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Substance Abuse
Noa Krawczyk, Jurema C. da Mota, Carolina Coutinho, Neilane Bertoni, Mauricio T. L. de Vasconcellos, Pedro L. Nascimento Silva, Raquel B. De Boni, Magdalena Cerda, Francisco Inacio Bastos
Summary: The study found that the co-use of alcohol with nonmedical benzodiazepines and opioids is relatively rare among Brazilians, but identified potential risk factors such as mental health disorders and tobacco use. These results are important for further research on substance use globally and understanding the changing dynamics and international markets of prescription drugs.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Youngjoo Park, Elizabeth P. P. Dang, Amy Board, Suzanne M. Gilboa, Steven J. Ondersma, Marcela C. Smid, Julie H. Shakib, Kathleen T. Mitchell, Lucinda J. England, Cheryl S. Broussard, Dana Meaney-Delman, John Iskander, Shin Y. Kim
Summary: Substance use during pregnancy poses risks to both maternal and neonatal health, and multiple substance use is common. However, the effects of combined substance exposures during pregnancy are not well understood. This report discusses the activities of the CDC and partners in surveillance, routine screening, and prevention of polysubstance use during pregnancy, highlighting the need for further research and intervention to improve the health outcomes of pregnant individuals and their children.
JOURNAL OF WOMENS HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
G. Robin Gauthier, Kelly Markowski, Jeffrey A. Smith, Sela Harcey, Bergen Johnston
Summary: This study examines the relationship between personal networks and polysubstance use among people who use drugs (PWUD) in a medium sized city, finding that multiplex ties are as strongly associated with polysubstance use as simple co-drug use relationships. The concept of supportive social contacts and risky social contacts is deemed incomplete, as risky behaviors are often introduced and further developed in a social context.
ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS
(2022)
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Psychology, Clinical
Richard F. Farmer, John R. Seeley, Derek B. Kosty, Jeff M. Gau
Summary: This study found that young adults with comorbid AUD/DRUG and those with AUD only belong to different populations, while those with AUD only and those without AUD or DRUG histories are similar. The comorbid AUD/DRUG group showed distinct risk factors, AUD course features, and outcomes, and had a higher overall SUD severity.
PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Review
Substance Abuse
Brienna N. Rutherford, Carmen C. W. Lim, Benjamin Johnson, Brandon Cheng, Jack Chung, Sandy Huang, Tianze Sun, Janni Leung, Gary C. K. Chan
Summary: There is a widespread presence of substance-related content, particularly those promoting or actively depicting substance use, on social media platforms. This content may have concerning influences on attitudes, behaviors, and risk perceptions, especially among adolescents and young adults who are the most vulnerable and heaviest users of social media.
Review
Psychiatry
Piyali Mandal, Sumegha Mittal, Rakesh Kumar Chadda
Summary: This review focuses on polysubstance use in South Asia, highlighting its widespread presence and the need for further research on its prevalence, effects on health, and prevention and treatment.
CURRENT OPINION IN PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
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Psychology, Clinical
Melissa A. Lewis, Zhengyang Zhou, Kathleen A. Parks, Rebecca Evans-Polce, Dana M. Litt, Anne M. Fairlie, Femke Geusens, Cassidy LoParco, Sean Esteban McCabe
Summary: This study compared negative alcohol-related sexual experiences among individuals who used alcohol only, alcohol plus marijuana, and alcohol plus marijuana and stimulants. Participants using multiple substances reported a higher likelihood and average number of negative alcohol-related sexual experiences in the past 3 months. Those using alcohol plus marijuana had a higher likelihood of negative alcohol-related sexual experiences compared to those using alcohol only. These findings suggest an increase in the number and risk of negative alcohol-related sexual experiences with the use of multiple substances.
ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS
(2023)
Article
Substance Abuse
Rickie Miglin, Leah Church, Nadia Bounoua, Naomi Sadeh
Summary: This study validated a new tool called MI-USE that assesses motivations for substance use across different types of substances. The MI-USE model includes a General Factor and eight motive-specific factors that capture unique motivations for substance use. The measure's construct validity and internal consistency were supported, indicating it is a reliable and valid tool for assessing diverse substance use motivations.
SUBSTANCE USE & MISUSE
(2022)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Christine Czoli, Gabriella Luongo, Trevor Mischki
Summary: The study found that in Canada, 10.3% of people aged 15 and older smoked cigarettes within the past 30 days, 11% used cannabis, and 29% used both cannabis and cigarettes. These findings may be helpful in developing strategies for prevention policies and programs for polysubstance use.
Article
Psychiatry
Orrin D. Ware, Jennifer I. Manuel, Andrew S. Huhn
Summary: The study explores predictors of completing short-term residential treatment among persons with primary opioid use disorder who co-use substances like alcohol, benzodiazepines, cocaine, or methamphetamines. Findings show that the opioid and methamphetamine co-use group had higher rates of female, unemployed, current injection drug use, living in the Midwest and South, not receiving medications for OUD, not completing treatment, and other variables. Logistic regression models indicate that groups co-using opioids with alcohol, benzodiazepines, or cocaine have higher odds of completing treatment compared to the opioid and methamphetamine co-use group.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Stephanie N. Mullins-Sweatt, Marina A. Bornovalova, Natacha Carragher, Lee Anna Clark, Alejandro Corona Espinosa, Katherine Jonas, Katherine M. Keyes, Donald R. Lynam, Giorgia Michelini, Joshua D. Miller, Jiwon Min, Craig Rodriguez-Seijas, Douglas B. Samuel, Jennifer L. Tackett, Ashley L. Watts
Summary: This article outlines the Phase 1 efforts of the HiTOP Measure Development group for externalizing constructs, which include disinhibited externalizing, antagonistic externalizing, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, substance use, and externalizing/maladaptive behaviors. The authors provide background information on the constructs and discuss the process and issues involved in developing a measure for this diverse range of psychopathology symptoms, traits, and behaviors.
Review
Clinical Neurology
Hanna Sakki, Michelle St Clair, Suhlim Hwang, Jennifer L. Allen
Summary: Callous-unemotional traits are associated with substance use in youth, regardless of sample characteristics. This suggests that these traits should be considered in assessments of youth with substance use problems.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Juhan Lee, Rebecca J. Evans-Polce, Jennifer Ahlquist, Maria A. Parker
Summary: This study examines substance use among different sexual identity groups in the US adult population. The findings indicate that gay/lesbian individuals, bisexual individuals, and individuals with an unknown sexual identity used more substances in the past year compared to heterosexual adults.
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Annemieke Benschop, Floor van Bakkum, Judith Noijen
Summary: The coronavirus pandemic in the Netherlands led to an intelligent lockdown in spring 2020, affecting substance use patterns and creating new challenges in addiction prevention and care. A web survey of over 6,000 participants revealed varied changes in substance use, with some discontinued, decreased, unchanged, increased, or recommenced use. Timely monitoring of these changing patterns is crucial for informing prevention services in the field.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Jack T. Waddell, Jenna L. Gress-Smith, Jessica D. Hartman, Neal Doran, Brandon Reed
Summary: The study found that, at the population level, non-veterans may be heavier alcohol/cannabis users. However, moderating analyses suggested that being a veteran is a risk factor for women, racial/ethnic minoritized individuals, and younger individuals.
ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS
(2022)
Article
Substance Abuse
Elizabeth Kwon, Tom Hummer, Katharine D. Andrews, Peter Finn, Matthew Aalsma, Allen Bailey, Jocelyne Hanquier, Ting Wang, Leslie Hulvershorn
Summary: This study examined the association between parental SUDs and offspring functional connectivity, finding that FH+ adolescents showed stronger connectivity in certain brain regions related to emotion regulation and valuation of external stimuli. The increased risk observed in families with a history of SUD may be due to altered neurocircuity beyond what is explained by externalizing psychopathology alone.
DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE
(2021)
Review
Psychology, Clinical
Allen J. Bailey, Ricardo J. Romeu, Peter R. Finn
Summary: Despite being considered a core process underlying psychological dysfunction, high delay discounting rates are only modestly related to measures of psychological dysfunction, raising concerns about its utility as a marker for specific disorders. Empirical evidence does not support the generalizability of discounting rates to other decisions, questioning its use as a summary measure of individual decision-making patterns.
PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Substance Abuse
Allen J. Bailey, Polly F. Ingram, Lindy K. Howe, Peter R. Finn
Summary: This study examined the clusters of symptoms in alcohol use disorder (AUD) using a person-centered approach. The results showed that AUD manifests as different clusters of symptoms at different severity levels. This finding is important for clinical practice to consider these different symptom clusters.
Letter
Psychology, Clinical
Allen J. Bailey, Ricardo J. Romeu, Peter R. Finn
PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Substance Abuse
Lindsey R. Fisher, Allen J. Bailey, Haley M. Mayer, Peter R. Finn
Summary: This study found that young adults with AUD have slower rates of learning to inhibit behavior that resulted in the loss of money, which may reflect the same processes that account for their difficulties learning to modify their drinking habits to avoid negative consequences. The results also suggest that measuring PAL rate by focusing on the rate of learning early in the task may be a better index of PAL learning than simply looking at overall false alarm rate.
PSYCHOLOGY OF ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS
(2022)
Article
Substance Abuse
Allen J. Bailey, R. Kathryn McHugh
Summary: The current study highlights the prevalence of polysubstance use (PSU) compared to mono-use patterns in the United States. While previous research has primarily focused on specific drug classes, this study emphasizes the importance of studying PSU as a common presentation of substance use disorders.
Article
Neurosciences
Peter R. Finn, Luca Nemes, Allen Bailey, Rachel L. Gunn, Elizabeth A. Wiemers, Thomas S. Redick
Summary: There is a considerable debate about whether working memory training has broad effects on executive cognitive function. This study found that both working memory and adaptive visual search training had positive effects on various measures of executive cognitive function, and these improvements remained at least 1 month after the training.
JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE ENHANCEMENT
(2022)
