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Receipt of COVID-19 emergency funds and engagement in sex work during COVID-19 among people who use drugs: evidence from Vancouver, Canada

Harm Reduction Journal
Background During the early period of the COVID-19 pandemic, public health orders disrupted income generation in numerous sectors and many governments provided emergency financial support.
Erica McAdam, Kanna Hayashi, Zishan Cui, Haleigh Anderson, Scarlett Nelson, M.-J. Milloy, Kora DeBeck   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Neural mechanisms of affective instability and cognitive control in substance use

, 2019
Objective: We explored the impact of affect on cognitive control as this relates to individual differences in affective instability and substance use.
Bodkyn, Carmen N., Holroyd, Clay
core   +1 more source

Personalized Selumetinib Dosing in Pediatric Neurofibromatosis Type 1: Insights From a Pilot Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate selumetinib exposure using therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) in pediatric patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and plexiform neurofibromas (PN), assess interpatient pharmacokinetic variability, and explore the relationship between drug exposure, clinical response, and adverse effects.
Janka Kovács, Zoltán Köllő, Balázs Gellért Karvaly, Mahmoud Obeidat, Rita Nagy, Péter Hegyi, Brigitta Teutsch, Eszter Tuboly, Miklós Garami   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Supervised smoking facility access, harm reduction practices, and substance use changes during the COVID-19 pandemic: a community-engaged cross-sectional study

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Background The potential public health benefits of supervised smoking facilities (SSFs) are considerable, and yet implementation of SSFs in North America has been slow.
Jenna van Draanen, Jonah Hamilton, Jeffrey Morgan, Scott Maxwell, Tara Taylor, Lindsey Richardson, Seonaid Nolan   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Disordered social media use and risky drinking in young adults:Differential associations with addiction-linked traits [PDF]

, 2018
Background Excessive or compulsive use of social media has been likened to an addiction, similar to other behavioural addictions such as pathological gambling or Internet addiction.
Lyvers, Michael, Narayanan, Shreas S., Thorberg, Fred A.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in Young Adults: Treatment of Substance Use Disorders as a Priority Component of HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment in Low and Middle Income Countries [PDF]

, 2016
Young adults comprise roughly one-quarter of the global population and are at the developmental stage where personal life goals are formulated and personal independence is obtained.
Kresina TF, Kaplowitz L, Johnson K
core   +1 more source

Evaluating the Utility of Paired Tumor and Germline Targeted DNA Sequencing for Pediatric Oncology Patients: A Single Institution Report

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the diagnostic yield and utility of universal paired tumor–normal multigene panel sequencing in newly diagnosed pediatric solid and central nervous system (CNS) tumor patients and to compare the detection of germline pathogenic/likely pathogenic variants (PV/LPVs) against established clinical referral criteria for cancer ...
Natalie Waligorski, Rebecca Ronsley, Shannon M. Stasi, Jeffrey Stevens, Erin R. Rudzinski, Christina M. Lockwood, Sarah E. S. Leary, Bonnie L. Cole, Michelle A. Ting, Vera Paulson   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Substance Use and Substance Use Disorders

Abstract This chapter reviews the DSM-5 definitions for substance use and other addictive disorders, their prevalence in the population, and known genetic, environmental, gene-environment, psychological, and social risk factors. It then examines how religion might influence the development and course of substance use disorders (SUDs ...
Harold G. Koenig, Tyler J. VanderWeele, John R. Peteet   +2 more
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Stimulant safe supply: a potential opportunity to respond to the overdose epidemic

Harm Reduction Journal, 2020
Background Occurring against the backdrop of an overdose crisis, stimulant use and stimulant-involved deaths in North America are increasing at an alarming rate.
Taylor Fleming, Allison Barker, Andrew Ivsins, Sheila Vakharia, Ryan McNeil   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The association of at-risk, problem, and pathological gambling with substance use, depression, and arrest history [PDF]

, 2010
We examined at-risk, problem, or pathological gambling co-occurrence with frequency of past-year alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana use; depressive symptoms; and arrest history.
Delva, Jorge, Grogan-Kaylor, Andrew, Momper, Sandra L., Sanchez, Ninive, Volberg, Rachel A.   +4 more
core   +1 more source