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Machine learning flags key risk factors for suicide attempts
“We identified functional impairment, such as doing activities less carefully ... as a new important risk,” said Angel Garcia de la Garza.
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Heavy drinking by teens may affect white-matter integrity
The results provide clinicians with yet another reason to ask adolescents about their alcohol use, said investigator Dr. Adolf Pfefferbaum.
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Retrospective Chart Review of Advanced Practice Pharmacist Prescribing of Controlled Substances for Pain Management at the Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans’ Hospital
An advanced practice pharmacist with controlled substance prescriptive authority improved patient care with demonstrated statistically significant...
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Intense intervention may boost addiction program retention
The Youth Opioid Recovery Support program includes home delivery of the prescribed medication, family engagement, assertive outreach, and...
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Shared medical appointments may bridge the opioid treatment gap
“By providing education and a forum for sharing, SMAs can lead to changes in behavior,” Dr. Serra Akyar said.
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No benefit of cannabis on depression in pregnant women with OUD
“To our knowledge, this is the first time looking at the impact of cannabis on the specific population of pregnant women with” OUD, said Dr....
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New coalition demands urgent action on COVID-19 mental health crisis
Since the pandemic began, the prevalence of depression symptoms has jumped threefold and overdose deaths have increased in 40 states, the group...
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COVID-19 fuels surge in overdose-related cardiac arrests
“We need to invest heavily in ... the structural drivers of overdose as core elements of the COVID-19 response,” said Joseph Friedman, MPH, a...
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From cradle to grave, alcohol is bad for the brain
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on alcohol intake and related harms remain unclear, but alcohol use has increased in the long term, the...
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50.6 million tobacco users are not a homogeneous group
Traditional cigarettes are the still the most popular choice, but young adults prefer the electronic variety.