With research lacking on the contribution of different types of substance use disorders (SUDS) on mortality for those with eating disorders, researchers assessed the association of SUDS with mortality in anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and unspecified eating disorder compared with matched control subjects.
Researchers examined if an adolescent diagnosis with psychiatric disorders is associated with long term absence from education, employment, or training.
“We’ve learned in the past 20 years or so how harmful trauma exposure is across physical, mental, and behavioral health.”—Elinam D. Dellor, PhD, MSW
Researchers evaluated data from more than 3000 mostly male veterans who participated in the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions-III.
A more relaxed version of a Massachusetts law makes it easier for physicians and police officers to order temporary involuntary commitment.
Triple use of electronic cigarettes, combustible cigarettes, and marijuana is prevalent among adolescents and is associated with elevated risk profiles on levels of psychosocial variables.
Despite a 44.4 percent decrease in opioid prescribing nationwide in the past decade, there has been an increase in drug-related overdoses and deaths.
An animal tranquilizer, xylazine, is increasingly linked to drug overdose deaths across the United States, health officials say.
Tailored text messages cut hookah tobacco smoking by nearly half.
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.
