NIH-funded study finds overall rate of drug use among 10-14 year-olds remained stable during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Adolescents experiencing stress, mental health issues, and hardship most likely to use substances (Source: NIDA News)
Source: NIDA News - August 24, 2021 Category: Addiction Tags: ABCD, ABCD, Children & Teens, News Release, COVID, Mental Health, NIDAMED News, Pre-Teens, Researchers, Stress, Teens Source Type: news
Reduced Activity in One Brain Region Links Childhood Adversity to Aggression/Delinquency and Substance Use in Adolescence
People who experienced more childhood adversity had higher rates of substance use in late adolescence. (Source: NIDA News)
Source: NIDA News - August 11, 2021 Category: Addiction Tags: Brain, NIDA Notes, Basic Science Source Type: news
More than 1.5 million children lost a primary or secondary caregiver due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Addressing the impact of caregiver deaths critical for pediatric mental health, authors note (Source: NIDA News)
Source: NIDA News - July 20, 2021 Category: Addiction Tags: Children, News Release, COVID, Evidence-Based Practices, Health and Medical Professionals, Mental Health, Trauma Source Type: news
The Federal Responses to the Drug Overdose Epidemic
The twin addiction and overdose crises have collided with the COVID-19 pandemic, each exacerbating the deleterious effects of the other (Source: NIDA News)
Source: NIDA News - July 20, 2021 Category: Addiction Tags: COVID, Opioids, Overdose, Testimony Source Type: news
More than 1.5 million children lost a primary or secondary caregiver due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Addressing the impact of caregiver deaths critical for pediatric mental health, authors note (Source: NIDA News)
Source: NIDA News - July 20, 2021 Category: Addiction Tags: Children, News Release, COVID, Evidence-Based Practices, Health and Medical Professionals, Mental Health, Trauma Source Type: news
The Federal Responses to the Drug Overdose Epidemic
The twin addiction and overdose crises have collided with the COVID-19 pandemic, each exacerbating the deleterious effects of the other (Source: NIDA News)
Source: NIDA News - July 20, 2021 Category: Addiction Tags: COVID, Opioids, Overdose, Testimony Source Type: news
M ás de 1.5 millones de niños perdieron a un cuidador primario o secundario a causa de la pandemia de COVID-19
Abordar el impacto de la muerte de los cuidadores es cr ítico para la salud mental pediátrica, observan los autores (Source: NIDA News)
Source: NIDA News - July 20, 2021 Category: Addiction Tags: Children, News Release, Health and Medical Professionals, Trauma, Mental Health, COVID, Evidence-Based Practices Source Type: news
More than 1.5 million children lost a primary or secondary caregiver due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Addressing the impact of caregiver deaths critical for pediatric mental health, authors note (Source: NIDA News)
Source: NIDA News - July 20, 2021 Category: Addiction Tags: Children, News Release, Health and Medical Professionals, Trauma, Mental Health, COVID, Evidence-Based Practices Source Type: news
The Federal Responses to the Drug Overdose Epidemic
Chairman Whitehouse, Co-Chairman Grassley, and members of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, thank you for inviting the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to participate in this hearing. (Source: NIDA News)
Source: NIDA News - July 20, 2021 Category: Addiction Tags: Opioids, Testimony, Overdose, COVID Source Type: news
Preventive Interventions Delivered in Childhood May Reduce Substance Use Over Two Generations
Children of intervention recipients showed improved developmental functioning before age 5, as well as fewer problem behaviors; better academic, cognitive, and emotional skills; and less risk behavior from ages 6 to 18. (Source: NIDA News)
Source: NIDA News - July 19, 2021 Category: Addiction Tags: NIDA Notes, Prevention Research, Risky Behavior, Prevention Source Type: news
