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Clinical applications of wearable devices for individuals with at‐risk substance use and substance use disorders: A systematic review

open access: yesThe American Journal on Addictions, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and Objectives Managing substance use disorders (SUDs) is limited by the lack of longitudinal clinical data during active use and recovery. Wearable devices may help address this gap by capturing physiological and behavioral data in real‐world settings.
Alexandra Sas   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Opioid withdrawal syndrome‐associated cognitive impairment: A narrative review

open access: yesThe American Journal on Addictions, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and Objectives Opioid withdrawal syndrome (OWS) comprises a transient constellation of subjective symptoms and objective signs expressed by brain and other organs. Although cognitive impairment is well documented in opioid use and addiction, little is known about cognitive impairment that may specifically accompany OWS.
Faizan Khan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Self-reported psychopathology and health-related quality of life in heroin users treated with methadone

open access: yes, 2014
Background: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) remains poor among heroin users, even after being treated with methadone. Evidence regarding self-reported psychopathology and HRQoL in heroin users is also limited.
林煜軒;黃偉烈;張立人   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Signal detection and characterisation of a novel drug–drug interaction between methadone and a synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonist

open access: yesBritish Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Background and Purpose Little is known about how synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonist (SCRA) co‐use with other psychoactive substances may exacerbate risk of death. This study aimed to characterise the polypharmacy of deaths where SCRAs were detected at post‐mortem, investigate the cardiotoxicity of SCRAs and probe their inhibition of human ether‐a ...
Kirsten L. Rock   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Looking at a Blind Spot: Using a Longitudinal Population Cohort Study to Examine Inequalities in Child Social Worker Contact Among Mothers Experiencing Domestic Abuse in Scotland

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research on inequalities in children's services in the UK highlights a lack of systematic data on parental demographics, obstructing analysis of structural factors influencing children's outcomes. Using Growing Up in Scotland, a nationally representative longitudinal child cohort study of children born in 2004–2005, we investigate social ...
Valeria Skafida   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prospective pathways between heroin use and nonmedical use of prescription opioids: Trajectories among young Swiss men

open access: yes, 2015
BACKGROUND. So far few studies have focused on the last steps of drug-use trajectories. Heroin has been described as a final stage, but the non-medical use of prescription opioids (NMUPOs) is often associated with heroin use.
Baggio, S.   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Prelimbic cortex to ventral tegmental area projection regulates early social isolation stress-potentiated heroin seeking in mice

open access: yesNature Communications
Early-life adversities increase vulnerability to substance use disorders, which are characterized by persistent, uncontrollable drive to seek drugs, often leading to relapse.
Yunwanbin Wang   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

When heroin hit the streets of Bootle [PDF]

open access: yes
A personal reflection of working as a probation officer in Bootle, Merseyside in 1983 when the area was one of the first in the UK to be hit with a new wave of drug misuse and every day young people could be seen buying and selling heroin on the streets ...
Buchanan, Julian
core  

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