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Neuropsychopharmacology Reports, 2020 Aims The United States of America is currently in an opioid epidemic. Heroin remains the most lethal opioid option with its death rate increasing by over 500% in the last decade.
Dominic P. Isaacs +5 more
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Baseline Opioid Survey: Access, Consumption, Consequences, and Perceptions among Young Adults in Alaska [PDF]
, 2017 In September of 2015, SAMHSA awarded the Partnerships for Success (PFS) grant to the State of Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Behavioral Health (DBH). The PFS grant program is a five‐year effort that focuses on preventing
Barnett, Jodi +2 more
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Selective review and commentary on emerging pharmacotherapies for opioid addiction. [PDF]
, 2011 Pharmacotherapies for opioid addiction under active development in the US include lofexidine (primarily for managing withdrawal symptoms) and Probuphine®, a distinctive mode of delivering buprenorphine for six months, thus relieving patients, clinicians,
Ling, Walter +5 more
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Medication experiences in the treatment of opioid use disorders: Insights from Reddit
Addiction, EarlyView.Abstract Background and Aims Better understanding the challenges faced by patients on medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), including methadone and buprenorphine, is critical to increasing their use/retention. Social media platforms such as Reddit offer a space for patients to share their experiences with medications.
Alexandra Almeida +5 more
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Risk Analysis, Volume 42, Issue 11, Page 2362-2375, November 2022., 2022 Abstract Risk communication is often viewed as imparting information and perhaps as a two‐way dialogue. Risk communication inadequacies on the part of both “communicator” and “community members” can lead to adverse consequences and amplify environmental justice disparities.
Joanna Burger
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Breastfeeding: Negligence or Extreme Support? A Case Report of Child Abuse by a Negligent Heroin-Dependent Mother [PDF]
Addiction and Health, 2015 Background: Breastfeeding is one of the best ways to promote, develop, and secure the health of infants. Child abuse is one of the most common and most important problems in the world, and one of the factors that increase its incidence is substance ...
Mahin Eslami-Shahrbabaki +2 more
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The Five Factor Model of personality and evaluation of drug consumption risk [PDF]
arXiv, 2015 The problem of evaluating an individual's risk of drug consumption and misuse is highly important. An online survey methodology was employed to collect data including Big Five personality traits (NEO-FFI-R), impulsivity (BIS-11), sensation seeking (ImpSS), and demographic information.
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Addiction, EarlyView.Abstract Background and Aims The use of new synthetic opioids, such as the highly potent 2‐benzylbenzimidazoles (i.e. nitazene) drugs, is a global health concern because of their increased risk of fatal overdose. In the early 2020s, nitazene analogues were linked to significant numbers of overdoses in the United States.
Richard Bade +5 more
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Forging a Path for Abstinence from Heroin: A grounded theory of detoxification-seeking
Grounded Theory Review: An International Journal, 2011 Through a classic grounded theory approach, this study conceptualises that the main concern of heroin users who are seeking detoxification is giving up heroin use; ‘getting clean.’Forging a path for abstinence explains how people respond to their concern
Marie Claire Van Hout, BSc.,MSc., PhD. +1 more
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Morbidity and mortality from heroin dependence. 2. Study of 100 consecutive inpatients. [PDF]
, 1968 T. H. Bewley, O. Ben-Arie
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