Implementing and evaluating a veterans crisis line quality improvement initiative: the safety planning pilot program - Lauver MG, Podlogar MC, Herbin JJ, Selig M, Muzzey FK, Patelli K, McCarthy JF, Hughes GJ, Stacy M.
The Veterans Crisis Line (VCL) is part of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' suicide prevention mission. In 2021, VCL assessed the impact of a pilot implementation project of conducting six-part safety plans (SPs) instead of VCL's usual risk mitigati... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Implementation of opioid safety efforts: influence of academic detailing on adverse outcomes among patients in the Veterans Health Administration - Williams EC, Frost MC, Bounthavong M, Edmonds AT, Lau MK, Edelman EJ, Harvey MA, Christopher MLD.
BACKGROUND: The Veterans Health Administration (VA) implemented academic detailing (AD) to support safer opioid prescribing and overdose prevention initiatives. METHODS: Patient-level data were extracted monthly from VA's electronic health record t... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Illegal market governance and organized crime groups' resilience: a study of the Sinaloa Cartel - Pereda V, D écary-Hétu D.
Since its emergence in the early 1990s, the Sinaloa Cartel has effectively surmounted all challenges to its existence, while, simultaneously, successfully developing its illegal ventures in Mexico and beyond. Based on evidence from the accounts of witnesse... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Even worse for Black girls: the longitudinal association of racial bullying with the initiation of alcohol and tobacco use - Menezes AAS, Sanchez ZM, Demarzo M, Rezende LFM, Miskolci R.
We used Poisson's linear regression to examine the association between racial bullying (RB) and the initiation of alcohol and tobacco uses after nine months. Two cluster randomized controlled trials were conducted in 2019 with fifth (girls: 50.0%; 10 years... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Drugs, guns, and violent crime in California - Stewart SL, Kagawa RMC, Buggs SAL, Wright MA, Wintemute GJ.
BACKGROUND: There is evidence linking use of controlled substances with perpetration of interpersonal violence. While the United States constitution protects the right to own a firearm, federal law prohibits firearm purchase and possession by persons belie... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Differential trends and patterns of sociodemographic disparities in burden of mental disorders, substance use disorder and self-harm across age groups: ecological study in 204 countries using the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 - Choi M, Sempungu JK, Lee EH, Lee YH.
BACKGROUND: It is well-known that socioeconomic status is associated with mental illness at both the individual and population levels, but there is a less clear understanding of whether socioeconomic development is related to poor mental health at the coun... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Different self-damaging behaviours, similar motives? Testing measurement invariance of motives for nonsuicidal self-injury, disordered eating and substance misuse - Robillard CL, Merrin GJ, Legg NK, Ames ME, Turner BJ.
OBJECTIVES: Theory and research suggest that distinct self-damaging behaviours (SDBs; e.g., nonsuicidal self-injury [NSSI], restrictive eating, binge eating, drug misuse, alcohol misuse) share similar motives. However, few studies have used a common self-r... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Comprehensive analysis of prohibited substances and methods in sports: unveiling trends, pharmacokinetics, and WADA evolution - Oleksak P, Nepovimova E, Valko M, Alwasel S, Alomar S, Kuca K.
This review systematically compiles sports-related drugs, substances, and methodologies based on the 2023 Prohibited List. Aligned with the list's structure, it covers all proscribed items and details the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of five repre... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Clinical presentation and management of methanol poisoning outbreaks in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: a retrospective analysis - Alhusain F, Alshalhoub M, Homaid MB, Esba LCA, Alghafees M, Al Deeb M.
BACKGROUND: Acute methanol intoxication, whether unintentional or deliberate, necessitates prompt intervention to prevent severe morbidity and mortality. Homemade alcoholic beverages are a frequent source of such poisoning. This retrospective analysis exam... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Chemical cousins with contrasting behavioural profiles: MDMA users and methamphetamine users differ in social-cognitive functions and aggression - Zacher A, Zimmermann J, Cole DM, Friedli N, Opitz A, Baumgartner MR, Steuer AE, Verdejo-Garc ía A, Stock AK, Beste C, Quednow BB.
Methamphetamine (METH, "Crystal Meth") and 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, "Ecstasy") share structural-chemical similarities but have distinct psychotropic profiles due to specific neurochemical actions. Previous research has suggested that their ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Characterizing alcohol cue reactive and non-reactive individuals with alcohol use disorder - Kirsch DE, Grodin EN, Ray LA.
PURPOSE: Exposure to alcohol-related cues is thought to elicit a conditional response characterized by increased craving in individuals with alcohol use disorder (AUD). In the context of AUD research, it is important to consider that not all individuals wi... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Capacity, rationality, and the promotion of autonomy: a trauma-informed approach to refusals of care after opioid poisoning - Cattell C, Hyshka E, Leier B, Mack C.
No abstract was provided. However, the first page of this article is available by following the DOI.
Language: en... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Cannabis and alcohol involvement in motor vehicle crashes: reflections in the era of legalization - Asbridge M, Brubacher J.
No abstract was provided. However, the first page of this article is available by following the DOI.
Keywords: Cannabis impaired driving
Language: en... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Brief interventions 2.0: a new agenda for alcohol policy, practice and research - Stewart D, Madden M, McCambridge J.
BACKGROUND: Alcohol problems are increasing across the world and becoming more complex. Limitations to international evidence and practice mean that the screening and brief intervention paradigm forged in the 1980s is no longer fit for the purpose of infor... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Availability of dispensing and storage facilities at public and community pharmacies at Bahir Dar and Gondar towns - Limenh LW.
BACKGROUND: The availability of various facilities that aid in providing expected services is necessary for the practice of pharmacy, which aims to make the best use of medications and other healthcare products and services. Therefore, the aim of this stud... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
