BMJ Public HealthBackground US rates of substance abuse and suicide mortality increased dramatically in recent years, but little is known about how rising rates of drug and alcohol use are associated with suicide.
Julie A Phillips
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Qualitative identification of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids using ambient ionization high resolution time-of-flight mass spectrometry [PDF]
, 2017 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention deemed the increase in overdose fatalities, due to the use of opioids, an “opioid epidemic” in the United States. Heroin, fentanyl, and other synthetic opioids are commonly abused and are contributing to the
Moore, Amanda Marie
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Cut-off points for screening at-risk drinking by AUDIT-C Korean version at emergency department
Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2018 Purpose: To reduce problems caused by alcohol drinking, it is necessary to identify those with ‘at-risk drinking’ behavior to maximize therapeutic access or intervention.
Kyung Wan Lee +2 more
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Performance of a Brief Assessment Tool for Identifying Substance Use Disorders [PDF]
, 2003 Objective: Evaluation of the performance of a brief assessment tool for identifying substance use disorders. The Triage Assessment for Addictive Disorders (TAAD) is a triage instrument that provides professionals with a tool to evaluate indications of ...
Campbell, Todd +3 more
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Suicide Screening in Primary Care: Use of an Electronic Screener to Assess Suicidality and Improve Provider Follow-Up for Adolescents [PDF]
, 2018 Purpose The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility of using an existing computer decision support system to screen adolescent patients for suicidality and provide follow-up guidance to clinicians in a primary care setting.
Aalsma, Matthew C. +8 more
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Spatial Concentration of Opioid Overdose Deaths in Indianapolis: An Application of the Law of Crime Concentration at Place to a Public Health Epidemic [PDF]
, 2019 The law of crime concentration at place has become a criminological axiom and the foundation for one of the strongest evidence-based policing strategies to date.
Carter, Jeremy G. +2 more
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Escola Anna Nery, 2018 Objective: To describe and analyze patterns of drug use and abuse of first- and fifth-year undergraduate nursing students and to investigate their attitudes and beliefs regarding drugs and users.
Luciana de Souza Pereira de Magalhães +4 more
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An Alternative Public Health Vision for a National Drug Strategy: Treatment Works [PDF]
, 1991 This article returns to a war waged virtually throughout this century--a war between the theories of punishment and rehabilitation in curtailing the drug epidemic. Today, the terms of the war are recast as supply-side policies based upon law enforcement;
Gostin, Lawrence O.
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Methylphenidate treatment beyond adolescence maintains increased cocaine self-administration in the spontaneously hypertensive rat model of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder [PDF]
, 2015 Past research with the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) model of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder showed that adolescent methylphenidate treatment enhanced cocaine abuse risk in SHR during adulthood.
Baskin, Britahny M. +2 more
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AI impact to Detect Fraud & Substance Abuse
International Journal of Intelligent Systems and Applications in Engineering, 2023 Conventional techniques of inquiry and diagnosis have been transformed by the use of AI in fraud detection and drug usage monitoring. Artificial intelligence-powered systems utilise machine learning, natural language processing, and predictive analytics to identify patterns, anomalies, and hidden hints that could indicate drug addiction or fraud.
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