Chronic pain and opioid misuse: a review of reviewsSubstance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy - Tập 12 - Trang 1-9 - 2017
Pauline Voon, Mohammad Karamouzian, Thomas Kerr
The crisis of prescription opioid (PO) related harms has focused attention toward identifying and treating high-risk populations. This review aims to synthesize systematic reviews on the epidemiology and clinical management of comorbid chronic pain and PO or other substance misuse. A systematic database search was conducted to identify systematic reviews published between 2000 and 2016. Eligible s...... hiện toàn bộ
Social service offices as a point of entry into substance abuse treatment for poor South AfricansSubstance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy - Tập 7 - Trang 1-10 - 2012
Nadine Harker Burnhams, Siphokazi Dada, Bronwyn Myers
In South Africa, district social service offices are often the first point of entry into the substance abuse treatment system. Despite this, little is known about the profile of people presenting with substance-related problems at these service points. This has a negative impact on treatment service planning. This paper begins to redress this gap through describing patterns of substance use and se...... hiện toàn bộ
Improving equity and access to buprenorphine treatment through telemedicine at syringe services programsSubstance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy - Tập 17 - Trang 1-5 - 2022
Barrot H. Lambdin, David Kan, Alex H. Kral
In the United States, access to buprenorphine remains low and disparities regarding who receives treatment have emerged. Federal laws have regulated buprenorphine delivery, ultimately limiting its implementation more broadly. At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, federal agencies acted quickly to remove a legal barrier, effectively allowing people with opioid used disorder (OUD) to initiate bupre...... hiện toàn bộ
Correlates of public support toward federal funding for harm reduction strategiesSubstance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy - Tập 10 - Trang 1-8 - 2015
Magdalena Kulesza, Bethany A. Teachman, Alexandra J. Werntz, Melissa L. Gasser, Kristen P. Lindgren
Historically, US federal policy has not supported harm reduction interventions, such as safe injection facilities (SIFs) and needle and syringe programs (NSPs), which can reduce the burden associated with injection drug use. Given recent increases in abuse of both legal and illegal opioids, there has been a renewed debate about effective ways to address this problem. The current study (1) assessed...... hiện toàn bộ
“Personal recovery depends on NA unity”: an exploratory study on recovery-supportive elements in Narcotics Anonymous FlandersSubstance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy - Tập 15 - Trang 1-10 - 2020
Anne Dekkers, Sam Vos, Wouter Vanderplasschen
Mutual aid organizations, such as Narcotics Anonymous (NA), can provide support in substance use disorder (SUD) recovery processes. However, research on NA and its recovery-supportive elements is scarce and perspectives of NA-members remain understudied, in particular outside the US. Therefore, this study aims to gain insight into recovery-supportive elements of NA, as experienced by its members. ...... hiện toàn bộ
Factor associated with alcohol use among Lahu and Akha hill tribe youths, northern ThailandSubstance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy - Tập 14 - Trang 1-14 - 2019
Onnalin Singkorn, Tawatchai Apidechkul, Bukhari Putsa, Sudkhed Detpetukyon, Rachanee Sunsern, Phitnaree Thutsanti, Ratipark Tamornpark, Panupong Upala, Chadaporn Inta
Alcohol use impacts several dimensions, including physical health, mental health, families, and social interactions. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence and to determine the factors associated with alcohol use among Akha and Lahu hill tribe youths in Chiang Rai, Thailand. An analytic cross-sectional design was applied to obtain key data on these associations. The study sample was Akha and ...... hiện toàn bộ
Faculty, staff, and student perceptions of substance use disorder stigma in health profession training programs: a quantitative studySubstance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy - Tập 18 - Trang 1-10 - 2023
Rachel E. Barenie, Alina Cernasev, R. Eric Heidel, Steven Stewart, Kenneth Hohmeier
Research indicates that stigma impacts the care provided to individuals with Substance Use Disorders (SUDs), but perceptions of SUDs in various healthcare training programs are not well known. We aimed to characterize perceptions of faculty, staff, and students about SUD stigma in professional healthcare training programs. We conducted a cross-sectional survey of faculty, staff, and students emplo...... hiện toàn bộ
Individualized approach to primary prevention of substance use disorder: age-related risksSubstance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy - - 2020
Eric Afuseh, Caitlin A. Pike, Ukamaka M. Oruche
The misuse of legal and illegal substances has led to an increase in substance use disorder (SUD) in the United States. Although primary prevention strategies have been successfully used to target chronic physical diseases, these strategies have been less effective with SUD, given misconceptions of SUD, shortages in behavioral health professionals, and the population-based focus on specific substa...... hiện toàn bộ
The role of drug treatment and recovery services: an opportunity to address injection initiation assistance in Tijuana, MexicoSubstance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy - Tập 15 - Trang 1-11 - 2020
Stephanie A. Meyers, Claudia Rafful, Sonia Jain, Xiaoying Sun, Britt Skaathun, Andrew Guise, Patricia Gonzalez-Zuñiga, Steffanie A. Strathdee, Dan Werb, Maria Luisa Mittal
In the U.S. and Canada, people who inject drugs’ (PWID) enrollment in medication-assisted treatment (MAT) has been associated with a reduced likelihood that they will assist others in injection initiation events. We aimed to qualitatively explore PWID’s experiences with MAT and other drug treatment and related recovery services in Tijuana Mexico, a resource-limited setting disproportionately impac...... hiện toàn bộ
Assessing the impact of a restrictive opioid prescribing law in West VirginiaSubstance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy - - 2021
Cara L. Sedney, Maryam Khodaverdi, Robin A. Pollini, Patricia Dekeseredy, Nathan Wood, Treah Haggerty
AbstractBackgroundThe Opioid Reduction Act (SB 273) took effect in West Virginia in June 2018. This legislation limited ongoing chronic opioid prescriptions to 30 days’ supply, and first-time opioid prescriptions to 7 days’ supply for surgeons and 3 days’ for emergency rooms and dentists. The purpose of this study was to determine...... hiện toàn bộ