Ideal Option Awarded Accreditation from The Joint Commission ®
The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval® demonstrates compliance with its exacting performance standards for safety and quality of patient care. KENNEWICK, Wash., Jan. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Ideal Option, a national leader in evidence-based treatment for addiction to fentanyl,... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - January 8, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

The economic costs of alcohol-related harms at the local level in New South Wales - Crosland P, Angeles MR, Noyes J, Willman A, Palermo M, Klarenaar P, Howse E, Ananthapavan J.
INTRODUCTION: Alcohol is a harmful, toxic and addictive substance that causes many diseases and injuries. Alcohol use also incurs a financial cost to the health care system and wider economy. This project aimed to undertake a cost impact analysis of alcoho... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

Peer victimization and non-suicidal self-injury among high school students: the mediating role of social anxiety, mobile phone addiction, and sex differences - Long Q, Huang B, Tang Y, Wu J, Yu J, Qiu J, Huang Y, Huang G.
BACKGROUND: Peer victimization (PV) is one of the major causes of non-suicidal self-injury. Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), peer victimization, social anxiety, and mobile phone addiction are significantly related; however, the interaction mechanism and ef... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Corrigendum to "Predictors of morning cannabis use among young adults: Between- and within-person associations from 24 consecutive months of data" [Addict. Behav. 124 (2024) 107908] - Walukevich-Dienst K, Calhoun BH, Graupensperger S, Patrick ME, Lee CM.
The authors regret that the blinded citations were not unblinded for the initial version of the article. Approriate citations have been added to the methods section (Patrick et al., 2020). The authors would like to apologize for any inconvenience cause... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Young Adults Source Type: news

Residential addiction treatment for adolescents is scarce and expensive
Just seven states had a facility that accepted Medicaid, had a bed open the same day, and offered buprenorphine (Source: NIDA News)
Source: NIDA News - January 8, 2024 Category: Addiction Tags: Administration and Policy, Administration and Policy, Advocates, Buprenorphine, Overdose Prevention Centers, Parents, Pre-Teens, Teens, Treatment, Children and Teens, Health and Medical Professionals, Media, Parents and Caregivers, News Release Source Type: news