Mediating effect of symptom severity on the relationship between aggression, impulsivity and quality of life outcomes among patients with schizophrenia and related psychoses - Sagayadevan V, Satghare P, Jeyagurunathan A, Koh YS, Shafie S, Chang S, Samari E, Subramaniam M.
AIMS: Aggression and impulsivity among individuals with schizophrenia have been associated with poor clinical outcomes including worsening of symptoms and substance abuse which have been linked to a lower quality of life (QoL). The current study aimed to l... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 12, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news

Uganda: Uganda Faces Alarming Surge in Mental Health Cases on World Mental Health Day
[Nile Post] As Uganda observes World Mental Health Day, experts in the field are sounding the alarm over a sharp increase in mental illness cases, including depression, alcohol, and substance abuse. These alarming trends are primarily linked to the growing burden of social and economic stress. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 11, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Uganda Source Type: news

DEA, HHS: Second Temporary Extension of COVID-19 Telemedicine Flexibilities for Prescription of Controlled Medications
Notice from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) issuing a temporary rule to extend certain exceptions to existing DEA regulations implemented in March 2020 because of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (COVID-19 PHE). The full set of telemedicine flexibilities regarding the prescription of controlled medications that were in place during the COVID-19 PHE will remain in place through December 31, 2024. In addition, if a patient and a practitioner have established a telemedicine relationship on or before November 11, 2023, theFirst Temporary R...
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - October 10, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

October 2023 NNLM Reading Club: Addiction and Recovery
The NNLM Reading Club brings awareness to Addiction and Recovery adding three new books this month. Come Home, Indo: A Memoir by Jim Terry The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth by Sam Quinones Scenes from My Life: A Memoir by Michael K. WIlliams and Jon Sternfeld This information is available on our Reading Club website: Reading Club | NNLM We’re also excited to highlight collaboration with another NNLM Program! The NNLM Substance Use Disorder Interest Group has sponsored a series of programming and resources in observance of National Recovery Month. There is one webinar left ...
Source: The Cornflower - October 9, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Miles Dietz-Castel Tags: Blog NNLM Reading Club Addiction and Recovery Source Type: news

Whispering Creek Health Takes on Substance Abuse and Fraud in Native American Community
New behavioral health organization offers culturally sensitive recovery programs and fights fraud for Arizona's Native Americans SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Oct. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Whispering Creek Health, a newly established behavioral health organization, is making strides in... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - October 9, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Childhood adversity and adolescent acting-out behaviors: the mediating role of mentalizing difficulties and epistemic vigilance - Malcorps S, Vliegen N, Luyten P.
Childhood adversity is a well-established risk factor for adolescent acting-out behaviors such as self-harm, bingeing, substance abuse, and aggressive behavior. From a mentalizing perspective, acting-out behaviors are understood as resulting from a combina... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Toward a socioeconomic equity in combating adolescent substance abuse: an outreach and drop-in centre to bridge the gap - Joseph S, Van den Bulke F, Mathew J, Trappeniers M, Van Hoecke K, Van Cauwenberghe A, Pradeep KI.
This paper describes a case study of an Outreach and Drop-in Centre (ODIC) established under the National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India. In the quantitative part, data were gathered f... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

What Is Fentanyl? Some Key Facts About the Drug
It ’s lowering American life expectancy and influencing the nation’s politics. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - October 5, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Josh Katz, Margot Sanger-Katz and Eileen Sullivan Tags: Drug Abuse and Traffic Fentanyl Smuggling Law and Legislation Mexico Opioids and Opiates Pain-Relieving Drugs United States Politics and Government Source Type: news

SAMHSA: Notice of Meeting for the Interdepartmental Substance Use Disorders Coordinating Committee (ISUDCC)
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) will hold a virtual public meeting of the Interdepartmental Substance Use Disorders Coordinating Committee (ISUDCC) on December 6, 2023, from 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Eastern. Agenda items will include reports from the ISUDCC Working Groups and discussions on the ISUDCC's recommendations to HHS on how the Federal Government can further integrate and coordinate harm reduction approaches and strategies across the continuum of prevention, treatment, a nd recovery policies, programs, and practices. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - October 5, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

SAMHSA: Tribal Opioid Response (TOR) Consultation
The Substance Abuse and Mental Heath Services Administration (SAMHSA) will hold a virtual tribal consultation session on the Tribal Opioid Response (TOR) funding methodology on November 9, 2023. Includes questions for tribal entities to consider in their response to SAMHSA. Written responses are due November 23, 2023. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - October 4, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Kentucky AG announces latest round of funding to groups battling the state's drug abuse problems
A state commission has awarded nearly $14 million in the latest round of funding to groups fighting drug abuse in Kentucky (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - October 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

Las Vegas Strip might bring back huge superstar band residency
The Las Vegas Strip has a long history of hosting huge rock band residencies. Aerosmith began its Deuces Are Wild residency at Dolby Live at the Park MGM in April 2019 before needing to cancel dates in June and July 2022 when frontman Steven Tyler reentered a substance abuse treatment program. The…#lasvegasstrip #aerosmith #dolbylive #parkmgm #steventyler #tyler #peaceoutfarewelltour #mötleycrüe #thirdvegas #hardrockhotelcasino (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Exploring substance abuse and the dark tetrad in health sciences and non-health sciences students - Moraes MCL, Russo GC, Prado JS, Lima-Costa AR, Bonf á-Araujo B, Schermer JA.
Substance abuse can be used as a coping strategy to manage stress related to academic activities and is a risk-taking behavior that is also associated with people with higher levels of the Dark Tetrad personality traits. Our study aimed to investigate the ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 2, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Association of maternal risk factors with infant maltreatment: an administrative data cohort study - Smith JN, Guttmann A, Kopp A, Vandermorris A, Shouldice M, Harron KL.
OBJECTIVE: We aimed to evaluate the risk of infant maltreatment associated with commonly used criteria for home visiting programmes: young maternal age, maternal adversity (homelessness, substance abuse, intimate partner violence), newcomer status and ment... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 2, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news

A case of subacute combined degeneration secondary to recreational whippet use - Rong J, Martinez J, Aiman A, Stadler J.
'Whippets' or nitrous oxide (N(2)O) abuse is a rare etiology of B12 deficiency and subacute combined degeneration (SCD). Often used in the medical field as an anesthetic, recreational use has rapidly increased given its euphoric effects. Easy accessibility... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 2, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news