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Legalizing online sports betting in the US is linked to increased use of outpatient mental health services and prescription medications among insured adults, highlighting the need for focused prevention and treatment.
Few US adults with alcohol or opioid use disorder reported addiction pharmacotherapy use in 2022-2023. Pharmacotherapy receipt was linked to increased healthcare utilization, underscoring the need for early outpatient intervention strategie
This Swedish register-based study reveals that GLP-1 receptor agonists are associated with significantly reduced hospitalisations for alcohol and substance use disorders during treatment, with some lasting benefits after discontinuation of
A comprehensive meta-analysis of longitudinal studies involving over 540,000 participants reveals that spirituality and religious involvement are associated with a 13-18% reduction in harmful alcohol and drug use, offering significant impli
A comprehensive meta-analysis in JAMA Psychiatry reveals that current psychosocial interventions for schizophrenia and co-occurring substance use disorders offer negligible impact on symptoms and no significant effect on substance use reduc
A longitudinal, nationally representative cohort study found that within-person transition from current to former cigarette smoking was associated with a 30–43% higher odds of sustained recovery from other substance use disorders, supportin
This study evaluates whether initiating ADHD stimulant prescriptions via telehealth affects later risks of stimulant or other substance use disorders, finding no SUD risk increase but a potential rise in stimulant use disorder risk.
Second-generation heart rate variability biofeedback (HRVB) shows promise in reducing craving, negative affect, and substance use in adults with substance use disorder (SUD), supporting its potential as an adjunctive treatment in early reco
Recent trials show no significant difference in smoking cessation rates between e-cigarettes and combination nicotine replacement therapy among patients discharged from inpatient substance use withdrawal services. Longitudinal analyses reve
