Substance use disorders and COVID-19: multi-faceted problems which require multi-pronged solutions

WB Jemberie, J Stewart Williams, M Eriksson… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
COVID-19 shocked health and economic systems leaving millions of people without
employment and safety nets. The pandemic disproportionately affects people with substance …

Recurrent risk of hospitalization among older people with problematic alcohol use: a multiple failure‐time analysis with a discontinuous risk model

WB Jemberie, M Padyab, D McCarty, LM Lundgren - Addiction, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background and aims Older people with problematic alcohol use vary in psychosocial
functioning, age of onset for problem drinking and use of other drugs. The study measured …

Polysubstance use patterns among high dose benzodiazepine users: a latent class analysis and differences between male and female use

L Zamboni, I Portoghese, A Congiu, T Zandonai… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Benzodiazepines (BZDs) represent one of the most widely used groups of pharmaceuticals,
but if used for long periods of time they are associated with dependence and an increased …

Hospital admission rate, cumulative hospitalized days, and time to admission among older persons with substance use and psychiatric conditions

WB Jemberie, M Padyab, D McCarty… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Substance use among older persons occurs with medical and psychiatric
comorbidities. This study examined the associations of substance use disorder (SUD) …

[HTML][HTML] Distinct health-related risk profiles among middle-aged and older adults with risky alcohol use from the Danish general population

S Behrendt, A Kuerbis, U Becker, A Mejldal… - Drug and Alcohol …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Knowledge is lacking on distinct health-related risk profiles among the
substantial group of middle-aged and older adults with risky alcohol use (AU). Such profiles …

'Ageing with an alcohol problem is not what I envision': reclaiming agency in shaping personal ageing trajectory and recovery from alcohol problems

WB Jemberie, F Snellman, M Eriksson, A Hammarberg - BMC geriatrics, 2023 - Springer
Background Eliciting and understanding older persons' descriptions of their resources for
healthy ageing and the interaction of these resources with alcohol use and alcohol problems …

The latent class structure of substance use in US adults 50 years and older

TS Schepis, SE McCabe - International journal of geriatric …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Substance use rates have increased in adults 50 years and older, and substance
use in this population is associated with significant consequences. Given that little is known …

Geriatric Psychiatry

M Price - Malpractice and Liability in Psychiatry, 2022 - Springer
With the aging population, it is expected that malpractice and liability issues will increase.
Recent data indicate that only approximately 10% of malpractice lawsuits against …

Substance Use Disorders

CI Ogbonna, HH Fenn, R Hitching - Age-Adjusted Psychiatric Treatment …, 2024 - Springer
The physiology of aging and systemic medical comorbidities exposes geriatric patients to
increased risks from psychoactive substances, alcohol, stimulants, opioids …

Development of a Novel Measure to Assess for Alcohol Misuse in Older Adults: The Alcohol Misuse Scale for Older Adults (AMSOA)

N Jensen - 2024 - digitalcommons.georgiasouthern …
Alcohol is the most regularly used intoxicating substance in most geographic locations.
Alcohol use in the United States specifically is well over global averages. While alcohol …