New study finds that heavy drinkers with depression experience the same buzz as those without depression, countering long-held belief that the pleasure people get from drinking decreases with addiction.
A new editorial in the BMJ suggests that a 22% decrease in overall U.S. drug overdose deaths over 2023/2024 signals that investments in overdose prevention and substance use disorder treatment are working.
The Appalachian region continues to experience disproportionately higher opioid overdose rates and related fatalities. According to the most recent Center for Disease Control and Prevention, fully one-half of the 16 states with the highest overdose death rates are Appalachian states.
Standardizing an assessment process currently used by doctors during care discussions with veterans at risk for suicide in other context could shed more light on the risks related to firearms and opioids.
When seeking treatment for alcohol use disorder, how a person is functioning in society strongly influences how long they will stay in inpatient treatment. According to a study published in Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research, people who are dissatisfied in their primary social role鈥攁t work or school, for example鈥攁nd people with a strong social network stay in treatment longer, giving them more opportunities for therapeutic intervention.
Relapse is common when someone is trying to quit, regardless of whether they鈥檙e giving up opioids or alcohol or cigarettes. To better inform treatment, researchers with the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC鈥檚 Addiction Recovery Research Center wanted to better understand how the experience of quitting differed across substances.
Rutgers Health researchers found sharp increase in the prevalence of diagnosed disorders from recurrent use of sedative, hypnotic and antianxiety medications in adolescents and young adults since 2001.
A UW team studied how AI systems portray teens in English and Nepali, and found that in English language systems around 30% of the responses referenced societal problems such as violence, drug use and mental illness. The Nepali system produced fewer negative associations in responses, closer to 10% of all answers.
Researchers at The University of Texas at El Paso have been awarded a $2.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to explore the neurobiological mechanisms behind drug-taking behaviors and addiction. The study will focus on striosomes, clusters of cells within the brain that play a pivotal role in decision-making,
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Opioid misuse and specifically opioid use disorder (OUD), continues to represent a significant U.S. public health threat, with more than 6 million Americans aged 12 and older meeting the criteria for OUD in 2022. Efforts to ease the crisis have included the development of genetic testing to identify individuals most at risk for OUD.
Adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, who use an extended-release medication are more likely to continue the treatment and have a lower risk of developing substance use disorder, according to two West Virginia University studies.
Rutgers Health researchers find an over-the-counter combo is more effective for wisdom tooth extraction pain.
How much alcohol a person drinks is strongly linked to how much their peers drink鈥攁nd not just among teens and young adults. A new study of mature adults, published in Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research, has found that adults鈥� social connections influence a person鈥檚 drinking, both contemporaneously and over time. And, an individual鈥檚 social network is more influential in changing their drinking behavior over time than other factors, such as their occupation or smoking. The study highlights the importance of understanding social connections in order to design interventions for mature adults who drink heavily.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center鈥檚 Research Highlights showcases the latest breakthroughs in cancer care, research and prevention. These advances are made possible through seamless collaboration between MD Anderson鈥檚 world-leading clinicians and scientists, bringing discoveries from the lab to the clinic and back.
Program Manager Alejandra Cortez, LCSW, recognizes that working with high school students is as much about learning as it is about teaching. 鈥淲hen we are working with youth, I see amazing growth both in the students and in my own team,鈥� Cortez explains.Youth Advocate Dayanara Fonseca agrees. 鈥淲e have worked with one student since her freshman year,鈥� Fonseca says.
Members of the Brain Health Institute at Rutgers mark a decade of innovation with an awards ceremony honoring faculty
The thought of illegal drug sales evokes images of deals done on shady street corners. But a new study from Case Western Reserve University exposes a critical but underreported element of the illegal drug market: so-called 鈥減eer-brokered鈥� sales. Peer-brokered sales, in which people buy drugs for others within their social circles and take a cut鈥攅ither as a share of the drugs or money by inflating the price鈥攑lay a widespread and vital role in the distribution of illegal substances, according to the new study.
In the United States, homelessness is a persistent challenge intertwined with issues like mental health and addiction. Policy debates often struggle to make meaningful progress, burdened by stigma, prejudice, and politics. However, Dr. Deborah Padgett, a professor at NYU鈥檚 Silver School of Social Work, is using data-driven research to explore practical solutions.
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