Secret shopper study sheds light on barriers to opioid treatment for women
Credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center After a 2020 Vanderbilt University Medical Center study showed women have a difficult time accessing ...
Tag: Addiction
Study finds specialty behavioral health establishments increased, but more needs to be done
Credit: Indiana University The number of specialty behavioral health establishments, their workforce and their wages have increased steadily between 2011 ...
Emotional regulation technique may be effective in disrupting compulsive cocaine addiction
Credit: Mount Sinai Health System An emotion regulation strategy known as cognitive reappraisal helped reduce the typically heightened and habitual ...
Opiate overdoses linked to poor mental health
National study identifies at-risk populations and 25 geographic hot spots for epidemicCredit: UC The opioid epidemic is taking a deadly ...
Older adults with functional impairments linked to prescription drug use/misuse
Study finds adults age 50 and older with functional impairments at higher risk of medical cannabis use, as well as ...
Parental consumption shapes how teens think about and use cannabis
UBCO research shows understanding teen use helps develop effective prevention programsCredit: Photo by Esteban Lopez on Unsplash. Turns out the ...
Single fingerprint at a crime scene detects class A drug usage
Credit: Ionoptika Ltd The latest findings show that with clever science, a single fingerprint left at a crime scene could ...
Alcohol problems severely undertreated
Heavy drinkers see doctors regularly, but few receive treatment for disorderCredit: Washington University School of Medicine Some 16 million Americans ...
New study examines social network’s relation to binge drinking among adults
Credit: Indiana University For some people, social gatherings can be a time to imbibe. And for some, that can turn ...
Learning on the fly
Computational model demonstrates similarity in how humans and insects learn about their surroundingsCredit: University of Sussex Even the humble fruit ...
Can we make opioids less addictive? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, May 6, 2021 -- Opioids are the most powerful painkillers we have, but they're ...
TSET HPRC researcher receives federal grant to help low-income Oklahomans quit smoking
Credit: OU Health OKLAHOMA CITY -Darla Kendzor, Ph.D., co-director of the TSET Health Promotion Research Center, was recently awarded a ...
IU researchers tackled the challenges of conducting intrastate policy surveillance
Credit: Ross Silverman The design, interpretation, and enforcement of county and municipal laws significantly affect local public health. But accessing ...
E-cigarette users in rural Appalachia develop more severe lung injuries
Credit: Zane Lacko/WVU Just as e-cigarette ingredients can vary from one region to another, the health effects of vaping can ...
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