Cowan, Ethan Khan, Maria R. Shastry, Siri Edelman, E. Jennifer
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Addiction Science & Clinical Practice
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in unparalleled societal disruption with wide ranging effects on individual liberties, the economy, and physical and mental health. While no social strata or population has been spared, the pandemic has posed unique and poorly characterized challenges for individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD). Given the pande...
Sorsdahl, K. Stein, D. J. Pasche, S. Jacobs, Y. Kader, R. Odlaug, B. Richter, S. Myers, B. Grant, J. E.
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Addiction Science & Clinical Practice
BackgroundEffective brief treatments for methamphetamine use disorders (MAUD) are urgently needed to complement longer more intensive treatments in low and middle income countries, including South Africa. To address this gap, the purpose of this randomised feasibility trial was to determine the feasibility of delivering a six-session blended imagin...
Dale, Elizabeth Conigrave, Katherine M. Kelly, Peter J. Ivers, Rowena Clapham, Kathleen Lee, K. S. Kylie
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BackgroundMutual support groups are a popular treatment for substance use and other addictive behaviours. However, little is known about the cultural utility of these programmes for Indigenous peoples.MethodsA three-round Delphi study, utilising Indigenous research yarning methods was conducted to: (1) Obtain expert opinion regarding the cultural u...
Becker, William C. Heimer, Robert Dormitzer, Catherine M. Doernberg, Molly D’Onofrio, Gail Grau, Lauretta E. Hawk, Kathryn Lin, Hsiu-Ju Secora, Alex M. Fiellin, David A.
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Addiction Science & Clinical Practice
ObjectiveDescribe methods to compile a unified database from disparate state agency datasets linking person-level data on controlled substance prescribing, overdose, and treatment for opioid use disorder in Connecticut.MethodsA multidisciplinary team of university, state and federal agency experts planned steps to build the data analytic system: st...
Becker, Sara J.
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Bryan, M. Aryana Smid, Marcela C. Cheng, Melissa Fortenberry, Katherine T. Kenney, Amy Muniyappa, Bhanu Pendergrass, Danielle Gordon, Adam J. Cochran, Gerald
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BackgroundOpioid use disorder (OUD) among women delivering at a hospital has increased 400% from 1999–2014 in the United States. From the years 2007 to 2016, opioid-related mortality during pregnancy increased over 200%, and drug-overdose deaths made up nearly 10% of all pregnancy-associated mortality in 2016 in the US. Disproportionately higher ra...
Weatherall, Teagan J. Conigrave, Katherine M. Conigrave, James H. Lee, K. S. Kylie
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Addiction Science & Clinical Practice
BackgroundAlcohol affects Indigenous communities globally that have been colonised. These effects are physical, psychological, financial and cultural. This systematic review aims to describe the prevalence of current (12-month) alcohol dependence in Indigenous Peoples in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States of America, to identify h...
Purcell-Khodr, Gemma C. Lee, K. S. Kylie Conigrave, James H. Webster, Emma Conigrave, Katherine M.
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BackgroundFirst Nations peoples of Australia, New Zealand, the United States of America (USA) and Canada are more likely to be non-drinkers than other people in these countries. However, those who do drink may be at greater risk of alcohol-related harms (at a population level) due to the ongoing impacts from colonisation and associated oppression. ...
Schramm, Zachery A. Leroux, Brian G. Radick, Andrea C. Ventura, Alicia S. Klein, Jared W. Samet, Jeffrey H. Saxon, Andrew J. Kim, Theresa W. Tsui, Judith I.
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Addiction Science & Clinical Practice
BackgroundOffice-based buprenorphine treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD) does not typically include in-person directly observed therapy (DOT), potentially leading to non-adherence. Video DOT technologies may safeguard against this issue and thus enhance likelihood of treatment success. We describe the rationale and protocol for the Trial of Adhe...
James, Douglas B. Lee, KS Kylie Patrao, Tania Courtney, Ryan J. Conigrave, Katherine M. Shakeshaft, Anthony
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BackgroundAboriginal alcohol and other drug residential rehabilitation (residential rehabilitation) services have been providing treatment in Australia of over 50 years. However, there are no studies in Australia or internationally that document characteristics of clients attending Indigenous residential rehabilitation services worldwide. This is t...
