| Don’t Forget the Other Pandemic Killing Thousands of Americans |
DAILY BEAST (05/04) – [...] Amid social distancing, authorities nationwide are reporting a surge in fatal opioid overdoses. Addiction and recovery advocates say the U.S. is now battling two epidemics at once. From 1999 to 2018, opioid overdoses involving prescription and illicit drugs have killed nearly 450,000 Americans. (One recent study found an additional 99,160 opioid deaths, previously unreported because of incomplete medical records.) Read more
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| UCLA Researchers Develop Chemistry Needed to Create Marijuana Breathalyzer |
| UCLA NEWSROOM (05/05) – UCLA chemists have reported the key chemical discovery necessary for the creation of a small, electronic marijuana breathalyzer. The research is published in Organic Letters, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Chemical Society. Read more |
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| The Coronavirus Pandemic Is Pushing America Into a Mental-Health Crisis |
| THE WASHINGTON POST (05/04) – Three months into the coronavirus pandemic, the country is on the verge of another health crisis, with daily doses of death, isolation and fear generating widespread psychological trauma. Federal agencies and experts warn that a historic wave of mental-health problems is approaching: depression, substance abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder and suicide. Read more |
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| Holistic Approach Best for Tackling Nonmedical Drug Use, Study Finds |
| ILLINOIS NEWS BUREAU (04/24) – […] A new study finds that interventions that take a multidimensional approach – tackling the biological, social, environmental and mental health obstacles to overcome while also addressing a person’s substance use – work best for those hoping to stop using drugs. The study, reported in the journal Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, also found that those with alcohol addiction do best with simple interventions that focus only on their alcohol use. Read more |
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| Trump Administration Issues Second Round of Sweeping Changes to Support U.S. Healthcare System During COVID-19 Pandemic |
| CMS.GOV (04/30) – [...] CMS previously announced that Medicare would pay for certain services conducted by audio-only telephone between beneficiaries and their doctors and other clinicians. Now, CMS is broadening that list to include many behavioral health and patient education services. Read more |
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| New Study Could Lead to Therapeutic Interventions to Treat Cocaine Addiction |
| UCI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (04/22) – […] Researchers from the University of California, Irvine have demonstrated that a key receptor for dopamine, called D2 (D2R), intervenes in the mechanism through which cocaine modifies functions in the striatum, a region of the brain responsible for the psychomotor and rewarding effects of drugs like cocaine, directly involved in the process of addiction. Read more |
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| Study: Pandemic Puts CBHOs’ Finances in Dire Straits |
| BEHAVIORAL HEALTH EXECUTIVE (04/22) – Nearly two-thirds of community behavioral health organizations believe they can only sustain their operations for three months or less because of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study released last week by the National Council for Behavioral Health. Read more |
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| Predicting Relapse After Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment in a High-Risk Cohort: The Roles of Anhedonia and Smoking |
| JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH (04/30) – […] While education, comorbid general medical conditions, and mood disorder diagnoses were not predictors of relapse, Veterans with greater symptoms of anhedonia, active smokers, and fewer days of abstinence prior to treatment showed significantly greater odds for relapse within six months. Read more |
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| America’s Having a Nervous Breakdown. Can Telemedicine Fix It? |
| POLITICO (04/09) – […] The health care industry was notoriously slow to move online, but behavioral health providers are especially hustling to catch up to the new socially distanced reality after they were overlooked in previous efforts to expand digital health. Read more |
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| Locked Down With a Stimulus Check and Online Casinos, Gambling Addicts Face a 'Perfect Storm' |
| NEWSWEEK (04/24) – […] And as Wasserman says: "If someone who has an addiction that is so strong, when the money comes in, the first thing they think of is, 'Here is money, maybe I need it. This is stimulus money and $1,200 can help somewhat but I can turn that into $2,400 or $3,600, that would really be helpful.’” Read more |
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| Genetic Study Ties Higher Alcohol Consumption to Increased Stroke and PAD Risk |
| AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION (05/05) – Higher alcohol consumption was shown to be associated with an increased risk of having a stroke or developing peripheral artery disease, according to new research published today in Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine, an American Heart Association journal. Read more |
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| Dr. Robert Rymowicz Discusses Food Addiction and Treatment Strategies |
| PSYCHIATRY & BEHAVIORAL HEALTH LEARNING NETWORK (05/05) – […] Food addiction's an important concept because it allows us to examine certain foods as addictive substances. Hyperpalatable foods tend to highly processed and high in sugars and fats. Indeed, binge eating disorder is typically associated with such foods. Consumers of these foods are more likely to report cravings, psychological dependence, and withdrawal. Read more |
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| Addiction Is Socially Engineered Exploitation of Natural Biological Vulnerability |
| SCIENCEDIRECT (05/27) – […] Following review of various interpretations of addiction, disease, and choice across contributing disciplines, it is concluded that addiction is most plausibly viewed as a disease at the scale of public health research and policy, but not personal (e.g. clinical) management and intervention. Addicts must make choices to recover, and in that respect addiction is a ‘disorder of choice’. However, it is concluded that the most relevant sense of ‘disorder’ arises at the social rather than the personal scale. Read more |
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