Background Pain and substance use are frequently comorbid and have been shown to exert
bidirectional effects. Self-medication of pain and distress via substance use is common and …

Chronic pain, pain catastrophizing, and mental health disorders such as anxiety or
depression frequently occur together and are challenging to treat. To help understand the …

Tension reduction theory states that persons high in anxiety sensitivity (AS) are particularly
sensitive to alcohol's anxiolytic effects and thus may engage in problematic drinking to …

The opioid epidemic is a significant public health concern in the United States, particularly
among adults with chronic pain. Considerable research suggests that people with mental …

Objectives. To evaluate the prevalence, characteristics, and correlates of chronic pain in a
population of predominantly employed, alcoholic patients attending an outpatient drug and …

Background: The characteristics of patients with co-occurring chronic pain and prescription
opioid abuse have not been well described, and even less is known about differences …

Introduction Chronic pain is the most common reason for medical cannabis certification.
Data regarding alcohol use and risky drinking among medical cannabis patients with pain is …

Background: Alcohol problems co‐occur with anxiety disorders at a rate that far exceeds
chance (“comorbidity”). One view suggests that risk for developing a comorbid alcohol use …

Although pain reduction after alcohol administration has repeatedly been demonstrated,
alcohol effects on advanced and clinically relevant dynamic pain paradigms are still …

Aims To test whether the relations between anxiety sensitivity (AS), a transdiagnostic risk
factor, and alcohol problems are explained by chained mediation models, from AS through …