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Patients With Co-Occurring Substance Use Disorder Less Likely to Receive Treatment for Depression

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Mary Stroka

Researchers compared the rate at which patients diagnosed with both depression and a substance use disorder received acute and continuous pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy with the rate at which patients solely diagnosed with depression received the same treatments.

Reported NSAID Allergy Increases Risk for OUD in Chronic Back Pain

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Jessica Nye, PhD

Adults with chronic back pain who had adverse allergic reactions to NSAIDs are at higher risk for developing an opioid use disorder.

Associations Found Between Parents, Children, and Certain Mood Disorders

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Heather R. Johnson

There have been few studies that have examined the specificity of mood disorder subtypes among the children of parents with both major subtypes of mood disorders and controls based on prospective tracking across the transition from childhood to adulthood.

Substance Use Disorder Linked to Increased Risk for COVID-19

Substance use disorder is associated with a higher risk for COVID-19 than that seen in the general population, as well as worse outcomes.

Cardiometabolic Disease Risk Factors Among Drug Users

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Jessica Nye, PhD

Researchers used data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2009-2018 to assess the impact of drug and alcohol use on cardiometabolic disease risk factors.

Behavioral Program Improves Chronic Pain Outcomes in Substance Use Disorder

By

Rose Reeb

Behavioral management of chronic pain may improve addiction treatment outcomes.

Progress Assessment Tool Shows Promise for Substance Use Disorder Treatment

By

Heather R. Johnson

The 10-item progress assessment tool represents a pragmatic approach to ongoing monitoring in substance use disorders.

Cannabidiol Evaluated as Potential Treatment for Cannabis Use Disorder

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Heather R. Johnson

Cannabidiol (CBD) may be a safe and effective treatment option for cannabis use disorder.

Some Occult Overdose Deaths Misclassified as Cardiac Arrests

A considerable proportion of deaths attributed to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest are actually caused by occult overdose.

Efficacy of Bundled HIV, HCV Testing for People With Substance Abuse Disorders Examined

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Bradley van Paridon

By providing bundled HIV and HCV testing, substance use disorder treatment programs may create increased awareness of infection status among people with substance abuse disorders.