Research on the inter-relationship between drug abuse and social stress has primarily
focused on the role of stress exposure during adulthood and more recently, adolescence …

Background Social connections can lead to contagion of healthy behaviors. Successful
treatment of patients with opioid use disorder may lay in rebuilding social networks. Strong …

“Musicians often pay a high price for sharing their art with us. Underneath the glow of
success can often lie loneliness and exhaustion, not to mention the basic struggles of paying …

Background Big events (ie, unique historical disruptions) like the COVID-19 epidemic and its
associated period of social distancing can transform social structures, social interactions …

New Challenges in Addiction Medicine: COVID-19 Infection in Patients With Alcohol and
Substance Use Disorders—The Perfect Storm | American Journal of Psychiatry Psychiatry Online …

Drug addiction is a chronic psychiatric disorder characterized by compulsive drug-seeking
and drug-using behavior, and a tremendous socioeconomic burden to society. Current …

The opioid crisis has reached epidemic proportions in the United States with rising overdose
death rates. Identifying the underlying factors that contribute to addiction vulnerability may …

Environmental factors profoundly affect the addictive potential of drugs of abuse and may
also modulate the neuro-anatomical/neuro-chemical impacts of uncontrolled drug use and …

Background Drugs are typically used in social settings. Here, we consider two factors that
may contribute to this observation:(i) the presence of other people may enhance the positive …

Background Patients with chronic pain treated with opioids are at an increased risk for
opioid misuse or opioid use disorder (OUD). Recent years have seen a stark increase in …