Temporal associations between problematic use of the internet and self-stigma among people with substance use disorders: a cross-lagged model across one year

IH Chen, KC Chang, CW Chang, SW Huang… - Journal of Psychiatric …, 2022 - Elsevier
Self-stigma is a common experience for people with substance use disorders (SUDs).
Understanding factors associated with self-stigma may aid in intervention development. This …

Comparisons of psychological distress and self-stigma among three types of substance use disorders receiving treatment-as-usual approaches: real-world data from a …

KC Chang, HP Chen, SW Huang… - … in Chronic Disease, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Substance use is an important issue worldwide and people with substance use
disorders (SUDs) have been reported to have high levels of psychological distress and self …

Job demands and resources, positive and negative affect, and psychological distress of social workers in China

C Huang, X Xie, SP Cheung, Y Zhou - Frontiers in psychiatry, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Globally, human service professionals, like social workers, experience significant job
demands (JD) which can lead to outcomes like psychological distress, burnout, and high …

Supervision effects on negative affect and psychological distress: Evidence from social workers in China

B Tu, C Huang, S Sitar, Y Wang - International journal of environmental …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Supervision is an imperative practice within the social work field. It provides social workers
with support systems, ensures that social workers are adhering to professional standards …

Gender differences in adolescent opioid misuse and major depressive episodes

KTK Chan, C Marsack-Topolewski - Child and adolescent social work …, 2020 - Springer
The opioid crisis is a public health emergency in the United States, with staggering financial
and social costs to society. Nonmedical prescription opioid use (NMPOU) disproportionately …

Baseline prepulse inhibition of the startle reflex predicts the sensitivity to the conditioned rewarding effects of cocaine in male and female mice

MC Arenas, CI Navarro-Francés… - …, 2018 - Springer
Rationale Prepulse inhibition (PPI) of the startle reflex is a model of pre-attentional inhibitory
function. The dopamine baseline in the nucleus accumbens plays a key role in PPI …

The relationship of psychological distress and living with children and adolescents for adult non-medical prescription opioid users

KT Chan, J Trant - Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 2018 - Springer
Prescription opioid use has been recognized as a major public health crisis in the United
States. In 2015, more than 2 million persons had an opioid-related substance use disorder …

Association between mental health service utilisation and sharing of injection material among people who inject drugs in Montreal, Canada

P Côté, MF Ghabrash, J Bruneau, É Roy, S Dubreucq… - Addictive …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background High-risk injection behaviors are associated with high prevalence of mental
health problems among people who inject drugs (PWID). However, whether the use of …

The association of opioid misuse and suicidality among people with disabilities

KT Chan, CN Marsack-Topolewski - Substance use & misuse, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Background/Purpose: Past research has linked non-medical prescription opioid use
(NMPOU) with suicide, though less focus has been placed among people with disabilities …

Race differences in opioid misuse and adolescent suicidality

KTK Chan, S Zhou, C Marsack-Topolewski - Child and adolescent social …, 2022 - Springer
The rise of the opioid epidemic coincided with the increased risk of suicide as the leading
causes of death among adolescents in the United States. Past research has linked non …