The relationship between medical marijuana use and prescription pain reliever use among U.S. adults: A retrospective analysis utilizing the 2015–2019 National Survey on Drug Use an... by Tyler J. Dunn, Erin Holmes, Yi Yang, John P. Bentley, Saim Kashmiri, Sujith Ramachandran

“…Medical marijuana users are more likely to have a serious mental illness (14.0% vs. 4.4%) and a non-marijuana related substance dependence (5.3% vs. 1.2%). Past-year medical marijuana use was significantly more likely to be reported among appropriate users of prescription pain relievers (OR = 1.99, p < .001) and misusers (OR = 1.94, p < .001) (relative to nonusers). …”
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Study protocol: a randomized controlled trial of a computer-based depression and substance abuse intervention for people attending residential substance abuse treatment by Kelly Peter J, Kay-Lambkin Frances J, Baker Amanda L, Deane Frank P, Brooks Adam C, Mitchell Alexandra, Marshall Sarah, Whittington Meredith, Dingle Genevieve A

“…All participants who satisfy the diagnostic criteria for an alcohol or other substance dependence disorder will be asked to participate in the study. …”
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Bridge Nodes between Personality Traits and Alcohol-Use Disorder Criteria: The Relevance of Externalizing Traits of Risk Taking, Callousness, and Irresponsibility by Ana De la Rosa-Cáceres, Marta Narvaez-Camargo, Andrea Blanc-Molina, Nehemías Romero-Pérez, Daniel Dacosta-Sánchez, Bella María González-Ponce, Alberto Parrado-González, Lidia Torres-Rosado, Cinta Mancheño-Velasco, Óscar Martín Lozano-Rojas

“…AMPD facets were assessed through the Personality Inventory of DSM-5 Short-Form, and the AUD criteria through the Substance Dependence Severity Scale. A network analysis was applied to identify the personality facets mostly associated with the AUD criteria. …”
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Socio-demographic and Clinical Profile of Treatment-seeking Drug Abusers Attending a Hospital in South Kashmir: A Cross-sectional Hospital-based Study by Seema Batool Shah, Mansoor Ahmad Dar, Pinki Kumari, Javid Ahmad Shiekh, Zain Bin Mushtaq, Junaid Ahmad Tailie

“…A total of 213 treatment-seeking drug abusers were included in the study. Diagnosis of substance dependence was established by applying the International Classification of Disease version 10. …”
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A Cross-sectional Study of the Patterns and Impact of Socio-demographic Factors in Anxious and Depressed Alcohol Dependent Patients by Puneet Mathur, Sunil Kumar Pawar, Nabanita Sengupta, Rahul Bhargava

“…Patients with history of substance dependence, gross brain damage, severe medical complications, or evidence of drinking during the hospital stay were excluded. …”
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Characteristics of incident substance-induced psychosis compared to incident first-episode psychosis. A nationwide register-linkage study. by J. Jeyaniroshan, P. Sassi

“…Results Previous self-harm (OR 2.3;95%CI 2.1-2.6), ADHD (OR 1.8;95%CI 1.6-2.0) and substance dependence diagnoses (OR 7.2;95%CI 6.6-7.9) were more prevalent among SIPs compared to FEPs. …”
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Ischemic heart disease-related mortality in Brazil, 2006 to 2020. A study of multiple causes of death by Luiz A. V. M. Bastos, Paolo B. Villela, Jose L. P. Bichara, Emilia M. do Nascimento, Eduardo L. V. M. Bastos, Basilio de B Pereira, Glaucia M. M. Oliveira

“…The most frequent cause of death in women were DM as the UC and associated cause of death, AH as the UC, and CIHD and Alzheimer's disease as associated causes of death, while the most frequent causes of death in men were substance dependence as the UC and associated cause of death, and cancer as an associated cause of death. …”
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Analysis of Protein Markers in Plasma of Patients with Drug Dependence Syndrome: Observational Clinical Study by I. M. Bykov, D. A. Lubchenko, K. A. Popov, A. N. Stolyarova, M. A. Popova, O. V. Tsymbalov, E. E. Esaulenko

“…The main group (group 2) included 31 patients diagnosed with substance dependence syndrome. The control group (group 1, n = 15) consisted of healthy subjects submitted to occupational medical examinations. …”
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Advancing cross-sectoral data linkage to understand and address the health impacts of social exclusion: Challenges and potential solutions by Lindsay Pearce, Rohan Borschmann, Jesse Young, Stuart Kinner

“…Socially excluded populations -- including the homeless, people with substance dependence, people involved in sex work, migrants or asylum seekers, and people with a history of incarceration -- are typically characterised by health inequity. …”
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Role of substance use status in determining how caregivers of patients with opioid use disorders perceive positive aspects of caregiving and burden by P. Saha, S. Saha, A. Singh, S. Sarkar, G. S. Kaloiya

“… Introduction Substance dependence affects an individual as well as the family and is considered as a complex biopsychosocial phenomenon. …”
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<i>DRD4, DRD2, DAT1,</i> and <i>ANKK1</i> Genes Polymorphisms in Patients with Dual Diagnosis of Polysubstance Addictions by Jolanta Masiak, Jolanta Chmielowiec, Krzysztof Chmielowiec, Anna Grzywacz

“…<b>Methods:</b> The study group consisted of 601 male volunteers with psychoactive substance dependence (<i>n</i> = 300) and non-dependent controls (<i>n</i> = 301). …”
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The correlation between strength and range of motion of the neck muscles and opium smoking in Iran by Omid Massah, Amir Masoud Arab, Ali Farhoudian, Mehdi Noroozi, Mehdi Noroozi, Mehdi Noroozi, Fahimeh Hashemirad

“….– There is no significant correlation between the onset age of continues and permanent opium smoking and substance dependence severity with neck range of motion and muscles strength.– People with drug use disorder (especially smoking users) as a large group of vulnerable people, should be the target population of musculoskeletal disorders researchers and addiction harm reduction researchers, and more experimental, comparative, cohort, etc. researches should be designed and implemented for them.…”
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Improving care for SUD patients with complex trauma–relationships between childhood trauma, dissociation, and suicidal behavior in female patients with PTSD and SUD by Piotr A. Gidzgier, Melav Bari, Mayte López-Atanes, Mayte López-Atanes, Annett Lotzin, Johanna Grundmann, Johanna Grundmann, Philipp Hiller, Philipp Hiller, Barbara Schneider, Ingo Schäfer, Ingo Schäfer

“…Almost all (94.5%) received at least one substance dependence diagnosis and the remaining 5.5% met substance abuse criteria. …”
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Identification and Verification of Potential Hub Genes in Amphetamine-Type Stimulant (ATS) and Opioid Dependence by Bioinformatic Analysis by Wei Zhang, Xiaodong Deng, Xiaodong Deng, Huan Liu, Jianlin Ke, Mingliang Xiang, Ying Ma, Lixia Zhang, Ming Yang, Ming Yang, Yun Liu, Yun Liu, Feijun Huang

“…The PI3K/Akt signaling pathway might play a critical role in the pathogenesis of substance dependence.…”
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Comparing the Effectiveness of Cognitive Rehabilitation and Phototherapy on the Risk-Taking of Clients of Drug Addiction Clinics by Sayena Hadadgar, Javid Peymani, Peyman Hasani Abharian, Maryam Mashayekh, Parisa Peivandi, Reza Fekr Azad

“…Aims: Risk-taking is a behavior that endangers a person's health and provides the basis for a person to suffer from physical and psychological diseases. Substance dependence disorder includes cognitive, behavioral, and psychological symptoms along with a pattern of repetition and withdrawal tolerance consequences. …”
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Decision tree model based prediction of the efficacy of acupuncture in methadone maintenance treatment by Yu Dong, Baochao Fan, Enliang Yan, Enliang Yan, Rouhao Chen, Xiaojing Wei, Jie Zhan, Jingchun Zeng, Hao Wen, Liming Lu

“…Exploring the predictors of the efficacy of acupuncture intervention in MMT might help clinicians and patients promote acupuncture-assisted participation in MMT, and improve clinical treatment strategies for MMT.ObjectiveTo describe the effect of potential predictors on MMT after acupuncture intervention by building a decision-tree model of data from A Clinical Study of Acupuncture-assisted MMT.Design, setting, and participantsIn this randomized controlled trial, 135 patients with MMT underwent acupuncture at the Substance Dependence Department of Guangzhou Huiai Hospital in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.InterventionA total of 135 patients were 1:1 randomly assigned to either an acupuncture plus routine care group (acupuncture plus methadone) or a routine group (methadone only) for 6 weeks, and followed up for 10 weeks. …”
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Depression, Anxiety and Quality of Life Among Hematological Cancer Patients in Ampang Hospital by Das, Priscilla

“…Among the subjects the suicidal ideations was found 2.9%, other psychiatric disorder: alcohol dependence, abused alcohol, substance abuse and anorexia nervosa were 1%, substance dependence was 1.9% and 4.9% had bulimia nervosa. …”
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Factors associated with an increase in alcohol consumption and tobacco use during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study of data from 105 countries by Mir Faeq A. Quadri, Joanne Lusher, Morenike O. Folayan, Maha El Tantawi, Ariel A. Zuñiga, Brandon Brown, Nourhan M. Aly, Joseph C. Okeibunor, Giuliana Florencia, Mohammed Jafer, Eshrat Ara, Kessketlen A. Miranda, Nuraldeen M. Al-Khanati, Passent Ellakany, Balgis Gaffar, Anthonia O. Ishabiyi, Abeedha T. Khan, Zumama Khalid, Folake B. Lawal, Ntombifuthi Nzimande, Anas Shamala, Ala’a B. Al-Tammemi, Bamidele E. Osamika, Muhammad A. Yousaf, Jorma I. Virtanen, Annie L. Nguyen

“…It is critical that the strategies for emergency responses should include support to ameliorate the impact of financial distress and disruption in substance dependence treatment services.…”
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The Structural Relationship of Moral Intelligence and Self-Efficacy with Students' Addiction by Hassan Yaghoubi, Behzad Shalchi, Sara Sheikhi

“…SUGGESTION Mental health screening tests, especially to measure substance dependence and readiness for substance use tendency at the beginning of student entry to university and during the study are recommended. …”
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The Effectiveness of Meditation Training on Psychological Well-Being, Emotion Regulation and Sleep Quality of Prisoners Addicted to Industrial Drug Abuse by Touraj Hashemi, Akbar Rezayi

“…The research literature shows that drug addicts [4] and people referring to addiction treatment centres [5] have a low psychological well-being score and 90% of addicts, in addition to the problem of substance dependence, have psychiatric disorders associated with addiction [6] which shows the need to investigate effective methods to reduce these disorders, But researchers do not consider not having a disease to feel healthy, rather they believe that having a feeling of health is not enough and having a feeling of satisfaction with life and positive progress in it is one of the characteristics of a healthy person [7]. …”
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