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Executive function and adult homelessness, true impairment or frontal lobology?

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Homelessness is associated with multiple risk factors for neurocognitive impairment. Past research with people experiencing homelessness has described “frontal lobe” dysfunction including behavioral disorders and executive cognitive impairments.
Graham Pluck, Graham Pluck
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Treating adolescent substance abuse: state of the science

, 2006
In October, 2001, just a month after the World Trade Center tragedy, a 2-day conference was scheduled to be held in Coral Gables, Florida entitled Treating Adolescent Substance Abuse: State of the Science funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse ...
Rowe, Cynthia L., Liddle, Howard A.
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The psychoactive effects of repeated ketamine infusions and their mechanistic role in the treatment of alcohol use disorder: Secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims Ketamine assisted psychotherapy is a promising new treatment for alcohol use disorder (AUD). The psychoactive effects of repeated intravenous (IV) ketamine infusions in people with AUD and their mechanistic role in treating AUD are largely unknown.
Cassie Bloy, Ananya Sarma, Bethan Marsh, Lorna Hardy, Meryem Grabski, Merve Mollaahmetoglu, Joshua Shotton, Shamhethan Bhaskaran, Anne Lingford‐Hughes, H. Val Curran, Celia Morgan, Will Lawn   +11 more
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HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis programmatic preferences among people who inject drugs: findings from a discrete choice experiment

Addiction Science & Clinical Practice
Background Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) holds promise for decreasing new HIV infections among people who inject drugs (PWID), yet daily oral PrEP use is low, and PrEP modality and delivery strategy preferences in this population remain understudied ...
William H. Eger, Angela R. Bazzi, Chad J. Valasek, Carlos F. Vera, Alicia Harvey-Vera, Steffanie A. Strathdee, Heather A. Pines   +6 more
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Catastrophic Sequelae of Corneal Melt from Severe Active Thyroid Eye Disease in a Patient with Substance Use Disorder: A Case Report

Case Reports in Ophthalmology
Introduction: Thyroid eye disease (TED) is a known complication of Graves’ disease, but severe presentations with bilateral corneal melting ulcers are rare. Simultaneous substance use disorder might make the disease management more challenging.
Bahram Eshraghi, Sara KamaliZonouzi, Mohsen Pourazizi, Sarah Ghorbani   +3 more
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Efficacy and safety of pharmacological interventions for the treatment of cocaine use disorder: A systematic review and network meta‐analysis

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims Cocaine use disorder (CUD) is an increasingly widespread concern worldwide. Various pharmacological treatments have been investigated for CUD, but their efficacy remains unclear, and none have been licensed for treatment.
Craig Paterson, Thomas Parkhouse, Chloe Burke, Monika Halicka, Jennifer C. Palmer, Hend Gabr, Rebecca Wilson, Katie E. Webster, Francesca Spiga, Sarah Dawson, Deborah M. Caldwell, Jennifer Scott, Julian P. T. Higgins, Jelena Savović   +13 more
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Access to highly active antiretroviral therapy for injection drug users: adherence, resistance, and death

Cadernos de Saúde Pública
Injection drug users (IDUs) continue to comprise a major risk group for HIV infection throughout the world and represent the focal population for HIV epidemics in Asia and Eastern Europe/Russia.
David Vlahov, David D. Celentano
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Real‐world comparative effects of slow‐release oral morphine vs. methadone on healthcare use for opioid use disorder: A population‐based target trial emulation

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Aims To examine the comparative effects of slow‐release oral morphine (SROM) vs. methadone for the treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD) on healthcare use. Design This retrospective cohort study emulated a target trial using electronic medical record data from Vancouver Coastal Health Authority linked with population‐based administrative ...
Vivienne Y. Zhou, Nadia Fairbairn, Jingxin Lei, Rupinder Brar, Paxton Bach, M. Eugenia Socias   +5 more
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Syringe exchange programs in Brazil: preliminary assessment of 45 programs

Cadernos de Saúde Pública
The present study aims to evaluate the current operation of Brazilian syringe exchange programs (SEP). After consulting national and regional networks of people working in projects/ programs aiming to reduce drug-related harm, we identified 134 potential
Elize Massard da Fonseca, José Mendes Ribeiro, Neilane Bertoni, Francisco I. Bastos   +3 more
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Depression and Substance Abuse: A Rationalization of a Vicious Circle [PDF]

While a mind-altering-substance consumption alleviates current level of depression, it facilitates future depression. Our analysis incorporates this trade off and shows that the stationary state of a consistently overly ambitious sophisticated substance ...
Faria, João Ricardo, Levy, Amnon
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