ALLMedicine™ Substance Use Center

Sep 23rd, 2021 - Chemsex is the use of methamphetamine or other substances to enhance sexual experiences, and is most often associated with sexual minority men. Within the chemsex literature, questions of sexual violence emerge due, in part, to ambiguity about wha...

Sep 23rd, 2021 - There is a paucity of research on the prevalence of subjective cognitive complaints in people living with human immunodeficiency virus, along with the predictors and outcomes related to these complaints. We assessed demographics, substance use and...

Sep 22nd, 2021 - Disparities in substance use disorder (SUD) treatment use persist across groups, including gender. Using a gender-informed approach to expand treatment capacity and reduce barriers to treatment engagement is vital. We examined SUD treatment need a...

Sep 22nd, 2021 - Pain is associated with increased risk for harmful substance use. Substance use also may increase levels of pain, suggesting that these two factors may reciprocally increase risk. The current study examined the reciprocal association between pain ...

Sep 22nd, 2021 - The present investigation examined the role of factors involved in suicide ideation and suicide attempt using a nationally representative sample of US high school students. Data were collected from students in Grades 9-12 as part of the Youth Beha...

Feb 23rd, 2020 - The objective of this article is to review how primary care providers - paediatricians, family practitioners, nurse practitioners - could address the use of substances by adolescents and respond to problematic behaviours and situations. Given the ...

Oct 23rd, 2019 - Pediatricians have unique opportunities and an increasing sense of responsibility to promote healthy social-emotional development of children and to prevent and address their mental health and substance use conditions. In this report, the American...

Apr 1st, 2019 - Substance use disorders in pregnancy: clinical, ethical, and research imperatives of the opioid epidemic: a report of a joint workshop of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and American So...

Sep 29th, 2018 - In 2016, there were 44.7 million adults affected by mental illness, and 20.1 million people aged 12 years or older affected by substance use disorder. More than 8.2 million Americans are afflicted with co-occurring disorders or dual diagnosis, suc...

Mar 15th, 2018 - The Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) previously published treatment guidelines for bipolar disorder in 2005, along with international commentaries and subsequent updates in 2007, 2009, and 2013. The last two updates were p...

Oct 5th, 2018 - Patients admitted with active IE secondary to IV drug use require a myriad of services and will remain hospitalized for a minimum of six weeks. During their hospitalization, infectious disease service assists in developing a treatment plan for the...

Jul 15th, 2021 - "There are no interventions that have been shown to be effective in attaining viral suppression in people who inject drugs (PWID)," 2021 HIV/AIDS Research Avenir Award winner Hansel Tookes, MD, infectious disease specialist at the University of Mi...

May 28th, 2021 - (Reuters Health) - U.S. overdose deaths increased by 42% overall in 2020 compared with 2018 and 2019, a new study of Emergency Medical Services records suggests. The analysis of data gathered from the National EMS Information System (NEMSIS) found...

May 26th, 2021 - The American Psychiatric Association (APA) has joined with the American Medical Association (AMA) and other medical societies to oppose United Behavioral Health's (UBH) request that a court throw out a ruling that found the insurer unfairly denied...

May 19th, 2021 - The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will inject billions of dollars into programs designed to address mental health and substance use disorders, including $3 billion released to states as of Tuesday, said federal officials. The Am...

May 11th, 2021 - Clinicians' well-being is a "crisis" of grave import to the public health and a top issue that he hopes to get more squarely on the public radar screen, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA, said May 6 in a "fireside chat" with SHM president Dani...