For the 12-month period ending in May 2020, the CDC reported 81,000 drug overdose deaths — the most ever recorded in a 12-month period in the United States. We interviewed Danielle F. Haley, MPH, PhD, assistant professor in the department of community health sciences at the Boston University School of Public Health about COVID-19 and the rates of substance abuse and overdose cases.
Investigators assessed the impact of physician clinical knowledge on opioid prescribing habits following the shift in guideline recommendations away from opioid prescribing.
The incidence of opioid-associated cardiac arrest increased significantly from 2012 to 2018, according to a study presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2021: The Digital Experience.
Investigators conducted a pilot feasibility study on the effects of an internet-based CBT program on symptoms of pain in patients with chronic pancreatitis.
A team of researchers plans to test the feasibility and acceptability of cognitive behavioral therapy for veterans with insomnia and alcohol use disorder.
A study was undertaken to examine the acceptability, feasibility, and preliminary clinical outcomes of a smoking cessation intervention for individuals who are incarcerated.
The researchers wanted to know if standard cytisine treatment for 25 days was at least as effective for smoking cessation as standard varenicline treatment for 84 days.
