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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on access to supervised consumption programs
Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2023 Background Supervised consumption sites (SCS) and overdose prevention sites (OPS) have been increasingly implemented in response to the ongoing overdose epidemic in Canada. Although there has been a dramatic increase in overdose deaths since the start of
Emili Gubskaya +5 more
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MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2020 The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has been associated with mental health challenges related to the morbidity and mortality caused by the disease and to mitigation activities, including the impact of physical distancing and stay-at-home ...
Mark E Czeisler +12 more
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Validity of self-reported substance use: research setting versus primary health care setting
Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2021 Background Self-reported substance use is more likely to be influenced by underreporting bias compared to the biological markers. Underreporting bias or validity of self-reported substance use depends on the study population and cannot be generalized to ...
P. Khalili +9 more
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Substance Use in Pregnancy: Identifying Stigma and Improving Care
Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation, 2021 This review examines the impact of stigma on pregnant people who use substances. Stigma towards people who use drugs is pervasive and negatively impacts the care of substance-using people by characterizing addiction as a weakness and fostering beliefs ...
Andrea N. Weber +4 more
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BMC Psychiatry, 2021 Background In light of the ongoing opioid overdose crisis, there is an urgent need for research on the impacts of mental health among people presenting with concurrent pain and substance use.
Pauline Voon +5 more
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Harm Reduction Journal, 2020 Background The United States and Canada are amidst an opioid overdose crisis, with the Canadian province of British Columbia (BC) among the hardest hit. In response, drug checking services (DCS) have been introduced in this setting as a novel pilot harm ...
Viseth Long +9 more
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The impact of PSTD on service access among people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada
Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2021 Background Settings throughout the United States and Canada are contending with high rates of drug-related overdose. This in turn has prompted efforts to more effectively engage people who use drugs (PWUD) in treatment and care.
Annemarie Goytan +5 more
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Medicine, 2012 Drug misuse is widespread in the UK and causes significant morbidity and mortality. It is clearly important to know how to assess and manage substance use disorders, particularly to know about treatments for heroin addiction. In this article, we examine the principles of identifying and managing drug addiction, and consider in some detail the ...
Sheila Specker, Robert H. Albers
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BMC Public Health, 2022 Background Over the past decade, rates of drug poisoning deaths have increased dramatically in Canada. Current evidence suggests that the non-medical use of synthetic opioids, stimulants and patterns of polysubstance use are major factors contributing to
Sarah Konefal +5 more
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Psychiatric Services, 2020 OBJECTIVE The authors qualitatively examined how lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) young adults with probable substance use disorders conceptualized their substance use vis-à-vis their LGBTQ identities. METHODS Individual, in-depth,
Jennifer K. Felner +6 more
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