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The role of positive parental involvement in preventing drug and substance misuse among young people in Zimbabwe: a qualitative study [PDF]
BMJ OpenObjectives Our study explores the potential of positive parental involvement in preventing drug and substance misuse among young people in Zimbabwe.Design We adopted a qualitative approach to explore the role of positive parental involvement in ...
Itai Kabonga +3 more
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All-cause and cause-specific mortality amongst individuals with substance misuse: A population-based linked data study in Wales [PDF]
International Journal of Population Data ScienceObjective Substance misuse has a detrimental impact on an individual’s health and the wider society, as well as elevated mortality. Here, we analysed the association between substance misuse events across several healthcare service providers and risk of
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Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation, 2022 Lucinda Grummitt, Emma Barrett, Erin Kelly, Nicola Newton The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, AustraliaCorrespondence: Lucinda Grummitt, The Matilda Centre, Level 6, Jane Foss ...
Grummitt L, Barrett E, Kelly E, Newton N
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An Audit on Substance Misuse Screening and Documentation in Acute Inpatient General Psychiatry Ward [PDF]
BJPsych OpenAims: Scotland has the highest drug-related death rate in Europe, with 27.7 deaths per 100,000 people. The average age of drug-related deaths in Scotland has increased from 32 in 2000 to 44 in 2021, with a significant proportion involving multiple ...
Ariana Axiaq, Ly Bui Dieu, Joseph Itimi
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The Use and Impact of Cognitive Enhancers among University Students: A Systematic Review
Brain Sciences, 2021 Introduction: Cognitive enhancers (CEs), also known as “smart drugs”, “study aids” or “nootropics” are a cause of concern. Recent research studies investigated the use of CEs being taken as study aids by university students.
Safia Sharif +3 more
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Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 2023 Background An emerging public health threat of methamphetamine/opioid co-use is occurring in North America, including increases in overdoses related to concomitant methamphetamine/opioid use.
Cayley Russell +5 more
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Substance use amongst adult patients admitted to an irish acute mental health unit
European Psychiatry, 2021 Introduction Comorbid substance misuse in mental illness presents a significant challenge to mental health services. It may lead to higher rates of relapse, hospital admissions and poorer treatment outcomes.
A. Duggan +3 more
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BMC Public Health, 2022 Background Incarcerated populations experience an elevated prevalence of opioid use disorder (OUD). Federal correctional institutions in Canada have increasingly treated OUD among correctional populations via opioid agonist treatment (OAT) – an evidence ...
Cayley Russell +6 more
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Substance misuse of gabapentin [PDF]
British Journal of General Practice, 2012 Neuropathic pain affects up to 8% of the population,1 causing significant distress and morbidity. Good evidence-based treatment is available,2 so early diagnosis is important. Recent publicity and guidelines, and increasing prevalences of age-related causes of neuropathic pain (including postherpetic neuralgia and diabetic neuropathy), have led to ...
Smith, Blair H. +4 more
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Minimizing Burdens and Enhancing Quality of Life Among Family Caregivers of Patients with Substance Misuse Disorders [PDF]
Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 2022 Background: Substance misuse disorder is a chronic relapsing disorder that affects the patients and their family caregivers and management. It is associated with severe burdens in caring that decrease quality of life.
Hoda Sayed Mohamed, Neamat Mohamed Ali
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