The COVID‐19 pandemic and its consequences for chronic pain: a narrative review

H Shanthanna, AM Nelson, N Kissoon… - Anaesthesia, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The COVID‐19 pandemic transformed everyday life, but the implications were most
impactful for vulnerable populations, including patients with chronic pain. Moreover …

Digital interventions for substance use disorders in young people: rapid review

M Monarque, J Sabetti, M Ferrari - Substance abuse treatment, prevention …, 2023 - Springer
Background Young people are disproportionately more likely than other age groups to use
substances. The rise in substance use and related harms, including overdose, during the …

Substance use disorders: a comprehensive update of classification, epidemiology, neurobiology, clinical aspects, treatment and prevention

ND Volkow, C Blanco - World Psychiatry, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Substance use disorders (SUDs) are highly prevalent and exact a large toll on individuals'
health, well‐being, and social functioning. Long‐lasting changes in brain networks involved …

Effect of Risk Mitigation Guidance opioid and stimulant dispensations on mortality and acute care visits during dual public health emergencies: retrospective cohort …

A Slaunwhite, JE Min, H Palis, K Urbanoski, B Pauly… - bmj, 2024 - bmj.com
Objective To determine the effect of opioid and stimulant Risk Mitigation Guidance (RMG)
dispensations on mortality and acute care visits during the dual public health emergencies …

[HTML][HTML] A concept mapping study of service user design of safer supply as an alternative to the illicit drug market

B Pauly, J McCall, F Cameron, H Stuart… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Within North America and worldwide, drug-related overdoses have
increased dramatically over the past decade. COVID-19 escalated the need for a safer …

Have deaths of despair risen during the COVID-19 pandemic? A systematic review

H Rahimi-Ardabili, X Feng, PY Nguyen… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
This systematic review synthesized literature on potential impacts of protracted isolation and
other disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic on deaths of despair (suicide, overdoses …

Availability of telehealth-based services at syringe services programs under the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

TS Bartholomew, HE Tookes, TA Chueng… - Harm Reduction …, 2023 - Springer
Introduction The expanded capacity of syringe services programs (SSPs) in the USA to
integrate telehealth services was largely related to flexibility of buprenorphine prescription in …

HIV treatment outcomes in POP-UP: drop-in HIV primary care model for people experiencing homelessness

MD Hickey, E Imbert, A Appa… - The Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background People with HIV experiencing homelessness have low rates of viral
suppression, driven by sociostructural barriers and traditional care system limitations …

[HTML][HTML] Emergence of erythromycin-resistant invasive group A Streptococcus, West Virginia, USA, 2020–2021

LM Powell, SJ Choi, CE Chipman… - Emerging Infectious …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Clindamycin and β-lactam antibiotics have been mainstays for treating invasive group A
Streptococcus (iGAS) infection, yet such regimens might be limited for strains displaying …

Trends in mortality from alcohol, opioid, and combined alcohol and opioid poisonings by sex, educational attainment, and race and ethnicity for the United States 2000 …

C Buckley, Y Ye, WC Kerr, N Mulia, K Puka, J Rehm… - BMC medicine, 2022 - Springer
Background The ongoing opioid epidemic and increases in alcohol-related mortality are key
public health concerns in the USA, with well-documented inequalities in the degree to which …