Beckett, Madelaine Hering, Ramm Urbanoski, Karen
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Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
Background To evaluate provider perspectives on the development and implementation of an inpatient Addiction Medicine Consult Service, including their awareness of the service, its perceived role in the continuum of care, and changes over time in their perceptions of care quality for inpatients with substance use disorders. Methods Repeated cross-s...
Wyler, Helen Maisch, Anja Berger, Thomas Kieser, Ueli Schleifer, Roman Liebrenz, Michael
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Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
Background According to a landmark decision by the Swiss Federal Supreme Court, people with a substance use disorder (SUD) are now eligible for disability benefits if their disorder impairs their ability to work. Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is one of the most common SUDs in Switzerland and is associated with high societal and economic costs. This st...
Johnson, Micah E Lloyd, Shawnta L Bristol, Skye C Elliott, Amy L Cottler, Linda B
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Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy
There is a higher prevalence of substance use disorder (SUD) among justice-involved children (JIC). It is critical to ensure that JIC who report current use are referred for SUD assessment and potentially life-saving treatment services. Prior research suggests that certain minoritized groups may be less likely to have ever been referred for screeni...
Foreman-Mackey, Annie Pauly, Bernie Ivsins, Andrew Urbanoski, Karen Mansoor, Manal Bardwell, Geoff
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Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
Background Novel public health interventions are needed to address the toxic drug supply and meet the needs of people who use drugs amidst the overdose crisis. Safer supply – low-barrier distribution of pharmaceutical grade substances – has been implemented in some jurisdictions to provide safer alternatives to the unregulated drug supply, yet no s...
Mills, Llewellyn Dunlop, Adrian Montebello, Mark Copeland, Jan Bruno, Raimondo Jefferies, Meryem Mcgregor, Iain Lintzeris, Nicholas
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Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
Introduction and aims There is increasing interest and evidence for the use of cannabinoid medications in the treatment of cannabis use disorder, but little examination of the correlates of successful treatment. This paper is a secondary analysis of a randomised placebo-controlled trial of nabiximols for the treatment of cannabis use disorder (CUD)...
Nafeh, Frishta Fusigboye, Sufiat Sornpaisarn, Bundit
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Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
Background Several reports have described a growing prevalence of illicit drug use in Afghanistan, with recognition of a recent shift from traditional modes of consumption involving inhalation and oral ingestion to injecting drug use. Objective Conduct a comprehensive review of existing literature to map the injecting drug use situation in Afghanis...
Kools, Nathalie Dekker, Guus G. Kaijen, Brenda A. P. Meijboom, Bert R. Bovens, Rob H. L. M. Rozema, Andrea D.
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Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
Tsang, Tracey W Kingsland, Melanie Doherty, Emma Wiggers, John Attia, John Wolfenden, Luke Dunlop, Adrian Tully, Belinda Symonds, Ian Rissel, Chris
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Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy
The aim of this study was to examine the effect of a practice change intervention to support the implementation of guideline-recommended care for addressing alcohol use in pregnancy on self-reported alcohol use during pregnancy. A randomized, stepped-wedge controlled trial in three clusters (sectors) within the Hunter New England Local Health Distr...
Pijl, Em M Alraja, Abeer Duff, Elsie Cooke, Carol Dash, Stephen Nayak, Nichole Lamoureux, Jesse Poulin, Ginette Knight, Erin Fry, Ben
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Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy
People living in rural and remote communities in Canada are often disproportionately impacted by opioid use disorder. When compared to urban centres, rural and remote populations face additional barriers to treatment, including geographical distance as well as chronic shortages of health care professionals. This integrative review of the literature...
Gallefoss, Lisbeth Jensen Gabrielsen, Karin Berle Haugland, Siri Håvås Clausen, Thomas Vederhus, John-Kåre
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Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
Background Appointment no-show and early dropout from treatment represent major challenges in outpatient substance use disorder treatment, adversely affecting clinical outcomes and health care productivity. In this quasi-experimental study, we examined how a brief reminder intervention for new patients before their first appointment affected treatm...
