More Substance Use News and Updates

The COVID-19 pandemic has been linked with increased rates of alcohol misuse, mental health concerns, anxiety, and depression, according to research recently published online in Scientific Reports.

Outpatient mental health and substance use visits among physicians increased substantially during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a population-level cohort study of physicians in Ontario, Canada. Researchers published...

Three weekly ketamine infusions were associated with more days of alcohol abstinence at a 6-month follow-up in patients with severe alcohol use disorder, according to a double-blind, phase 2 trial published in the American Journal of...

In-hospital addiction medicine consultations appear to reduce deaths among patients with substance use disorder, according to study results published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

A combination of a low dose of ketamine and psychological therapy was found to help patients with severe alcohol use disorder remain sober longer, according to findings from a recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Exeter...

Ingrained habits in individuals with substance use disorder (SUD) appear to contribute to the perpetuation of drug-seeking behavior and relapse rather than the drug itself, suggests a study involving rats published in Biological Psychiatry.

Between June 2016 and May 2021, buprenorphine use in correctional settings increased 224-fold in the United States, according to a study published online in JAMA Network Open. Despite the substantial increase, buprenorphine treatment is still...

In areas where Medicaid coverage is more common, providers of buprenorphine treatment are much less likely to discriminate between prospective patients with Medicaid and those with private insurance, according to a study published in Health...

Rather than compromise mental health, quitting smoking for at least 6 weeks can reduce anxiety, depression, and stress and improve mental well-being, according to an evidence review published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic...