Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Ryan S. Sultan, Alexander W. Zhang, Mark Olfson, Muhire H. Kwizera, Frances R. Levin
Summary: This cross-sectional study found that there is an association between non-disordered cannabis use (NDCU) and adverse psychosocial events among adolescents. Individuals with NDCU had approximately 2 to 4 times greater odds of experiencing adverse psychosocial events compared to non-users, including major depression, suicidal ideation, slower thoughts, difficulty concentrating, truancy, low grade point average, arrest, fighting, and aggression. This study highlights the negative impact of non-clinical cannabis use on the mental health of adolescents.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Shun Tian, Tianyang Zhang, Xing Chen, Chen-Wei Pan
Summary: This study revealed a significant association between substance use and psychological distress among adolescents, especially with alcohol use linked to medium to high psychological distress. Region-wise analysis indicated that substance use was associated with psychological distress in the African, American, South-East, and Western Pacific regions.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2021)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Thomas J. Moore, Phillip W. Wirtz, Jill N. Curran, G. Caleb Alexander
Summary: A study found that a large proportion of adults using Schedule II stimulant drugs are also exposed to other central nervous system (CNS)-active drugs, which may lead to tolerance, withdrawal effects, or non-medical use. These multi-drug combinations lack approved indications and limited clinical trial testing, and discontinuation may be challenging.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Evan R. Wiley, Saverio Stranges, Jason A. Gilliland, Kelly K. Anderson, Jamie A. Seabrook
Summary: Research has found an association between residential greenness and patterns of substance use, but the strength and direction of this association depend on the specific substance. Living in greener neighborhoods may confer certain benefits to substance use and abuse among youth and young adults.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Anat Shoshani, Ariel Kor
Summary: The present study examined the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescent internalizing symptoms, substance use, and digital media use. The results showed significant increases in internalizing symptoms, substance use, and daily screen time from the start of the study to the 33-month follow-up. Social support and daily routines moderated the increases in internalizing symptoms and digital media use. These findings highlight the need for public and educational mental health services to address the continuing impact of the pandemic on adolescents.
EUROPEAN CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Maartje Boer, Gonneke W. J. M. Stevens, Catrin Finkenauer, Margaretha E. de Looze, Regina J. J. M. van den Eijnden
Summary: This study found a direct unidirectional association between social media use problems and mental health, with social media use problems being linked to decreased mental health one year later, but not vice versa. Social media use problems also predicted increased levels of upward social comparisons and cyber victimization one year later, though these processes did not mediate the observed effect on decreased mental health. Over time, social media use intensity and mental health were not associated in any direction, either directly or indirectly through any mediators.
COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR
(2021)
Article
Psychiatry
Kayla M. Scamaldo, Matthew T. Tull, Kim L. Gratz
Summary: The study revealed significant indirect relations between BPD pathology and opioid misuse, especially through coping and enhancement motives. Apprehension about opioid use and opioid cravings were also influenced by these motives among patients with BPD pathology in SUD treatment.
PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Emilie Fletcher, Jeremie Richard, Jeffrey Derevensky, William Ivoska, Caroline Temcheff
Summary: The study found that girls were more likely to misuse BZDs than boys. Indirect effects were found for both internalizing and externalizing symptoms in the relationship between sex and nonmedical BZD use. This suggests that nonmedical BZD use in adolescence may be associated with increased mental health and behavioral problems.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION
(2021)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Zoe Walter, Catherine A. Quinn, Genevieve Dingle, Nina Pocuca, Amanda L. Baker, Alison Beck, Dominique De Andrade, Maree Toombs, Leanne Hides
Summary: This study aims to evaluate the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of FullFix, a new risk-targeted transdiagnostic CBT telehealth program, for young people with comorbid AOD and depression/anxiety disorders. The research also seeks to identify moderators and mediators of treatment outcomes, as well as determine the individuals who are most likely to benefit from the treatment.
Article
Psychiatry
Samantha Salmon, Tamara L. Taillieu, Janique Fortier, Ashley Stewart-Tufescu, Tracie O. Afifi
Summary: This study investigated the experiences of young people during the pandemic and found that over half of the sample reported increased stress/anxiety and depression. Among alcohol-users, 18.2% reported increased consumption, while 35.1% of cannabis-users reported increased use. Conflict with parents, siblings, and intimate partners was reported by a significant portion of respondents. Females were more affected by financial and mental health burdens compared to males, and young adults were more affected than older adolescents. Higher household income provided some protection. The study highlights the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people and the need for increased access to virtual support resources and tailored interventions for females and young adults.
PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Jennifer Hao, Matthew Beld, Ladan Khoddam-Khorasani, Annesa Flentje, Eva Kersey, Haley Mousseau, Julie Frank, Adam Leonard, Sebastian Kevany, Carol Dawson-Rose
Summary: This study compared the health risks between homeless SGM and heterosexual youth, finding that many health disparities reported in previous studies were not observed in the diverse study population of service-seeking youth. Additionally, SGM participants did not exhibit greater harmful risks resulting from substance use, unlike previous findings. The reduced burden of health disparities between SGM and heterosexual youth in the service-seeking study population highlights the importance of tailored community-level interventions in supporting pathways out of homelessness for youth of all sexual and gender identities.
Article
Pediatrics
Asli Akin, Kirstin Goth, Inge Seiffge-Krenke, Alexander Obbarius, Sibylle M. Winter, Lea Sarrar
Summary: The International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 11th Revision introduced a fully dimensional approach to personality disorders that converges with the long-standing psychodynamic understanding of psychopathology. In this study, the diagnostic contributions of personality structure and psychodynamic conflicts were investigated in adolescents with mental health problems. The findings suggest that a standardized diagnostic assessment of personality structure and psychodynamic conflicts in adolescent patients could contribute to a deeper understanding of mental health problems and appropriate treatment planning through the detection of underlying impairments.
Article
Oncology
Sujith Baliga, Brett Klamer, Joshua D. Palmer, Sharla Wells-Di Gregirio, Sachin S. Kale, Marcelo Bonomi, Matthew O. Old, James W. Rocco, Dukagjin M. Blakaj
Summary: The purpose of this study was to determine the proportion of Emergency Department visits in cancer patients associated with a mental and substance use disorder (MSUD) and the subsequent healthcare costs. The study found that approximately 22% of ED visits in cancer patients were associated with MSUD. Among these MSUD-related visits, the patients were more likely to be female, younger, have Medicaid insurance, and be discharged home. Alcohol-related disorders, anxiety disorders, and depressive disorders were the most common MSUD diagnoses among cancer patients.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Russell K. Schutt, Mark Schultz, Chantele Mitchell-Miland, Sharon McCarthy, Matthew Chinman, Marsha Ellison
Summary: The study found that self-assessed health needs, mediated by service preferences, and assignment to a peer specialist were predictors of VA behavioral health services use and residential stability, while chronic medical problems, sex, and race also played a role. Proactive efforts involving peer specialists were shown to increase service availability and residential stability even in a healthcare system without financial barriers.
Review
Psychiatry
Patrick Koeck, Maximilian Meyer, Julie Elsner, Kenneth M. Duersteler, Marc Vogel, Marc Walter
Summary: Adolescence and emerging adulthood, known as youth, are vulnerable to substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health disorders. These comorbidities have significant impact on the development and course of substance use disorders in transitional-aged youth. However, data on this population is highly inconsistent. Universal screening and treatment guidelines should be aimed for in the future.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Raquel Nogueira-Arjona, Kara Thompson, Athena Milios, Alyssa Maloney, Terry Krupa, Keith S. Dobson, Shu-Ping Chen, Sherry H. Stewart
Summary: The studies indicate that individuals with certain at-risk personality traits are less likely to use protective behavioral strategies, potentially leading to increased problematic alcohol use. However, anxiety sensitivity is positively related to alcohol-related harms, but the use of protective behavioral strategies acts as a protective factor against problematic alcohol use.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Neurosciences
Toni C. Spinella, Sherry H. Stewart, Julia Naugler, Igor Yakovenko, Sean P. Barrett
Summary: CBD expectancy alone can influence subjective and physiological responses, with individuals who strongly believe in the anxiolytic effects of CBD experiencing significantly reduced anxiety under CBD expectancy condition. Therefore, it is important to consider and control for CBD-related expectancies in clinical research involving CBD administration.
PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Psychiatry
Sherry H. Stewart, Annie Chinneck, Kara Thompson, Mohammad H. Afzali, Raquel Nogueira-Arjona, Ioan T. Mahu, Patricia J. Conrod
Summary: The study found that specific personality traits were associated with different forms of prescription drug misuse through specific mental health symptoms, including hopelessness with opioid misuse, anxiety sensitivity with sedative/tranquilizer misuse, sensation seeking with stimulant misuse, impulsivity with stimulant misuse and conduct disorder with unconstrained prescription drug misuse.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY
(2021)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Jason Y. Isaacs, Kara Thompson, Igor Yakovenko PhD, Keith Dobson, Shu-Ping Chen, Amanda Hudson, Ioan Tiberiu Mahu, Sherry H. Stewart
Summary: This study found that college students' non-medical prescription drug use is related to the frequency of use among their peers, with participants more likely to engage in non-medical prescription drug use when perceiving higher usage among their peers of the same sex. Female participants were more likely than male participants to perceive higher usage among male peers. While social norm interventions may be effective for addressing non-medical prescription drug use among college students, sex-matching interventions may not be necessary.
JOURNAL OF AMERICAN COLLEGE HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Megan K. Galbraith, Christopher E. J. DeWolfe, Sara Bartel, Janine Olthuis, Margo C. Watt, Sherry H. Stewart
Summary: Anxiety sensitivity and impulsivity play important roles in physical activity participation. Higher anxiety sensitivity is associated with less engagement in vigorous intensity exercise, while higher impulsivity is associated with more time spent walking. Cognitive behavioral therapy or a focus on immediate rewards may help increase physical activity levels in individuals with high anxiety sensitivity.
COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY
(2022)
Article
Substance Abuse
Gabriel Caluzzi, Cassandra Wright, Emmanuel Kuntsche, Sherry H. Stewart, Sandra Kuntsche
Summary: This article focuses on alcohol consumption among midlife women, particularly working mothers who face the dual responsibility of work and domestic duties. It highlights the unique stresses they experience and suggests that their drinking behavior may be influenced by these pressures. The lack of literature on the drinking patterns, practices, and motives of working mothers is emphasized, along with the potential impact of gendered expectations on their health.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DRUG POLICY
(2022)
Article
Family Studies
Sean P. Mackinnon, Michelle E. Tougas, Ivy-Lee L. Kehayes, Sherry H. Stewart
Summary: The study found that friendship conflict was mediated by coping-with-depression motives in influencing emerging adults' alcohol-related problems, and coping-with-anxiety motives also played a mediating role at the within-subjects level. Interventions for emerging adults' problem drinking should take into account the influence of friendship conflict on their tendencies to drink to cope with depression and anxiety.
EMERGING ADULTHOOD
(2022)
Article
Substance Abuse
S. J. Bartel, S. B. Sherry, S. H. Stewart
Summary: This study investigated the impacts of drinking motives on binge drinking in emerging adults, and found that the motives of others can indirectly influence an individual's own drinking behavior. This suggests that those around emerging adults play a significant role in their drinking behaviors and motives.
SUBSTANCE USE & MISUSE
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Nicole L. Basso, Laura J. Lambe, Andy J. Kim, Lindsey M. Rodriguez, Helene Deacon, Raquel Nogueira-Arjona, Simon B. Sherry, Allan Abbass, Sherry H. Stewart
Summary: In early 2020, Canadian schools closed due to COVID-19, leading to parents homeschooling their children. This study examines the association between homeschooling and romantic conflict among couples. Data was collected from 756 couples, including homeschooling status, hours spent homeschooling, and romantic conflict in April 2020. The results showed that the number of hours spent homeschooling was significantly associated with romantic conflict. Actor effects and partner effects were also observed, indicating an individual's own homeschooling hours and their partner's homeschooling hours were related to conflict enacted and received. The findings suggest that homeschooling during the pandemic may contribute to romantic conflict, highlighting the importance of additional support for homeschooling families.
JOURNAL OF FAMILY PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Laura J. Lambe, Fakir Md Yunus, Mackenzie Moore, Matthew T. Keough, Kara Thompson, Marvin Krank, Patricia Conrod, Sherry H. Stewart
Summary: Emerging adults with high levels of inhibited personality traits may be at-risk for drinking to cope during the COVID-19 pandemic. The current research found specific and non-specific pathways between anxiety sensitivity, hopelessness, internalizing symptoms, and coping drinking motives. COVID-19 distress served as a non-specific mediator in this process.
COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY
(2023)
Article
Substance Abuse
Vanessa Morris, Matthew T. Keough, Sherry H. Stewart, Roisin M. O'Connor
Summary: This study examined the indirect effects of the behavioral inhibition system (BIS) and the behavioral approach system (BAS) on alcohol use, and found that a strong BAS exacerbated the effects of BIS on alcohol problems. Coping and conformity motives mediated this relationship and predicted heavy drinking and alcohol problems.
SUBSTANCE USE & MISUSE
(2023)
Review
Psychiatry
Hyoun S. Kim, R. Diandra Leslie, Sherry H. Stewart, Daniel L. King, Zsolt Demetrovics, Andre Luiz Monezi Andrade, Jung-Seok Choi, Hermano Tavares, Brittany Almeida, David C. Hodgins
Summary: This scoping review examined the relationship between digital gambling-like activities and gambling and video gaming behaviors. The results showed that all forms of gambling-like activities were positively associated with gambling and gaming with small to medium effects. Participation in these activities was also linked to mental distress and impulsivity. However, there were gaps identified, including a lack of research on skin betting and token wagering, limited diversity in research methods, and a need for more studies involving ethnically, culturally, and geographically diverse populations.
JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL ADDICTIONS
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Andy J. Kim, Agnese Merlo, Marlou Mackus, Gillian Bruce, Sean J. Johnson, Chris Alford, Simon B. Sherry, Sherry H. Stewart, Joris C. Verster
Summary: This study investigated potential differences in baseline levels of depression, anxiety, and stress between hangover-sensitive and hangover-resistant individuals after consuming alcohol. The results showed that hangover-sensitive drinkers had significantly higher levels of anxiety and stress, but not depression, compared to hangover-resistant drinkers. However, the observed differences between the two groups were small and unlikely to be clinically meaningful.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Harriet R. Galvin, Marilisa Boffo, Leroy Snippe, Pam Collins, Thomas Pronk, Elske Salemink, Reinout W. Wiers, Sherry H. Stewart
Summary: This study failed to replicate the findings of Boffo et al. (2018) in a Canadian sample. Moderate-to-high-risk gamblers did not show greater approach bias tendencies towards gambling-related stimuli compared to neutral stimuli, and gambling approach bias did not predict future gambling behavior or severity of gambling problems. The results do not provide evidence for the contribution of approach tendencies to problematic gambling behavior in the Canadian sample.
ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Ting Xiong, Patrick J. McGrath, Sherry H. Stewart, Alexa Bagnell, Elisa Kaltenbach
Summary: This study explores risk and protective factors for posttraumatic stress (PTS) and posttraumatic growth (PTG) in parents, mainly mothers, of children with intellectual and developmental disorders. Parenting trauma, social support, and barriers to mental health care were found to be predictive factors of the reactions. The study highlights the importance of providing prompt and adequate screening and therapeutic resources to mothers with multiple stressful caregiving events and limited healthcare access and support.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOTRAUMATOLOGY
(2022)
