Substance Abuse: A Public Health Concern by Ulfat Amin, Adil Mudasir Malla, Ishrat Amin, Roohi Jan

“…Alcohol, nicotine, and other illicit drugs are frequently used in excess in substance use disorders, which can impair social, academic, and professional functioning. …”
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Mental Health Insurance in India: An Examination of Policy Implementation Post-MHCA 2017 by Vijaya Chandra Reddy Avula, Sangha Mitra Godi, Shashidhara Munivenkatappa, Sridhar Amalakanti

“…The majority of the companies did not cover suicide and substance use disorders. There are disparities in the outpatient care offerings, including extended waiting periods for coverage of mental illness.  …”
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Alcohol consumption associated with suicidal ideation, and suicide attempts in substance users: A cross-sectional study of an addiction registry in western Iran. by Vahid Farnia, Mahsa Mohebian, Omran Davarinejad, Denise A Hien, Safora Salemi, Sara Hookari, Hafez Bajoghli, Bahareh Rahami

“…<h4>Background</h4>Suicide is recognized as a major problem worldwide and is particularly prevalent among specific groups, including individuals with substance use disorders (SUDs). The present study aimed to investigate alcohol consumption as a risk factor for suicidal ideation and attempts among those with substance use disorders (SUDs) in western Iran.…”
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Association Between GABRG2 and Self-Rating of the Effects of Alcohol in a French Young Adult Sample by Moe JS, Bramness JG, Bolstad I, Mørland JG, Gorwood P, Ramoz N

“…Jenny Skumsnes Moe,1,2 Jørgen G Bramness,1– 4 Ingeborg Bolstad,1,5 Jørg Gustav Mørland,3,6 Philip Gorwood,7,8 Nicolas Ramoz7,8 1Research Center for Substance Use Disorders and Mental Illness, Innlandet Hospital Trust, Brumunddal, Norway; 2Institute for Clinical Medicine, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway; 3Department of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drugs, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway; 4Section for Clinical Addiction Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway; 5Department of Health and Social Science, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Elverum, Norway; 6Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; 7Université Paris Cité, Inserm U1266, Institut de Psychiatrie et Neurosciences de Paris (IPNP), Team Vulnerability of Psychiatric and Addictive Disorders, Paris, France; 8GHU PARIS Psychiatrie & Neurosciences, Hôpital Sainte-Anne, CMME, Paris, FranceCorrespondence: Jenny Skumsnes Moe, Research Center for Substance Use Disorders and Mental Illness, Innlandet Hospital Trust, P.O. …”
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Retrotransposons and the brain: Exploring a complex relationship between mobile elements, stress, and neurological health by Amelia Cuarenta

“…Early life stress (ELS) is linked to an increased risk for various psychiatric disorders including anxiety, depression, and substance use disorders. Epigenetic mechanisms have increasingly been of interest to understand how environmental factors contribute to reprogramming the brain and alter risk and resilience to developing psychiatric disorders. …”
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A Review of Nonanesthetic Uses of Ketamine by Abby Pribish, Nicole Wood, Arun Kalava

“…MEDLINE, CINAHL, and Google Scholar databases were queried to find articles related to ketamine in the treatment of depression, pain syndromes including acute pain, chronic pain, and headache, neurologic applications including neuroprotection and seizures, and alcohol and substance use disorders. It can be concluded that ketamine has a potential role in the treatment of all of these conditions. …”
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Correlation between Traits of Emotion-Based Impulsivity and Intrinsic Default-Mode Network Activity by Jizheng Zhao, Dardo Tomasi, Corinde E. Wiers, Ehsan Shokri-Kojori, Şükrü B. Demiral, Yi Zhang, Nora D. Volkow, Gene-Jack Wang

“…Negative urgency (NU) and positive urgency (PU) are implicated in several high-risk behaviors, such as eating disorders, substance use disorders, and nonsuicidal self-injury behavior. …”
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Distress is not delicious: Appetitive conditioning is weaker with high psychological distress by Laurens T. Kemp, Tom Smeets, Anita Jansen, Katrijn Houben

“…Appetitive and aversive conditioning seemingly plays a role in the development and maintenance of various psychopathologies, including anxiety, mood, eating, and substance use disorders. However, studies on conditioning typically only study either appetitive or aversive conditioning in the context of psychopathology, and they are poorly integrated. …”
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Comprehensive synthesis of mHealth interventions in psychiatry: insights from systematic, scoping, narrative reviews and content analysis by Zaakira Shahul Hameed Mahreen, Noor Azziah Zainuldin, Melvyn Weibin Zhang

“…Additionally, mHealth shows promise in managing substance use disorders and severe mental illnesses like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and psychosis. …”
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Rates of Tobacco Use Disorder, Pharmacologic Treatment, and Associated Mental Health Disorders in a Medicaid Claim Review Among Youth in Indiana, USA by Corey McBrayer DO, FAAP, Fangqian Ouyang MS, Zachary Adams PhD, Leslie Hulvershorn MD, Matthew C. Aalsma PhD

“…Methods Youth Medicaid claims from 2007-2017 processed in a large Midwestern city were analyzed for a diagnosis of TUD, related pharmacotherapy, and externalizing mental health and substance use disorders. Results Claims connected 6541 patients with 42 890 visits. …”
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Efficacy of Lurasidone in First-Episode Psychosis: Patient Phenotypes, Dosage, and Recommendations from an Expert Panel by Miquel Bernardo, Marina Díaz Marsá, Ana González-Pinto, Manuel Martín Carrasco, Víctor Pérez Sola, Pilar Alejandra Sáiz, Eduard Vieta, Marta Torrens, Celso Arango, Benedicto Crespo-Facorro

“…Expert Opinion In our experience, lurasidone has shown efficacy in FEP in different patient profiles, including those with psychoses associated with substance use disorders. Lurasidone provides clinically relevant benefits, especially in patients with affective symptomatology, and has a good tolerability profile.…”
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Neuronal heterogeneity in the ventral tegmental area: Distinct contributions to reward circuitry and motivated behavior by N. Dalton Fitzgerald, Jeremy J. Day

“…Understanding VTA cell type heterogeneity may yield new insights into the reward system, offering potential avenues for treating substance use disorders and other related conditions.…”
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Investigating behavioural addictions in adults with and without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. by James L Findon, Annika Muck, Beáta Tóthpál-Davison, Eleanor J Dommett

“…Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) confers greater risk of alcohol and substance use disorders, which may be linked to altered compulsivity and impulsivity within the condition. …”
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Prevalence of dual diagnosis in the south of Peru: descriptive clinical study by Jonathan A. Zegarra-Valdivia, Brenda Nadia Chino Vilca, Ernesto Cazorla Perez

“…Comorbidity between substance use disorders and other psychiatric disorders or dual diagnosis (PD) is characterized by difficulty in their therapeutic approach, constant relapses and hospital admissions, as well as higher violent and criminal behavior. …”
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Girls and the Risk of Unplanned Pregnancies by Florina Rad, Alexandra Mariana Buică, Nicolae Gică

“…Conduct disorders and substance use disorders are the main co-occurrent diagnoses that increase the likelihood for teenage childbirth. …”
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Understanding the nature of substance use in Zimbabwe: State of the art and ways forward: A scoping review protocol. by Blessing N Marandure, Samson Mhizha, Amanda Wilson, Clement Nhunzvi

“…However, there is a lack of clarity of the nature and extent of substance use and substance use disorders (SUDs), which in part is due to a lack of a national monitoring system for substance use in the country. …”
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A cohort-based assessment of drug use trends during the COVID-19 pandemic: relationship with mood and sociodemographic factors in Brazil by Nubia Heidrich, Nubia Heidrich, Maurício Schüler Nin, Felipe Borges Almeida, Felipe Borges Almeida, Hilda M. R. M. Constant, Luana Freese, Helena M. T. Barros, Helena M. T. Barros

“…The COVID-19 pandemic has brought significant challenges, including severe psychological consequences, especially for vulnerable individuals, such as those with substance use disorders. This study investigated the impact of the pandemic on substance use patterns and psychological health in Brazilians, exploring associations with sociodemographic factors to identify groups at higher risk. …”
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Use of Telemedicine in Addiction Treatment: Current Practices and Organizational Implementation Characteristics by Todd Molfenter, Roger Brown, Andrew O’Neill, Ed Kopetsky, Alexander Toy

“…Telemedicine applications offer innovative approaches for treating and reducing the effects of substance use disorders (SUDs). This analysis assessed the interest in and use of 11 telemedicine applications in a sample of 363 SUD organizations in the United States of America. …”
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Oxytocin attenuates demand for cocaine in female rats by Amy S. Kohtz, Hannah Davies, Belle Lin, Gary Aston-Jones

“…There are substantial sex differences in substance use disorders (SUDs), and a key feature of SUD is pathologically high economic demand for drug. …”
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Coming of age in recovery: The prevalence and correlates of substance use recovery status among adolescents and emerging adults. by Douglas C Smith, Crystal A Reinhart, Shahana Begum, Janaka Kosgolla, John F Kelly, Brandon B Bergman, Marni Basic

“…This is necessary for planning and identifying the needs of youth with current and remitted substance use disorders. This study estimated the prevalence of recovery status in a large statewide epidemiological survey administered between January and March 2020.…”
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