Drug use severity in adolescence affects substance use disorder risk in adulthood
Screening for substance use disorder in teens may predict adult prescription drug use and misuse and prevent overdose (Source: NIDA News)
Source: NIDA News - April 1, 2022 Category: Addiction Tags: Children & Teens, News Release, Monitoring the Future, Prevention Research, Teens Source Type: news
Law enforcement seizures of pills containing fentanyl increased dramatically between 2018-2021
NIH-supported research highlights growing, dangerous trend, particularly for people new to drug use (Source: NIDA News)
Source: NIDA News - March 31, 2022 Category: Addiction Tags: News Release, Fentanyl, Trends and Statistics Source Type: news
Strengthening Federal Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Programs: Opportunities, Challenges, and Emerging Issues
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Source: NIDA News - March 23, 2022 Category: Addiction Tags: Harm Reduction, Mental Health, Prevention Research, Testimony, Treatment Source Type: news
Strengthening Federal Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Programs: Opportunities, Challenges, and Emerging Issues
Chairwoman Murray, Ranking Member Burr, and members of the Committee, 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 - March 23, 2022 Category: Addiction Tags: Testimony Source Type: news
NIH analysis of Reddit forum suggests experience of non-suicidal self-harm shares characteristics with addiction
Better characterizing clinical features of self-injury is critical to provide support and effective treatments (Source: NIDA News)
Source: NIDA News - March 21, 2022 Category: Addiction Tags: Addiction Science, News Release, Health and Medical Professionals, Mental Health, Treatment Research Source Type: news
Take-home antibiotic therapies may improve health outcomes, lower costs, for patients with drug use-associated infective endocarditis
Often fatal, endocarditis remains a dangerous but largely unknown health threat for people who inject drugs (Source: NIDA News)
Source: NIDA News - February 28, 2022 Category: Addiction Tags: News Release, Evidence-Based Practices, Harm Reduction, Treatment Source Type: news
Suicides by drug overdose increased among young people, elderly people, and Black women, despite overall downward trend
Study emphasizes the importance of screening for suicidality and providing treatment to people with mental illnesses and substance use disorders (Source: NIDA News)
Source: NIDA News - February 2, 2022 Category: Addiction Tags: African Americans, News Release, Mental Health, NIDAMED News, Older Adults, Opioids, Overdose, Women, Young Adults Source Type: news
Social connectedness, sleep, and physical activity associated with better mental health among youth during the COVID-19 pandemic
NIH-supported study also found girls were at higher risk for stress, anxiety, and depression than boys (Source: NIDA News)
Source: NIDA News - January 24, 2022 Category: Addiction Tags: ABCD, ABCD, Children & Teens, News Release, COVID, Mental Health, NIDAMED News, Teens Source Type: news
Offering buprenorphine medication to people with opioid use disorder in jail may reduce rearrest and reconviction
Data from the Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) support providing this treatment in justice settings (Source: NIDA News)
Source: NIDA News - January 18, 2022 Category: Addiction Tags: Buprenorphine, News Release, Criminal Justice, Opioids, Treatment Source Type: news
