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    Military service and risk of subsequent drug use disorders among Swedish men

    Environmental factors contribute substantially to risk for drug use disorders (DUD). The current study applies multiple methods to empirically test whether military service is associated with subsequent DUD, a...

    Alexis C. Edwards, Henrik Ohlsson in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemio… (2023)

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    Shared genetic liability for alcohol consumption, alcohol problems, and suicide attempt: Evaluating the role of impulsivity

    Heavy drinking and diagnosis with alcohol use disorder (AUD) are consistently associated with risk for suicide attempt (SA). Though the shared genetic architecture among alcohol consumption and problems (ACP) ...

    Mallory Stephenson, Séverine Lannoy, Alexis C. Edwards in Translational Psychiatry (2023)

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    Clinical, environmental, and genetic risk factors for substance use disorders: characterizing combined effects across multiple cohorts

    Substance use disorders (SUDs) incur serious social and personal costs. The risk for SUDs is complex, with risk factors ranging from social conditions to individual genetic variation. We examined whether model...

    Peter B. Barr, Morgan N. Driver, Sally I-Chun Kuo in Molecular Psychiatry (2022)

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    Coffee and energy drink use patterns in college freshmen: associations with adverse health behaviors and risk factors

    Public health concern over college students mixing caffeine-containing energy drinks (EDs) and alcohol has contributed to an array of ED-focused research studies. One review found consistent associations betwe...

    Dace S. Svikis, Pamela M. Dillon, Steven E. Meredith, Leroy R. Thacker in BMC Public Health (2022)

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    Socioeconomic correlates of incident and fatal opioid overdose among Swedish people with opioid use disorder

    Opioid overdose (OD) and opioid OD death are major health threats to people with opioid use disorder (OUD). Socioeconomic factors are underexplored potential determinants of opioid OD. In this study, we assess...

    Disa Dahlman, Henrik Ohlsson in Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and… (2021)

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    Drinking to Cope: a Latent Class Analysis of Co** Motives for Alcohol Use in a Large Cohort of Adolescents

    Alcohol consumption during adolescence is widespread, although there is considerable variation in patterns of use. The aim of this study was to identify patterns of co**-motivated alcohol use in a UK birth c...

    Lexine A. Stapinski, Alexis C. Edwards, Matthew Hickman in Prevention Science (2016)

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    The association between depressive symptoms from early to late adolescence and later use and harmful use of alcohol

    Depressive symptoms and alcohol misuse contribute substantially to the global health burden. These phenotypes often manifest, and frequently co-occur, during adolescence. However, few studies have examined whe...

    Alexis C. Edwards, Carol Joinson in European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (2014)