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Mar 22nd, 2023 - Evidence suggests that experimentation with e-cigarettes among young people is increasing. Social media is widely used by young people with user-generated content and influencer marketing particularly influential in promoting products. This paper ...

Mar 22nd, 2023 - This qualitative study evaluates physician training and experience with treatment and prevention services for people who inject drugs (PWID) including medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) and HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). The Behavior...

Mar 22nd, 2023 - Many questions regarding the clinical management of people experiencing pain and related health policy decision-making may best be answered by pragmatic controlled trials. To generate clinically relevant and widely applicable findings, such trials...

Mar 22nd, 2023 - Cortical and basal ganglia circuits play a crucial role in the formation of goal-directed and habitual behaviors. In this study, we investigate the cortico-striatal circuitry involved in learning and the role of this circuitry in the emergence of ...

Mar 21st, 2023 - Nancy Suchman is remembered as a pioneer whose mentalization-based intervention-Mothering from the Inside Out (MIO)-transformed the treatment of parents struggling with substance use disorders. Specifically, Suchman's work highlighted the neural m...

Jul 25th, 2022 - Cannabis potency, defined as the concentration of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), has increased internationally, which could increase the risk of adverse health outcomes for cannabis users. We present, to our knowledge, the first systematic review ...

Dec 16th, 2021 - The ASAM Clinical Practice Guideline on Alcohol Withdrawal Management RELEASE DATE: May 2020 PRIOR VERSION: 2004 American Society of Addiction Medicine guideline on management of alcohol withdrawal delirium DEVELOPER: American Society of Addiction...

Jan 25th, 2021 - Opioid-related morbidity and mortality have risen in many settings globally. It is critical that practitioners who work with adolescents and young adults (AYAs) provide timely, evidence-based treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD). Such treatment...

Sep 11th, 2020 - : The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Clinical Practice Guideline on Alcohol Withdrawal Management provides guidance on the identification and management of alcohol withdrawal in adults with varying degrees of syndrome severity. The ...

Mar 27th, 2020 - : A Focused Update of the ASAM National Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder is published in the current issue of the Journal of Addiction Medicine. The focused update included a search of Medline's PubMed database from Janu...

Mar 10th, 2023 - This protocol describes the screening process used by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA IRP) to assess potential research participants' eligibility for entering protocols of the NIDA/IRP. Through its clinical research protocols, the IRP a...

Mar 10th, 2023 - Methamphetamine misuse has become a growing concern in Alberta, creating a burden on the health care system. Further, individuals who use methamphetamine in Alberta exhibit significant difficulty remaining in treatment. These troubling patterns ne...

Mar 10th, 2023 - INTRODUCTION AND AIM Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a common endocrine disease in the world. Colon polyps and colorectal cancers are reported more in DM patients. Therefore diabetic patients are recommended to have colonoscopy frequently. The aim of th...

Mar 10th, 2023 - Phase B Background. The reasons for initiation and continuation of use of illicit substances are multifactorial; however, some individuals appear resistant to both. One set of determinants lies in the environment. In ongoing studies, we are examin...

Mar 10th, 2023 - Opioid use is rising at unprecedented levels and has reached epidemic proportions in some areas of the country, particularly rural areas. Although research on the detrimental effects of opioid use on parenting and children is relatively new, it is...

Mar 22nd, 2023 - New research finds that patients who spike their urine with buprenorphine to cheat adherence testing are more likely to be positive for non-prescribed opioids, highlighting the need for best practices in this setting. "Spiking suggests that treatm...

Mar 21st, 2023 - Note that some links may require subscriptions. President Joe Biden signed a bill requiring the declassification of information related to the origins of the COVID-19. (Reuters) The DEA issued an alert regarding the widespread threat of fentanyl m...

Mar 20th, 2023 - Note that some links may require subscriptions. A Washington Post analysis suggests long COVID symptoms have become less common since the Omicron variant. Military pilots have higher rates of cancer, as do aircraft ground crews, a Pentagon study f...

Mar 15th, 2023 - Psychological studies may be skewed due to the fact that participants are more likely to have personality disorders than the general population. (PLOS One) Pregnant and postpartum women with schizophrenia had as much as a threefold higher risk of ...

Feb 20th, 2023 - Adding the statin simvastatin into the mix was no help for patients with treatment-resistant depression, according to a randomized clinical trial. Compared with placebo, patients who added 20 mg/day of simvastatin on top of standard of care didn't...