Externalizing traits: Shared causalities for COVID-19 and Alzheimer's dementia using Mendelian randomization analysis

H Wang, M Cao, Y Xi, W Cao, X Zhang, X Meng… - PNAS …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Externalizing traits have been related with the outcomes of coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) and Alzheimer's dementia (AD); however, whether these associations are …

Lessons from COVID-19 to increase opioid vaccine acceptance

R Damiescu, M Banerjee, NW Paul, T Efferth - Trends in Pharmacological …, 2022 - cell.com
COVID-19 has put vaccine efficacy under a spotlight. However, the reluctance of people to
be vaccinated has postponed the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. Currently, opioid vaccines …

[HTML][HTML] Vaccine decision making among people who inject drugs: Improving on the WHO's 3C model of vaccine hesitancy

B Hardin, M Graboyes, D Kosty, C Cioffi - Preventive Medicine Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
The objectives of this study were to 1) identify vaccination rates among PWID in Oregon at a
time when vaccines were easily accessible, 2) quantitatively identify convergence with …

Person-centered patterns of substance use during the COVID-19 pandemic and their associations with COVID-related impacts on health and personal finances in …

T Chung, C Sartor, AE Hipwell, A Grosso… - Drug and alcohol …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Population-level statistics on pandemic-related change in substance use can
obscure patterns of use (eg, polysubstance use) within individuals. This longitudinal study …

SARS-CoV-2 vaccine uptake and risks of severe COVID-19 disease among people prescribed opioid agonist therapy in Scotland

A Yeung, M Wilkinson, J Bishop, B Taylor… - J Epidemiol …, 2024 - jech.bmj.com
Background There is limited evidence quantifying the risk of severe COVID-19 disease
among people with opioid dependence. We examined vaccine uptake and severe disease …

[HTML][HTML] Cannabis consumption is associated with lower COVID-19 severity among hospitalized patients: a retrospective cohort analysis

CM Shover, P Yan, NJ Jackson, RG Buhr… - Journal of Cannabis …, 2022 - Springer
Background While cannabis is known to have immunomodulatory properties, the clinical
consequences of its use on outcomes in COVID-19 have not been extensively evaluated …

[HTML][HTML] Higher benefit-risk ratio of COVID-19 vaccination in patients with schizophrenia and major depressive disorder versus patients with bipolar disorder when …

J Zhu, H Tian, H Wang, H Yu, C Liu… - American Journal of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Patients with major psychiatric disorders (MPD) that include schizophrenia (SCH), bipolar
disorder (BP), and major depressive disorder (MDD) are at increased risk for coronavirus …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of clinical profile and treatment outcome in vaccinated and unvaccinated SARS-CoV-2 infected patients

G Korishettar, P Chikkahonnaiah, SRV Tulimilli… - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Vaccines against severe acute respiratory syndrome-corona virus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)
infection, which causes coronavirus disease–19 (COVID-19) in humans, have been …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness in people with substance use disorder

Y Huang - The Lancet Psychiatry, 2023 - thelancet.com
The Article by Caige Huang and colleagues1 published in The Lancet Psychiatry contributes
to the literature on the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines during the global pandemic. The …

[HTML][HTML] Impact Potpourri: A Multimethod Survey Study on Youth Substance Use During COVID-19

LD Hawke, NY Sheikhan, S Oates… - Canadian Journal of …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Background: Given the important implications of youth substance use, it is essential to
document and describe changes in substance use during the coronavirus disease 2019 …