Drinking characteristics in adolescence predict alcohol behaviors in early adulthood
1. In a retrospective cohort study, initiating high-intensity drinking (HID) by 11th grade was associated with an increased risk of alcohol ...
Tag: substance abuse
Substance use among hospitalized adolescents infrequently documented in electronic health record
1. In a cross-sectional study of hospitalized adolescents, approximately one third reported ever using alcohol, marijuana, electronic cigarettes, or a ...
Pediatric mental health ED visits has increased from 2007 to 2017
1. An analysis of emergency department (ED) visits across the United States between 2007 and 2017 showed a 60% overall ...
Interventions for sexual and gender minority youth improve mental health and substance use
1. A systematic review found multiple studies examining the effectiveness of various behavioral, psychological, educational, pharmacologic, medical, and policy interventions ...
Providing unlimited, immediate access to opioid agonist therapy to people with opioid use disorders could save billions and improve outcomes
1. Unlimited, immediate access to opioid agonist treatment (OAT) was shown, through a simulation, to be more cost effective compared ...
Synthetic cannabinoid users more likely to use other illegal drugs
1. Among a representative sample of U.S. high school students, those who used synthetic cannabinoids (SC) were more likely to ...
A scoping review of primary care-based models for medication-assisted treatment of opioid use disorder
1. The four key elements of medication-assisted treatment (MAT) models in the primary care setting include pharmacotherapy, education, incorporation of ...
AAP encourages standard substance abuse screening
1. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) encourages pediatricians to incorporate the Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) ...