetic Opioids Drug Overdose Deaths
A infographic resource from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) exploring the drug related death statistics relating to fentanyl and other synthetic opioids reported in the United States.
With nearly 50% of opioid related deaths...
Rise in Glutamate Levels Can Be Used to Predict Drug High
A study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) explores the action of psychostimulant drugs on glutamate, one of the most abundant neurotransmitters in the human body.
Drugs with a stimulant effect are commonly prescribed...
Association between Receptivity to Tobacco Advertising and Progression to Tobacco Use in Youth and Young Adults
A study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has found an association with young people being exposed to adverts for electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) and taking up smoking later in life.
The study followed 10 989...
Implementing a Mobile Health System to Integrate the Treatment of Addiction into Primary Care
A recent study carried out by a team of researchers from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health examined the use of mobile health technology in the United States’ health care system.
Published in the Journal of...
New Dataset Made Available from Study of Adolescent Brain Development
In February of 2018 the US National Institute of Health (NIH) released the first dataset from an "unprecedented study of adolescent brain development", the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study.
The study has, to date...
Stressful Experiences Affect Likelihood of Remission of Drug Dependence, Continued Drug Use, and Relapse
Researchers at the University of Michigan’s Centre for the Study of Drugs, Alcohol, Smoking and Health have been exploring the link between drug dependence, ongoing drug use, relapse and exposure to stress or experience of stressful events...
NIDA Scientists Review Impact of Smoking among Adolescents with ADHD
Recommendations for NIDA's Cannabis Policy Research Agenda
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has released a new report Recommendations for NIDA's Cannabis Policy Research Agenda.
The document has been prepared by the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse Workgroup which was formed in...
Why is it so difficult to leave drugs?
Video: why is it so difficult to leave drugs?
Marijuana facts for teens
NIDA. (2015, may 1). Facts about marijuana to teenagers. Retrieved from https://www.drugabuse.gov/es/publicaciones/hechos-sobre-la-marihuana-para-adolescentes in 2018, February 15
Did you know that the use of marijuana among teens has...
Marijuana Facts for Teens
NIDA. (2015, May 14). Marijuana: Facts for Teens. Retrieved from https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/marijuana-facts-teens on 2018, February 15
Did you know that teen marijuana use has dropped dramatically since the late 1990s? So, if...
Unmet Treatment Needs for People with Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders
In the US, less than 10% of adults with co-occurring mental health problems and substance use disorders get treatment for both. 50% do not receive treatment for either.
This highlights the vast discrepancy between the prevalence of co...
Energy Drinks, Drug Use and the Developing Brain
New research funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has found that university students who regularly consume energy drinks are more likely to develop alcohol use disorders later in life. The same students are also at greater...
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