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Psychiatric Consultation and Substance Use Disorders

open access: yesSubstance Abuse: Research and Treatment, 2009
Background: A substantial number of patients in general hospitals will evince substance abuse problems but a majority is unlikely to be adequately identified in the referral-consultation process.
Sheila Specker   +2 more
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The perspectives of people who use drugs regarding short term involuntary substance use care for severe substance use disorders

open access: yes, 2021
Background: In the Canadian Province of British Columbia (BC), the BC Mental Health Act permits involuntary care for treating mental disorders. However, the Act has also been applied to provide involuntary care to individuals with a primary substance ...
Winston, Mark L.   +8 more
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Prevention of Substance Use Disorders in Latino/Latina American Communities

open access: yes, 2023
This chapter focuses on substance use in adolescent Latino/LatinaAmericans, with an underlying focus on social determinants of health and how they may exacerbate substance use among this population.
Prado, Guillermo   +3 more
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Pharmacists expand access to contingency management in patients with substance use disorders [PDF]

open access: yesMental Health Clinician
Introduction Contingency management (CM) is a behavioral intervention that offers incentives to individuals who meet their goals in a substance use disorder (SUD) treatment program. This review highlights CM for abstinence, which is related to abstaining
Madeline Salsman, PharmD, BCPS   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Updated perspectives on the neurobiology of substance use disorders using neuroimaging.

open access: yes, 2023
Substance use problems impair social functioning, academic achievement, and employability. Psychological, biological, social, and environmental factors can contribute to substance use disorders.
Cornett, Elyse M   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Intranasal oxytocin may improve odds of abstinence in cocaine-dependent patients: results from a preliminary study

open access: yesDrug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 2022
Background: Oxytocin (OT) treatment in drug addiction studies have suggested potential therapeutic benefits. There is a paucity of clinical trial studies of oxytocin in cocaine use disorders. Method: This was a 6-week randomized, double-blind, outpatient
Wilfrid Noël Raby   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Substance use among populations displaced by conflict: a literature review. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
: This paper reviews the literature on substance use among populations displaced by conflict. Of the 17 publications presenting primary data retained for review, all consider populations in or recovering from protracted conflict, the majority (10) in non-
Ezard, Nadine, Nadine Ezard, Ezard, N
core   +5 more sources

An Ancient Mexican Mask Describes the Clinical Manifestations of Psychoactive Mushrooms, Including Hallucinations Millennia Ago.

open access: yesAsia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology, 2022
Background: Archaeologists, historians, and physicians have frequently examined historical pieces including images or sculptures (visual arts) and found evidence that allow them to make interpretations under certain assumptions.
Ramin Afshari, Reza Afshari
doaj   +1 more source

Epidemiology of substance use disorders [PDF]

open access: yesHuman Genetics, 2012
Epidemiological studies of substance use and substance use disorders (SUDs) have provided an abundance of data on the patterns of substance use in nationally representative samples across the world (Degenhardt et al. in PLoS Med 5(7):e141, 2008; Johnston et al.
Kathleen R, Merikangas   +1 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Risk and protective factors for opioid overdose during the COVID-19 pandemic

open access: yesEuropean Psychiatry, 2021
Introduction People who use drugs (PWUD) are now at the intersection of two public health emergencies – the Covid-19 pandemic and the overdose crisis.
J. Wong   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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