The effectiveness of sexual assault referral centres with regard to mental health and substance use: a national mixed-methods study – the MiMoS Study by Elizabeth Hughes, Jill Domoney, Nicky Knights, Holly Price, Sibongile Rutsito, Theodora Stefanidou, Rabiya Majeed-Ariss, Alexandra Papamichail, Steven Ariss, Gail Gilchrist, Rachael Hunter, Sarah Kendal, Brynmor Lloyd-Evans, Mike Lucock, Fay Maxted, Rebekah Shallcross, Karen Tocque, Kylee Trevillion

“…Discussion There are high levels of mental health and alcohol/drug use needs in people who attend SARC, certainly as measured in the immediate period after SARC attendance, and many had pre-existing mental health or alcohol/drug use issues. …”
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Suicidal and self-injurious behavior among patients with alcohol and drug abuse by Al-Sharqi AM, Sherra KS, Al-Habeeb AA, Qureshi NA

“…In an adjusted logistic regression model, none of the independent variables contributed significantly to any suicidal and self-injurious behavior, any suicidal ideation, or protection from them (P > 0.05).Conclusion: Our preliminary results suggest that there are some socioclinical correlates of any suicide ideation, suicidal and self-injurious behavior, and protection from risky behavior, but which of them contributes significantly to the risk and protective dimensions is yet to be elucidated in prospective community-based studies with larger and more diverse samples.Keywords: self-injurious behavior, suicidal ideation, risk factors, protective factors, alcohol, drug, abuse…”
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Incorporating travel time reliability in predicting the likelihood of severe crashes on arterial highways using non-parametric random-effect regression by Emmanuel Kidando, Ren Moses, Eren Erman Ozguven, Thobias Sando

“…Moreover, among the significant variables, alcohol/drug impairment was found to have the highest impact in influencing the occurrence of severe crashes. …”
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Sexual uses of drug and alcohol among men who have sex with men in China: implications for HIV prevention by Jinshen Wang, Peizhen Zhao, Wenqian Xu, Cheng Wang

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4123 Characterization of Physical Restraint and Sedative Use for Treatment of Agitation in the Emergency Department by Ambrose H Wong, Lauren Crispino, John Parker, Caitlin McVaney, Alana Rosenberg, Jessica Ray, Travis Whitfill, Joanne Iennaco, Steven Bernstein

“…Most frequent chief complaints were alcohol/drug use (37.9%) and psychiatric (23.2%). Majority of events (73.7%) were associated with sedative/restraint use. …”
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The CAP study, evaluation of integrated universal and selective prevention strategies for youth alcohol misuse: study protocol of a cluster randomized controlled trial by Newton Nicola C, Teesson Maree, Barrett Emma L, Slade Tim, Conrod Patricia J

“…Blocked randomisation was used to assign schools to one of four groups; <it>Climate Schools</it> only, <it>Preventure</it> only, CAP (<it>Climate Schools and Preventure</it>), or Control (alcohol, drug and health education as usual). The primary outcomes of the trial will be the uptake and harmful use of alcohol and alcohol related harms. …”
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Adding an orange to the banana bag: vitamin C deficiency is common in alcohol use disorders by Paul E. Marik, Amanda Liggett

“…Eighteen patients (26%) had cirrhosis as the admitting diagnosis with 18 (13%) patients admitted due to alcohol/drug intoxication. Forty-six patients (67%) had evidence of acute alcoholic hepatitis. …”
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Smoking, alcohol consumption, drug abuse, and osteoporosis among older adults: a cross-sectional study on PERSIAN cohort study in Fasa by Zahra Khiyali, Vahid Rashedi, Ziba Tavacol, Azizallah Dehghan, Mostafa Bijani

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Concurrent use of alcohol interactive medications and alcohol in older adults: a systematic review of prevalence and associated adverse outcomes by Alice E. Holton, Paul Gallagher, Tom Fahey, Gráinne Cousins

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Neural circuitry of impulsivity in a cigarette craving paradigm by Josiane eBourque, Josiane eBourque, Adrianna eMendrek, Adrianna eMendrek, Laurence eDinh-Williams, Laurence eDinh-Williams, Stephane ePotvin, Stephane ePotvin

“…Our findings also highlight a need for more emphasis on the PCC in drug addiction research, as it is one of the most consistently activated regions in fMRI studies examining the neural correlates of cue-induced alcohol, drug and tobacco cravings.…”
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DID ALCOHOL REDUCE HEROIN USE? A HIGHLIGHT FROM HIV/HCV CO- INFECTED METHADONE MAINTENANCE PATIENTS IN MYANMAR by S. Tun, V. Balasingam, D. Singh

“…Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in 5 cities across Myanmar, where 210 patients who reported a minimum of six months on methadone treatment were recruited through stratified random sampling. The respondents' alcohol, drug use, and HIV and hepatitis infection history were collected with a semi-structured questionnaire. …”
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Mental illness related disparities in diabetes prevalence, quality of care and outcomes: a population-based longitudinal study by Emery Jonathan D, Sanfilippo Frank M, Holman C D'Arcy J, Mai Qun, Preen David B

“…The disparities were most marked for alcohol/drug disorders, schizophrenia, affective disorders, other psychoses and personality disorders.…”
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Using the Expanded Andersen Model to Determine Factors Associated with Mexican Adolescents’ Utilization of Dental Services by Daniela Galicia-Diez Barroso, Luis David Abeijón-Malvaez, Gloria Alejandra Moreno Altamirano, María Esther Josefina Irigoyen-Camacho, Tracy L. Finlayson, Socorro Aída Borges-Yáñez

“…Adolescents answered a questionnaire on predisposing factors (age and gender), enabling factors (socioeconomic status, oral health support, parental years of education, and previous dental treatments), and psychosocial and behavioral factors (attitudes towards oral health; knowledge of gingivitis; alcohol, drug, and tobacco use; and depressive symptoms), and they underwent a visual clinical exam to determine their need factors (caries and gingivitis). …”
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E-health interventions targeting STIs, sexual risk, substance use and mental health among men who have sex with men: four systematic reviews by Rebecca Meiksin, GJ Melendez-Torres, Alec Miners, Jane Falconer, T Charles Witzel, Peter Weatherburn, Chris Bonell

“…Objective: The objective was to synthesise evidence addressing the following: (1) What approaches and theories of change do existing e-health interventions employ to prevent human immunodeficiency virus/sexually transmitted infections, sexual risk, alcohol/drug use or mental ill health among men who have sex with men? …”
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Determining non-cigarette tobacco, alcohol, and substance use typologies across menthol and non-menthol smokers using latent class analysis by Amy M. Cohn, Amanda Johnson, Jennifer Pearson, Shyanika Rose, Sarah Ehlke, Ollie Ganz, Raymond Niaura

“…This study identified classes of Black and White menthol and non-menthol cigarette smokers based on demographics, alcohol, drug, and other tobacco use behaviors. Material and Methods Using screening data from two studies, latent class analysis (LCA) was conducted to classify n = 1177 menthol and non-menthol cigarette smokers on demographic characteristics, heavy smoking, alcohol and drug use, desire to quit smoking, other tobacco product use, and use of psychotropic medication. …”
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Quality of life improvement in Latinas receiving combined substance use disorders and trauma-specific treatment: a cohort evaluation report by Miguel A. Cruz-Feliciano, Christine Miranda-Díaz, Diana M. Fernández-Santos, Darice Orobitg-Brenes, Robert F. Hunter-Mellado, Ibis S. Carrión-González

“…Sociodemographic variables, alcohol, drug use, mental health disorders, and severity of substance use disorders (as defined by the DSM-5) were also tabulated. …”
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Study protocol testing toolkit versus usual care for implementation of screening, brief intervention, referral to treatment in hospitals: a phased cluster randomized approach by Robin Newhouse, Michelle Janney, Anne Gilbert, Jon Agley, Giorgos Bakoyannis, Melora Ferren, C. Daniel Mullins, Meg Johantgen, Rhonda Schwindt, Kelli Thoele

“…This paper describes a study protocol testing implementation of a toolkit to enhance use of SBIRT in acute care settings to recognize and address patient risky alcohol, drug, and tobacco use. Methods This study uses a phased cluster randomized mixed method design to test nurse-led implementation of an SBIRT toolkit on one medical-surgical unit at 14 acute care hospitals (critical access, community and academic health centers). …”
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Willingness to treat drug dependence and depression: comparisons of future health professionals by R&amp;iacute;os-Bedoya CF, Kubiak SP, Ahmedani BK, Mickus M, Anthony JC

“…Brian K Ahmedani1,2, Sheryl Pimlott Kubiak2, Carlos F Rios-Bedoya3, Maureen Mickus4, James C Anthony51Center for Health Services Research, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, USA; 2School of Social Work, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA; 3Department of Family Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA; 4Occupational Therapy, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA; 5Department of Epidemiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USAPurpose: Stigma-related feelings, including degree of enthusiasm and willingness to work with alcohol, drug, and mental disorder (ADM) patients, as well as anticipated success in such work, will be required for the United States to be successful in its new initiatives for ADM screening, brief intervention, and effective referral to treatment and rehabilitation services (SBIRT). …”
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Psychological impact of COVID-19 pandemic: Protocol and results of first three weeks from an international cross-section survey - focus on health professionals by Shanaya Rathod, Saseendran Pallikadavath, Allan H. Young, Lizi Graves, Mohammad Mahbubur Rahman, Ashlea Brooks, Mustafa Soomro, Pranay Rathod, Peter Phiri

“…Increasing age and female gender report higher compliance with government advice on COVID 19 whereas higher education, homeowners, key worker status, high alcohol, drug use and participants with pre-existing suicidal thoughts reported low compliance with government advice. …”
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Cognitive Dysfunction, Brain Volumes, and Traumatic Brain Injury in Homeless Persons by Michael D. Cusimano, Ashirbani Saha, Daniel Zhang, Stanley Zhang, Julia Casey, Jessica Rabski, Melissa Carpino, Stephen W. Hwang

“…Participants underwent T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), neuropsychological (NP) tests (the Grooved Pegboard Test [GPT]/Finger Tapping Test [FTT]), alcohol/drug use screens (the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test [AUDIT]/Drug Abuse Screening Test [DAST]), and questionnaires (the Brain Injury Screening Questionnaire [BISQ]/General Information Questionnaire [GIQ]) to determine TBI. …”
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