Substance Use Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Clients Entering Substance Abuse Treatment: Comparisons to Heterosexual Clients [PDF]
Objective: This study evaluated whether sexual orientation-specific differences in substance use behaviors exist among adults entering substance abuse treatment. Method: Admissions records (July 2007–December 2009) were examined for treatment programs in
Flentje, Annesa+2 more
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Background Suicidal ideation may signal potential risk for future suicidal behaviors and death. We examined the prevalence of recent suicidal ideation in patients with mental illness and concurrent substance use and explored the clinical and ...
Helle Wessel Andersson+3 more
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Neuropathology of substance use disorders
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+2 more
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The role of religiousness on substance-use disorder treatment outcomes: a comparison of black and white adolescents [PDF]
This study compares 41 Black and 124 White adolescents at intake and discharge from a residential treatment program for substance-use disorders. Study data were obtained as part of a larger study (N = 195) that sought to assess the relationship of ...
Andrade, Fernando H.+7 more
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eDarkTrends: Harnessing Social Media Trends in Substance use disorders for Opioid Listings on Cryptomarket [PDF]
Opioid and substance misuse is rampant in the United States today, with the phenomenon known as the opioid crisis. The relationship between substance use and mental health has been extensively studied, with one possible relationship being substance misuse causes poor mental health.
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Substance Use and Depression Symptomatology: Measurement Invariance of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II) among Non-Users and Frequent-Users of Alcohol, Nicotine and Cannabis [PDF]
Depression is a highly heterogeneous condition, and identifying how symptoms present in various groups may greatly increase our understanding of its etiology.
Moore, Ashlee A.+3 more
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Agent-based Dynamics of a SPAHR Opioid Model on Social Network Structures [PDF]
Addiction epidemiology has been an active area of mathematical research in recent years. However, the social and mental processes involved in substance use disorders versus contraction of a pathogenic disease have presented challenges to advancing the epidemiological theory of substance abuse, especially within the context of the opioids where both ...
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Glass formation in binary alloys with different atomic symmetries [PDF]
Prediction of the glass forming ability (GFA) of alloys remains a major challenge. We are not able to predict the composition dependence of the GFA of even binary alloys. To investigate the effect of each element's propensity to form particular crystal structures on glass formation, we focus on binary alloys composed of elements with the same size, but
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Comorbidity of personality disorder among substance use disorder patients: A narrative review
Comorbidity of personality disorders (PDs) and substance use disorders (SUDs) is common in clinical practice. Borderline PD and antisocial PD are particularly found to be associated with SUDs.
Arpit Parmar, Gaurishanker Kaloiya
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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
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