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The last 10 years: any changes in perceptions of the seriousness of alcohol, cannabis, and substance use in Canada?
Over the last decade, there have been a number of changes in the Canadian landscape - the deconstruction of alcohol policy in some provinces, the legalization of cannabis, increased availability of gambling op...Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2019 14:54Perception of alcohol policies by consumers of unrecorded alcohol - an exploratory qualitative interview study with patients of alcohol treatment facilities in Russia
Over the last decade Russia has introduced various policy measures to reduce alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harm at the population level. Several of these policies, such as higher pricing and taxation...Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2019 14:53The prevalence of alcohol use disorders among people living with HIV/AIDS: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is common among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and associated with a greater risk of poor medication adherence, unsafe sexual behaviors as well as poor quality of life. To our k...Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2019 14:52Gambling symptoms, behaviors, and cognitive distortions in Japanese university students
This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between symptoms of gambling problems, gambling behaviours, and cognitive distortions among a university student population in Japan ages 20 to 29 years...Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2019 14:51Fentanyl assisted treatment: a possible role in the opioid overdose epidemic?
The current opioid overdose epidemic affecting communities across North America is increasingly driven by illicitly manufactured fentanyl and its related analogues. A variety of public health interventions hav...Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2019 14:50Measuring drinking motives in undergraduates: an exploration of the Drinking Motives Questionnaire-Revised in Swedish students
Alcohol consumption is generally high among undergraduate students and may lead to adverse consequences. Drinking motives play a vital role in the development of alcohol-related problems. The Drinking Motives ...Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2019 14:49Methadone associated long term hearing loss and nephrotoxicity; a case report and literature review
Methadone is a long-acting opioid receptor agonist. Reported adverse effects of methadone include constipation, respiratory depression, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, itching, sweating, rhabdomyolysis, QT prolon...Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2019 14:48Readiness to change among involuntarily and voluntarily admitted patients with substance use disorders
Health care workers in the addiction field have long emphasised the importance of a patient’s motivation on the outcome of treatments for substance use disorders (SUDs). Many patients entering treatment are no...Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2019 14:47Sexual risky behavior, cocaine and alcohol use among substance users in an outpatient facility: a cross section study
Substance dependence is considered an international health issue and studies that access the characteristic of this population are required to develop public health programs for harm reduction. To this aim, we...Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2019 14:46Correction to: Concurrent psychiatry for patients enrolled in opioid agonist treatment: a propensity score matched cohort study in Ontario Canada
Following publication of the original article [1], we have been notified that the following changes should occur in the content of the article. The details are below.Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2019 14:45The original article was published in Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2019 14:29Correction to: Evaluation of the effects of a designated program on illegal drug cessation among adolescents who experiment with drugs
Following publication of the original article [1], we have been notified that some data in the text should be changed.Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2019 14:44The original article was published in Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2018 13:2Positive drug test trends in fatally-injured drivers in the United States from 2007 to 2017
The last two decades have seen tremendous changes in the U.S. environment surrounding drugs. Driving under the influence of drugs is a growing public health hazard. The present study examined trends in drug in...Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2019 14:43Prevalence and risk factors of HIV infection among people who inject drugs in Cambodia: findings from a national survey
Globally, people who inject drugs (PWID) continue to be among the most vulnerable populations to acquire infection of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The most recent national survey found that nearly a qua...Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2019 14:42Seizures of illicit substances for personal use in two Italian provinces: analysis of trends by type and purity from 2008 to 2017
The use of illicit substances represents one of the most difficult problems to confront in the health system. Drug use is a global problem but is not uniform throughout the world, within the same country and c...Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2019 14:41Factor structure of the depression anxiety stress Scale-21 (DASS-21): Unidimensionality of the Arabic version among Egyptian drug users
Emotional distress is common among illicit drug users, and it can negatively affect treatment outcomes and increase the risk of relapse. Nonetheless, instruments that properly measure emotional distress are la...Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2019 14:40Multi-level predictors of psychological problems among methadone maintenance treatment patients in difference types of settings in Vietnam
Methadone, a long-acting opioid agonist maintenance treatment (MMT) is used to treat opioid addiction by preventing opioid withdrawal and reducing cravings. However, it is important to note that mental conditi...Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2019 14:39Keeping up with the times: how national public health and governmental organizations communicate about cannabis on Twitter
Public health and governmental organizations are expected to provide guidance to the public on emerging health issues in accessible formats. It is, therefore, important to examine how such organizations are di...Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2019 14:38Conceptualizing patient-centered care for substance use disorder treatment: findings from a systematic scoping review
Despite ongoing efforts aimed to improve treatment engagement for people with substance-related disorders, evidence shows modest rates of utilization as well as client-perceived barriers to care. Patient-cente...Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2019 14:37Substance use and associated factors among Gumuz people in Benishangul-Gumuz regional state, Mandura woreda, Northwest Ethiopia
Substance use related health and social problems are on the rise in sub-Saharan Africa. Currently, substance abuse is one of the most burning public health problems in Ethiopia. Although it has been known that...Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2019 14:36Validation of the Implementation Climate Scale (ICS) in substance use disorder treatment organizations
One critical factor in the implementation of evidence-based practice (EBP) in substance use disorder treatment organizations is an inner organizational context that clearly supports implementation efforts. The...Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2019 14:35Youth smoking and anti-smoking policies in North Dakota: a system dynamics simulation study
The current study utilizes system dynamics to model the determinants of youth smoking and simulate effects of anti-smoking policies in the context of North Dakota, a state with one of the lowest cigarette tax ...Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2019 14:34Community social deprivation and availability of substance use treatment and mutual aid recovery groups
The spatial distribution of substance use services impacts their use, with greater access to services associated with more positive outcomes. Findings from availability of primary healthcare indicate service s...Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2019 14:33Lessons learned from the opioid crisis across the pillars of the Canadian drugs and substances strategy
Canada is facing an urgent challenge to reduce the harms associated with opioids: from January 2016 to December of 2018, more than 11,500 individuals lost their lives due to opioid related harms. This review e...Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2019 14:32Comparisons of early and delayed abstainers and its effects on long-term smoking cessation in Taiwan
Different quitting trajectories may reflect the stages of behavior change among smokers. The nature of quitting patterns could help the public health sector to design appropriate cessation plans. This study co...Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2019 14:31Current practices and perceived implementation barriers for working with alcohol prevention in occupational health services: the WIRUS OHS study
Alcohol is associated with detrimental health and work performance outcomes, and one to three out of ten employees may benefit from interventions. The role of occupational health services (OHS) in alcohol prev...Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2019 14:30Concurrent psychiatry for patients enrolled in opioid agonist treatment: a propensity score matched cohort study in Ontario Canada
The objective was to characterize the relationship between geography, concurrent psychiatric services, all-cause mortality, and acute health care use for individuals enrolled in Opioid Agonist Treatment, in On...Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2019 14:29The Correction to this article has been published in Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2019 14:45Age related medication for addiction treatment (MAT) use for opioid use disorder among Medicaid-insured patients in New York
Medication for addiction treatment (MAT) has received much attention in recent years for treating individuals with opioid use disorders (OUD). However, these medications have been significantly underused among...Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2019 14:28Understanding the relapse process: exploring Iranian women’s substance use experiences
Relapse is one of the main challenges that must be tackled in the drug addiction treatment. Different factors contribute to the relapse process but it remains unclear how relapse occursin women. Describing the...Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2019 14:27The epidemiology of alcohol consumption in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Globally, excessive alcohol consumption is a major public health problem and is associated with social, mental, physical and legal consequences. However, no systematic review and meta-analysis has been perform...Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2019 14:26Help seeking behavior for problematic substance uses in north-West Ethiopia
Substance miss use and neuro-psychiatric conditions are a growing public health challenges, but 76 to 85% of people with those disorders in low and middle-income countries did not receive treatment. The aim of...Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2019 14:25Combining approach bias modification with working memory training during inpatient alcohol withdrawal: an open-label pilot trial of feasibility and acceptability
According to contemporary neurocognitive models, addiction is maintained by the biasing of information-processing and decision-making systems towards relatively automatic, impulsive, reward-seeking responses t...Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2019 14:24Reducing barriers to trauma inquiry in substance use disorder treatment – a cluster-randomized controlled trial
Despite the high rate of traumatic events in clients with substance use disorders, trauma exposure often remains undetected in a majority of treatment-seeking clients. Improving health professionals’ knowledge...Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2019 14:23Alcohol use disorder and associated factors among individuals living with HIV in Hawassa City, Ethiopia: a facility based cross- sectional study
Individuals living with HIV/AIDS with co-occurring harmful alcohol use may require specialized intervention or even multi-disciplinary team follow-up and management. This study was aimed to assess alcohol use ...Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2019 14:22Global research mapping of substance use disorder and treatment 1971–2017: implications for priority setting
Globally, substance use disorders are prevalent and remain an intractable public health problem for health care systems. This study aims to provide a global picture of substance use disorders research.Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2019 14:21Anabolic-androgenic steroid users receiving health-related information; health problems, motivations to quit and treatment desires
Anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) are used to increase muscle strength and improve appearance, but users also carry the risk of developing physical and mental health problems. In Norway, the substance use dis...Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2019 14:20Impact of khat price increases on consumption behavior – price elasticity analysis
The long border of Saudi Arabia with Yemen is the primary route for khat entry to the Kingdom. As of April 2015, the government of SA tightened the border, making it more difficult to import khat into the coun...Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2019 14:19Assessing health service satisfaction among users with substance use disorders within the municipalities in Norway
The purpose of this study was to assess what is associated with health service satisfaction among adults with a substance use disorder receiving services provided within different municipalities in Norway. An ...Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2019 14:18Family and social predictors of substance use disorder in Iran: a case-control study
The problem of substance use disorder in Iran is of great national concern. The aim of this study was to measure the association between substance use disorder and demographic, social and behavioral factors in...Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2019 14:17Change in psychosocial factors connected to coping after inpatient treatment for substance use disorder: a systematic review
Among the adult population worldwide, about 0.5% has illicit drug use disorder (DUD) and about 5% has alcohol use disorder (AUD). Dependency on alcohol, medication or illicit drugs are recognised as risk facto...Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2019 14:16High levels of alcohol intoxication and strong support for restrictive alcohol policies among music festival visitors
Alcohol intoxication is associated with problems such as violence, injuries, drunk driving and sexual risk-taking, and music festivals are considered a high-risk setting for high levels of alcohol consumption....Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2019 14:15The exploration of factors related to treatment retention in Narcotics Anonymous members: a qualitative study
Elimination of psychological dependence to substance is more difficult than elimination of physical dependence, and needs to time, going through several stages, and internal care. The aim of this study was to ...Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2019 14:14The process of change for people with cognitive impairment in a residential rehabilitation program for substance problems: a phenomenographical analysis
Cognitive impairment is prevalent among people with substance problems and a factor affecting retention in treatment. Empirical phenomenography was used to systematically explore how people with cognitive impa...Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2019 14:13Strengthening partnerships between substance use researchers and policy makers to take advantage of a window of opportunity
The National Institute on Drug Abuse has identified a persistent research-to-practice gap in the implementation of evidence-based prevention and treatment programs for substance use disorder. To identify mecha...Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2019 14:12A qualitative study of drivers of psychoactive substance use among Mekelle University students, Northern Ethiopia
Psychoactive substance (PS) use is a public health concern among University students. Understanding the factors underlay the use helps to underpin effective preventive interventions. However, there is dearth o...Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2019 14:11The effects of crocin on psychological parameters in patients under methadone maintenance treatment: a randomized clinical trial
Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) might be associated with the symptoms of depression and anxiety, sleep disturbances and sexual dysfunctions. This study was designed to determine the effects of crocin on ...Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2019 14:9
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