University of Cincinnati design team creates a naloxone dispenser
Naloxone-dispensing device AntiOD aims to educate the public and make overdose reversal medication more accessibleCredit: Andrew Higley/UC Creative Services Like ...
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Parents' mental health problems increase risk of reactive attachment disorder in children
Reactive attachment disorder is a disorder of social functioning where the child's ability to form normal attachment relationships is disrupted. ...
Payments to physicians may increase opioid prescribing
US doctors who receive direct payments from opioid manufacturers tend to prescribe more opioids than doctors who receive no such ...
Some pregnant women don't believe cannabis is harmful to their fetus
Credit: BC Children's Hospital Research Institute Up to one-third of pregnant women do not believe cannabis is harmful to their ...
Firsthand accounts indicate fentanyl test strips are effective in reducing overdose risk
Young adults who use drugs find fentanyl test strips useful, residue testing more convenient and testing at home more private, ...
New study shows physician-targeted marketing is associated with increase in opioid overdose deaths
Many individuals cite prescription opioids as their gateway to illicit opioid use. However, while prescription opioids are involved in more ...
Is marketing of opioids to physicians associated with overdose deaths?
Bottom Line: This study examined the association between pharmaceutical company marketing of opioids to physicians and subsequent death from prescription opioid overdoses ...
Study finds dangerous increases in patients mixing opioids, benzodiazepines or Z-drugs
The number of Americans taking a dangerous combination of opioids along with drugs commonly prescribed for pain, insomnia and anxiety ...
Wearable sensor can detect hidden anxiety, depression in young children
Early detection important in preventing anxiety disorders, risk of drug abuse, suicide later in lifeCredit: Joshua Brown Anxiety and depression ...
Fraction of US outpatient treatment centers offer medication for opioid addiction
Study finds that most substance use disorder treatment facilities still do not offer medication treatment for opioid use disorder Despite ...
Fears over life-saving drug unfounded, finds review
Fears over a drug that can be used to treat alcohol addiction are unfounded, according to its first ever systematic ...
Demi Lovato's overdose causes surge in media, but few mentions of lifesaving hotline
Demi Lovato's drug overdose and Anthony Bourdain's suicide resulted in unequal news coverage of national help hotlines, finds a new ...
Pain and substance abuse interact in a vicious cycle
Experiencing pain can motivate individuals to use substances and might make it harder to quitCredit: Binghamton University, State University of ...
Study details a path for treating Latinos with mental health and substance misuse symptoms
A team of researchers at the Disparities Research Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) - in collaboration with two teams ...
How missing appointments increases the risk of death
Credit: Lancaster University Missing GP appointments is associated with early death, and those with long-term mental health conditions are at ...
First smartphone app to detect opioid overdose and its precursors
Credit: Mark Stone/University of Washington At least 115 people die every day in the U.S. after overdosing on opioids, according ...
Certain psychiatric drugs linked with elevated pneumonia risk
A review of published studies indicates that use of benzodiazepines and benzodiazepine related drugs (BZRDs), which are prescribed to treat ...
Tobacco use linked with higher use of opioids and sedatives
Tobacco is a known risk factor for the misuse of prescription opioids. In addition, concurrent use of opioids and sedative-hypnotics ...
Opioids fueled a doubling of suicides and overdoses in the US
Turning the tide demands improvements to pain care, mental health care and medication-assisted opioid addiction care, researchers say Suicides and ...
Study examines association between prenatal exposure to antiepileptic drugs and ADHD in children
Bottom Line: This study examined whether prenatal exposure to valproate and other antiepileptic drugs was associated with increased risk of ...