Though addressing substance use is one of the top 10 priorities of Rural Healthy People 2020, a national initiative to identify and promote rural health priorities and effective programs, accessing treatment is particularly challenging in rural regions.…
Systematic Scoping Review of Black Participants in CTN Research Reveals Important Racial/Ethnic Differences and Untapped Opportunities
Black individuals experience a disproportionate burden of substance use-related disabilities and premature death, and Blacks with more severe substance use problems are less likely than Whites to receive treatment.
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Mutual-Help Attendance Has Additive Benefit for Those Receiving Agonist Treatment for Prescription Opioid Dependence
The Prescription Opioid Addiction Treatment Study (POATS), carried out as part of the NIDA Clinical Trials…
Quality Framework for Emergency Department Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder
- Summary: Emergency departments (EDs) are a key point of access to medical care for patients with opioid use disorder (OUD). This paper describes a quality improvement framework for EDs that could help standardize care, reduce care inequities, and improve outcomes for patients with OUD.…
Internet-Delivered Intervention Equally Effective for People with Diverse Cognitive Function
- People with substance use disorders often exhibit signs of compromised cognitive function, such as issues with attention, reasoning, or spatial processing, compared to the general population.
- Additionally, cognitive impairment is associated with poorer outcomes in treatment,…
Rates and Reasons for Use of Tobacco Products by Clients in SUD Treatment
- Although cigarette smoking among adults in the United States declined to a rate of 15.5% by 2016, there are vulnerable populations for whom smoking rates remain high. Individuals in substance use disorder (SUD) treatment smoke at rates as high as 84% and die from tobacco-related illnesses…
Gender Differences in Individuals with Opioid Use Disorder Receiving Inpatient Care
- When looking at profiles of men and women with opioid use disorder (OUD), a number of gender differences become evident.
- Women report more issues with drug, medical, psychological, family/social, and employment problems, while men report more problems with legal and alcohol-…
What Factors Help Shape Long-Term Abstinence from Opioids?
- Rising rates of opioid use disorder (OUD) and overdose deaths have become a public health crisis, with deaths from prescription opioid and heroin use increasing four-fold since 1999 and reaching a record high of more than 42,000 in 2016.
- The field of substance use disorder…
Combining Urine Tests with Self-Report May Be More Accurate for Measuring Cannabis Abstinence
- Cannabis use prevalence in the United States more than doubled, from 4.1% to 9.5%, between 2001/2 and 2012-13. In addition, approximately 12% of individuals who have used cannabis in the past year meet criteria for cannabis use disorder.
- However, measures of changes in cannabis…