Continued increases in overdose deaths and recent declines in life expectancy call for need
to adopt comprehensive public health approaches to the United States opioid crisis and to …

Prescription drug abuse has reached an epidemic level in the United States. The prevalence
of prescription drug abuse escalated rapidly beginning in the late 1990s, requiring a …

Objective: The authors present 12-month and lifetime prevalence, correlates, psychiatric
comorbidity, and treatment of nonmedical prescription opioid use (NMPOU) and DSM-5 …

A saúde mental (SM) dos estudantes do ensino superior (EES) é importante para o seu
desenvolvimento e sucesso académico. A transição para o ensino superior configura uma …

The ongoing opioid epidemic has been a global concern for years, increasingly due to its
heavy toll on young people's lives and prospects. Few studies have investigated trends in …

Purpose The prevalence of past-year prescription opioid use (POU), nonmedical POU
(NMPOU), and POU disorder (POUD) and their correlates were examined in a national …

Objectives Given the differences between general high school (GHS) and vocational high
school (VHS) students, this study aimed to investigate the lifetime prevalence of non-medical …

Prescription drug misuse (PDM) is the leading cause of accidental death in the US One in
five Americans report at least one lifetime incident of PDM. PDM has been studied …

Objectives The objective of this study was to examine the prevalence of the nonmedical use
of prescription medicines (NMUPM) and the association between NMUPM and …

Purpose The non-medical use of prescription medications among adolescents has become
a concerning public health issue. This study assessed the prevalence of the non-medical …