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Patterns of Substance Use Among Street-Involved Children and Youth in Kenya: the Roles of Street-Exposure, Migratory Factors, Family Deprivation, and Geographic Sub-location
Substance use among street-involved children and youth (SICY) in low- and middle-income countries is common. Using data abstracted from program...
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Toward a Socioeconomic Equity in Combating Adolescent Substance Abuse: An Outreach and Drop-In Centre to Bridge the Gap
This paper describes a case study of an Outreach and Drop-in Centre (ODIC) established under the National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction,...
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Understanding the Role of Adult Mental Health and Substance Abuse in Perpetrating Violent Acts: In the Presence of Unmet Needs for Mental Health Services
This study explored the association between unmet need for mental health services, health insurance, substance abuse, major depressive episode (MDE),...
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Predictors of self-reported general health status in people experiencing homelessness with serious mental illness
PurposeThe growing homeless population in the U.S.A. is disproportionately impacted by poor mental and physical health status, including a higher...
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Reinke’s Edema and Risk Factors, A Case-Control Study
Reinke’s edema (RE) is a benign pathological non-inflammatory disorder of the vocal folds with a wide range of clinical manifestations. We aim to...
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Venous thrombosis after nitrous oxide abuse, a case report
Nitrous oxide is a commonly abused inhalant by adolescents and young adults. There is limited data describing the adverse effects of nitrous oxide...
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A Latent Class Analysis of Substance Use and Longitudinal HIV RNA Patterns Among PWH in DC Cohort
People with HIV (PWH) with substance use disorders (SUD) have worse health outcomes than PWH without SUD. Our objective was to characterize substance...
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Postpartum contraceptive planning of women with substance abuse disorders
BackgroundWomen with substance abuse disorders have lower use of contraception. Unplanned pregnancies increase risk of fetal exposure to addictive...
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Cognitive dysfunction in adolescents with substance use disorder
BackgroundSubstance abuse is a major health problem, associated with multiple clinical correlates. Cognitive dysfunctions were among the most...
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All in a scent - naphthalene dependence confined to pregnancy: a case report
BackgroundInhalant or volatile substance use is a health issue with significant medical and psychiatric sequelae. Inhalants or volatile substances...
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Forensic Implications of Kratom: Kratom Toxicity, Correlation with Mitragynine Concentrations, and Polypharmacy
Purpose of ReviewKratom, a preparation of the leaves collected from the Southeast Asian plant Mitragyna speciosa , has increased in use within the...
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Early-onset alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drug use with age at onset of hypertension: a survival analysis
PurposeTo examine the associations of age when first substance use and early-onset substance use before age 18 with age at onset (AAO) of...
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Substance use patterns among university students in Egypt
BackgroundIn the past few years, there has been an expanding global interest in the problem of substance use. A variety of studies conducted within...
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Substance-Induced Psychosis: a Narrative Review
Purpose of ReviewNovel integrative reviews that give detail information regarding various psychoactive substances (PS) with ability of inducing...
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Suicidal behavior across a broad range of psychiatric disorders
Suicide is a leading cause of death worldwide. In 2020, some 12.2 million Americans seriously contemplated suicide, 3.2 million planned suicide...
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Use of poppers (nitrite inhalants) among young men who have sex with men with HIV: A clinic-based qualitative study
Nitrite inhalants (poppers) are associated with HIV transmission and commonly used among young men who have sex with men (YMSM), a group at increased...
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ERAS Protocol Options for Perioperative Pain Management of Substance Use Disorder in the Ambulatory Surgical Setting
AbstractEven prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, rates of ambulatory surgeries and ambulatory patients presenting with substance use disorder were...
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Characteristics of 30-Day All-Cause Hospital Readmissions Among Patients with Acute Pancreatitis and Substance Use
Background/ObjectivesPrevious studies on healthcare resource utilization and 30-day readmission risks among patients with acute pancreatitis (AP)...
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Inhalant use in adolescents in northern Russia
PurposeTo determine the prevalence of inhalant use in Russian adolescents and to investigate associated psychosocial problems from a gender...