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Brain connectivity aberrations in anabolic-androgenic steroid users

NeuroImage: Clinical, 2017
Sustained anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS) use has adverse behavioral consequences, including aggression, violence and impulsivity. Candidate mechanisms include disruptions of brain networks with high concentrations of androgen receptors and critically ...
Lars T. Westlye, Tobias Kaufmann, Dag Alnæs, Ingunn R. Hullstein, Astrid Bjørnebekk   +4 more
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Reflective Practice of Experiential Learning Visit to Drug Rehabilitation Centres improved Pharmacy Curriculum Prospects and Services in promoting Community Engagement

Journal of Pharmacy, 2022
Background: Reflective practice has been proven effective in improving students' learning outcomes from various health disciplines, including pharmacy.
Nor Hidayah Mohd Taufek, Nor Ilyani Mohamed Nazar, Norny Syafinaz Ab Rahman, Syahrir Zaini, Christopher John Turner   +4 more
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Substance Use Disorders

DeckerMed Medical Cannabis, 2018
There is a consistent body of evidence showing that substance abuse and dependence can worsen preexisting medical conditions, can temporarily mimic medical and psychiatric disorders, and can themselves cause medical problems, including life-threatening overdose.
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Predictors of substance use among Jimma University instructors, Southwest Ethiopia

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2020
Background Use of substances such as alcohol, khat leaves (Catha edulis) and tobacco has become one of the rising major public health and socioeconomic problems worldwide and dramatically increased in developing countries.
Abraham Tamirat Gizaw, Demuma Amdisa, Yohannes Kebede Lemu   +2 more
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Priorities for addressing substance use disorder in humanitarian settings

Conflict and Health, 2021
Background Populations affected by humanitarian emergencies are vulnerable to substance (alcohol and other drug) use disorders, yet treatment and prevention services are scarce.
M. Claire Greene, Stephanie Haddad, Anja Busse, Nadine Ezard, Peter Ventevogel, Lina Demis, Sachi Inoue, Jan-Christopher Gumm, Giovanna Campello, Wietse A. Tol, Jeremy C. Kane   +10 more
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Women and substance use disorders

Mens Sana Monographs, 2009
Substance use disorders belong to the class of externalizing behaviours that are generally more common among men than women. Those women who do have substance disorders therefore deviate more from the norms of society compared with men, tend to live in an environment characterized by high risk of violence and other forms of abuse, and tend to be ...
Hecksher, Dorte, Hesse, Morten
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Impact of psychiatric pharmacist-led ambulatory alcohol withdrawal management [PDF]

Mental Health Clinician
Introduction Alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) is a complication of alcohol use disorder commonly encountered across various healthcare settings. Management of AWS is routinely conducted in the inpatient setting; however, in numerous patients, ambulatory
Maxwell Lamb, PharmD, BCPS, Michelle Colvard, PharmD, BCPP, Jonathan Lister, PharmD, BCPP, Eric Johnson, PharmD, BCPP   +3 more
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Substance Use Disorder Comorbidity in Schizophrenia [PDF]

Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar, 2013
Use of alcohol and other substances are commonly observed among patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia. Despite this common comorbidity, there have been very few studies which do not take alcohol/substance use as an exclusion criterion.
Hatice İmer Aras
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A rapid access to addiction medicine clinic facilitates treatment of substance use disorder and reduces substance use

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2020
BackgroundSubstance use is prevalent in Canada, yet treatment is inaccessible. The Rapid Access to Addiction Medicine (RAAM) clinic opened at the University Health Network (UHN) in January 2018 as part of a larger network of addictions clinics in Toronto,
D. Wiercigroch, H. Sheikh, J. Hulme
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Neuropathology of substance use disorders

Acta Neuropathologica, 2013
Addictions to licit and illicit drugs are chronic relapsing brain disorders that affect circuits that regulate reward, motivation, memory, and decision-making. Drug-induced pathological changes in these brain regions are associated with characteristic enduring behaviors that continue despite adverse biopsychosocial consequences.
Cadet, Jean Lud, Bisagno, Veronica, Milroy, Christopher Mark   +2 more
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