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Validation of Two Diagnostic Assessments for Opioid and Stimulant Use Disorder for Use by Non‐Clinicians

Psychiatric Research and Clinical Practice, 2023
Objective The United States is in the fourth wave of the opioid epidemic marked by the increase in fentanyl and co‐occurring stimulant use related overdose deaths.
Angela Di Paola, David Farabee, Sandra A. Springer   +2 more
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Comparing cognitive behavioral therapy and social prescribing in patients with loneliness on long-term opioid therapy to reduce opioid misuse: protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Addiction Science & Clinical Practice
Background Patients with chronic pain on opioids frequently experience loneliness, which is associated with poorer health outcomes and higher risk for opioid misuse and opioid use disorder. Given that almost half of opioids are prescribed in primary care,
Sebastian T. Tong, Kris Pui Kwan Ma, Ajla Pleho, Brennan Keiser, Chialing Hsu, Dawn M. Ehde, Mary C. Curran, Judith I. Tsui, Patrick J. Raue, Kari A. Stephens   +9 more
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Assessing the effectiveness of problem-solving courts on the reduction of overdose deaths in the United States: A difference-in-difference study

Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 2022
Background: Criminal justice-involved populations are disproportionately more likely to have an active substance use disorder (SUD) and experience a fatal overdose.
Zoe Lindenfeld, Sooyoung Kim, Ji Eun Chang   +2 more
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Oral health status and its determinants among opiate dependents: a cross-sectional study

BMC Oral Health, 2019
Background In addition to numerous general health problems, drug dependents manifest various oral health disorders. Our aim was to investigate the oral health status and its determinants among in-treatment opiate dependents.
Hajar Shekarchizadeh, Mohammad R. Khami, Simin Z. Mohebbi, Hamed Ekhtiari, Jorma I. Virtanen   +4 more
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Prevalence and practice of opioid prescription at a Swiss emergency department: 2013–2017

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2020
AIMS OF THE STUDY Addiction associated with prescription opioids is increasing worldwide, including Switzerland. We aimed (1) to determine whether the prevalence and incidence of opioid therapy at an emergency department (ED) in Switzerland ...
Katharina Gaertner, Samuel Wildbolz, Victor Speidel, Aristomenis K. Exadaktylos, Wolf E. Hautz, Martin Müller   +5 more
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Suicidal attempt by disinfectant solution ingestion in case of opioid dependence

Clinical Case Reports, 2022
The current study presents a rare case of an opioid dependence (46‐year‐old man) ingesting a disinfectant solution (Wavicide‐01; 2.65% glutaraldehyde solution, pH:6).
Kiana Koulaei Nejad, Mahboobeh Ghasemzadeh Rahbardar   +1 more
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Mood and anxiety disorders and their association with non-medical prescription opioid use and prescription opioid-use disorder [PDF]

, 2012
Background: Non-medical use of prescription opioids represents a national public health concern of growing importance. Mood and anxiety disorders are highly associated with non-medical prescription opioid use.
Fenton, M. C., Keyes, Katherine M., Zue, Hong, Martins, Silvia S., Storr, Carla L., Blanco, C.   +5 more
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A narrative review of trends and challenges of substance use in Punjab: a 10-year analysis of data from 2015 to 2024

Discover Public Health
Background Punjab, a northwestern state of India, is experiencing a serious substance use crisis with wide-ranging public health, social, and economic consequences.
Heena Sachdeva, Manish Sharma, Maninder
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Comorbidity of opioid-related and anxiety-related symptoms and disorders

, 2019
© 2019 Elsevier Ltd Opioid use disorder and anxiety disorders co-occur at strikingly high rates, and this comorbidity is marked by a more severe clinical presentation and poorer prognosis for treatment.
Ramsey, Susan, Langdon, Kirsten J., Dove, Kathrine   +2 more
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Discharge locations after hospitalizations involving opioid use disorder among medicare beneficiaries

Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 2022
Background Hospitalizations involving opioid use disorder (OUD) have been increasing among Medicare beneficiaries of all ages. With rising OUD-related acute care use comes the need to understand where post-acute care is provided and the capacities for ...
Patience Moyo, Melissa Eliot, Asghar Shah, Kimberly Goodyear, Eric Jutkowitz, Kali Thomas, Andrew R. Zullo   +6 more
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