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The feasibility of using smartphones and mobile breathalyzers to monitor alcohol consumption among people living with HIV/AIDS

For people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), alcohol consumption is associated with poor treatment outcomes and medication adherence. This pilot study examined the feasibility of using smartphones and mobile Bluet...

Authors: Carolyn Lauckner, Erica Taylor, Darshti Patel and Alexis Whitmire

Staff perceptions of prescription and over-the-counter drug dependence services in England: a qualitative study

Dependence to prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs represents an increasing public health and clinical problem both in England and internationally. However, relatively little is known about those affe...

Authors: Heidi Coombes and Richard J. Cooper

How to overcome political and legal barriers to the implementation of a drug consumption room: an application of the policy agenda framework to the Belgian situation

For more than 30 years, drug consumption rooms (DCRs) have been implemented in Western countries. DCRs are supported by a large body of evidence about public safety and public health effectiveness. However, a ...

Authors: Pierre Smith, Louis Favril, Dominique Delhauteur, Freya Vander Laenen and Pablo Nicaise

Electronic self-administered screening for substance use in adult primary care patients: feasibility and acceptability of the tobacco, alcohol, prescription medication, and other substance use (myTAPS) screening tool

The TAPS Tool is a substance use screening and brief assessment instrument that was developed for use in primary care medical settings. It is one of the first screening instruments to provide rapid assessment ...

Authors: Angéline Adam, Robert P. Schwartz, Li-Tzy Wu, Geetha Subramaniam, Eugene Laska, Gaurav Sharma, Saima Mili and Jennifer McNeely

A cross sectional survey of internet use among a highly socially disadvantaged population of tobacco smokers

Tobacco smoking is highest among population groups which are the most socially disadvantaged. Internet-based smoking cessation programs have been found to be effective, though rates of internet access are not ...

Authors: Sam McCrabb, Laura Twyman, Kerrin Palazzi, Ashleigh Guillaumier, Christine Paul and Billie Bonevski

Perceptions of extended-release naltrexone, methadone, and buprenorphine treatments following release from jail

Few studies have documented patient attitudes and experiences with extended-release naltrexone (XR-NTX) opioid relapse prevention in criminal justice settings. This study assessed barriers and facilitators of ...

Authors: Melissa Velasquez, Mara Flannery, Ryan Badolato, Alexandria Vittitow, Ryan D. McDonald, Babak Tofighi, Ann R. Garment, Jonathan Giftos and Joshua D. Lee

Proceedings of the 16th annual conference of INEBRIA

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Implementing risk stratification to the treatment of adolescent substance use among youth involved in the juvenile justice system: protocol of a hybrid type I trial

Youth involved in the juvenile justice system (YIJJ) have high rates of substance use problems; however, rates of YIJJ engagement in substance use services is low. Barriers to service engagement include lack o...

Authors: Matthew C. Aalsma, Allyson L. Dir, Tamika C. B. Zapolski, Leslie A. Hulvershorn, Patrick O. Monahan, Lisa Saldana and Zachary W. Adams

Leveraging the role of community pharmacists in the prevention, surveillance, and treatment of opioid use disorders

The global rise in opioid-related harms has impacted the United States severely. Current efforts to manage the opioid crisis have prompted a re-evaluation of many of the existing roles in the healthcare system...

Authors: Paxton Bach and Daniel Hartung

Ask about smoking, not quitting: a chronic disease approach to assessing and treating tobacco use

Tobacco use is a chronic relapsing disease, and remains the leading cause of preventable death in much of the world. Increasingly, tobacco use, chiefly cigarette smoking, is being framed as a chronic disease, ...

Authors: Steven L. Bernstein and Benjamin A. Toll

Development of a tailored, telehealth intervention to address chronic pain and heavy drinking among people with HIV infection: integrating perspectives of patients in HIV care

Chronic pain and heavy drinking commonly co-occur and can influence the course of HIV. There have been no interventions designed to address both of these conditions among people living with HIV (PLWH), and non...

Authors: Tibor P. Palfai, Jessica L. Taylor, Richard Saitz, Maya P. L. Kratzer, John D. Otis and Judith A. Bernstein

Physicians’ satisfaction with providing buprenorphine treatment

Buprenorphine is a critically important treatment for addressing the opioid epidemic, but there are virtually no studies of physicians’ job satisfaction with providing buprenorphine. Physicians’ job satisfacti...

Authors: Hannah K. Knudsen, Randy Brown, Nora Jacobson, Julie Horst, Jee-Seon Kim, Elizabeth Collier, Sanford Starr, Lynn M. Madden, Eric Haram, Alexander Toy and Todd Molfenter

Commentary on physicians’ satisfaction with providing buprenorphine treatment by Knudsen et al.

Authors: Gavin Bart and Jeffrey Samet

An online alcohol and risky sex prevention program for college students studying abroad: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

This study protocol describes a proposed randomized controlled trial that builds upon a successful pilot intervention study to address problematic and dangerous drinking among young adult college students stud...

Authors: Eric R. Pedersen, Elizabeth J. D’Amico, Joseph W. LaBrie, Coreen Farris, David J. Klein and Beth Ann Griffin

Medicaid expansion and treatment for opioid use disorders in Oregon: an interrupted time-series analysis

The study examined the association of the Affordable Care Act’s 2014 Medicaid expansion on the use of psychosocial services and pharmacotherapies for opioid use disorders among Oregon Medicaid recipients.

Authors: Dennis McCarty, Yifan Gu, John W. McIlveen and Bonnie K. Lind

Does an adapted Dialectical Behaviour Therapy skills training programme result in positive outcomes for participants with a dual diagnosis? A mixed methods study

Treating severe emotional dysregulation and co-occurring substance misuse is challenging. Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) is a comprehensive and evidence-based treatment for borderline personality disorder...

Authors: Daniel Flynn, Mary Joyce, Ailbhe Spillane, Conal Wrigley, Paul Corcoran, Aoife Hayes, Marian Flynn, David Wyse, Barry Corkery and Brid Mooney

Rural access to MAT in Pennsylvania (RAMP): a hybrid implementation study protocol for medication assisted treatment adoption among rural primary care providers

The continued escalation of opioid use disorder (OUD) calls for heightened vigilance to implement evidence-based care across the US. Rural care providers and patients have limited resources, and a number of ba...

Authors: Gerald Cochran, Evan S. Cole, Jack Warwick, Julie M. Donohue, Adam J. Gordon, Walid F. Gellad, Todd Bear, David Kelley, Ellen DiDomenico and Jan Pringle

Correction to: Emergency department screening and interventions for substance use disorders

In the version of this article that was originally published [1], some information in the “Background” section was erroneously omitted.

Authors: Kathryn Hawk and Gail D’Onofrio

Implementing alcohol use disorder pharmacotherapy in primary care settings: a qualitative analysis of provider-identified barriers and impact on implementation outcomes

Despite the high prevalence of alcohol use disorders (AUDs), in 2016, only 7.8% of individuals meeting diagnostic criteria received any type of AUD treatment. Developing options for treatment within primary ca...

Authors: Hildi J. Hagedorn, Jennifer P. Wisdom, Heather Gerould, Erika Pinsker, Randall Brown, Michael Dawes, Eric Dieperink, Donald Hugh Myrick, Elizabeth M. Oliva, Todd H. Wagner and Alex H. S. Harris

Factors associated with willingness to wear an electronic overdose detection device

North America is in the midst of an opioid overdose epidemic. Although take-home naloxone and other measures have been an effective strategy to reduce overdoses, many events are unwitnessed and mortality remai...

Authors: Keith Ahamad, Huiru Dong, Cheyenne Johnson, Kanna Hyashi, Kora DeBeck, M. J. Milloy and Evan Wood

Short screening tools for risky drinking in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: modified AUDIT-C and a new approach

Alcohol consumption among Indigenous Australians can involve a stop-start pattern of drinking, with consumption well above recommended guidelines on each occasion. Such intermittent drinking patterns can make ...

Authors: K. S. Kylie Lee, James H. Conigrave, Scott Wilson, Jimmy Perry, Sarah Callinan, Robin Room, Tanya N. Chikritzhs, Tim Slade, Noel Hayman, Geoffrey Leggat and Katherine M. Conigrave

HIV care provider perceptions and approaches to managing unhealthy alcohol use in primary HIV care settings: a qualitative study

HIV care providers often serve as the specialist and the primary care point-of-contact for persons living with HIV (PLWH) and unhealthy alcohol use. The purpose of the present qualitative study was to understa...

Authors: Natalie E. Chichetto, Zachary L. Mannes, Megan K. Allen, Robert L. Cook and Nicole Ennis

Low barrier buprenorphine treatment for persons experiencing homelessness and injecting heroin in San Francisco

Opioid overdose is a leading cause of death in persons experiencing homelessness (PEH), despite effective medications for opioid use disorder (OUD). In 2016, the San Francisco Street Medicine Team piloted a lo...

Authors: Jamie Carter, Barry Zevin and Paula J. Lum

Primary care engagement is associated with increased pharmacotherapy prescribing for alcohol use disorder (AUD)

Primary care provider skills such as screening, longitudinal monitoring, and medication management are generalizable to prescribing alcohol use disorder (AUD) pharmacotherapy. The association between primary c...

Authors: Paul J. Joudrey, Mat Kladney, Chinazo O. Cunningham and Marcus A. Bachhuber

Buprenorphine unobserved “home” induction: a survey of Ontario’s addiction physicians

Ontario patients on opioid agonist treatment (OAT) are often prescribed methadone instead of buprenorphine, despite the latter’s superior safety profile. Ontario OAT providers were surveyed to better understan...

Authors: Anita Srivastava, Meldon Kahan, Pamela Leece and Alison McAndrew

Asking about the last four drinking occasions on a tablet computer as a way to record alcohol consumption in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: a validation

Alcohol consumption among Indigenous Australians can be irregular, depending on social and geographic context. The Finnish method uses the last four drinking occasions to estimate drinking quantity and pattern...

Authors: K. S. Kylie Lee, James H. Conigrave, Sarah Callinan, Scott Wilson, Robin Room, Jimmy Perry, Tim Slade, Tanya N. Chikritzhs, Noel Hayman, Teagan Weatherall, Geoffrey Leggat, Dennis Gray and Katherine M. Conigrave

A conceptual model for understanding post-release opioid-related overdose risk

Post-release opioid-related overdose mortality is the leading cause of death among people released from jails or prisons (PRJP). Informed by the proximate determinants framework, this paper presents the Post-R...

Authors: Paul J. Joudrey, Maria R. Khan, Emily A. Wang, Joy D. Scheidell, E. Jennifer Edelman, D. Keith McInnes and Aaron D. Fox

Intervention for alcohol use disorders at an HIV care clinic in Harare: a pilot and feasibility study

Alcohol use in HIV infected patients is associated with risky sexual behaviour, poor adherence to Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy, treatment failure and increased physiologic harm. The objectives of the s...

Authors: Munyaradzi Madhombiro, Bazondlile Dube, Michelle Dube, Moleen Zunza, Dixon Chibanda, Simbarashe Rusakaniko and Soraya Seedat

“They didn’t give up on me”: a women’s transitions clinic from the perspective of re-entering women

Women recently released from incarceration have increased rates of co-occurring substance use, physical health, and mental health disorders. During re-entry, they face challenges navigating needed health servi...

Authors: Katherine Thomas, John L. Wilson, Precious Bedell and Diane S. Morse

Development of a social media-based intervention targeting tobacco use and heavy episodic drinking in young adults

Tobacco use and heavy episodic drinking (HED) commonly co-occur in young adults. We developed and tested usability of the Smoking Tobacco and Drinking (STAND) intervention for young adults delivered on Facebook.

Authors: Danielle E. Ramo, Meredith C. Meacham, Manpreet Kaur, Ella S. Corpuz, Judith J. Prochaska and Derek D. Satre

Increased demand for amphetamine treatment in rural Australia

A substantial increase in substance treatment episodes for methamphetamine problems suggests characteristics of the treatment population could have changed and that targeted treatment programs are required. To...

Authors: Julaine Allan, Ryan H. L. Ip, Michael Kemp and Nicole Snowdon

Provider and patient perspectives on barriers to buprenorphine adherence and the acceptability of video directly observed therapy to enhance adherence

Buprenorphine effectively reduces opioid craving and illicit opioid use. However, some patients may not take their medication as prescribed and thus experience suboptimal outcomes. The study aim was to qualita...

Authors: Margo E. Godersky, Andrew J. Saxon, Joseph O. Merrill, Jeffrey H. Samet, Jane M. Simoni and Judith I. Tsui

Identification and management of alcohol use and illicit substance use in outpatient psychiatric clinics in Sweden: a national survey of clinic directors and staff

Swedish national guidelines recommend that all health care settings systematically screen patients for alcohol use and illicit substance use. When hazardous use is identified, it should immediately be addresse...

Authors: Christopher Sundström, Elisabeth Petersén, Kristina Sinadinovic, Peter Gustafsson and Anne H. Berman

Utilization of addiction treatment among U.S. adults with history of incarceration and substance use disorders

The high prevalence of substance use disorders (SUDs) among incarcerated adults in the U.S. is well-known, but there has been less examination of SUD treatment and rates of incarceration among the population o...

Authors: Jack Tsai and Xian Gu

Linking women experiencing incarceration to community-based HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis care: protocol of a pilot trial

Women experiencing incarceration (WEI) engage in high rates of sex- and drug-related behavior that places them at risk for HIV. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is an efficacious means of reducing HIV acquisiti...

Authors: Susan E. Ramsey, Evan G. Ames, Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, Anne M. Teitelman, Jennifer Clarke and Clair Kaplan

Illicit substance use after release from prison among formerly incarcerated primary care patients: a cross-sectional study

More than 80% of people in jail or prison report having used illicit substances in their lifetimes. After release from incarceration, resumption of substance use carries risks, including parole revocation, exa...

Authors: Adam Chamberlain, Sylviah Nyamu, Jenerius Aminawung, Emily A. Wang, Shira Shavit and Aaron D. Fox

Study protocol for a pragmatic trial of the Consult for Addiction Treatment and Care in Hospitals (CATCH) model for engaging patients in opioid use disorder treatment

Treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) is highly effective, yet it remains dramatically underutilized. Individuals with OUD have disproportionately high rates of hospitalization and low rates of addiction tre...

Authors: Jennifer McNeely, Andrea B. Troxel, Hillary V. Kunins, Donna Shelley, Joshua D. Lee, Alexander Walley, Zoe M. Weinstein, John Billings, Nichola J. Davis, Roopa Kalyanaraman Marcello, Bruce R. Schackman, Charles Barron and Luke Bergmann

Strategies to increase implementation of pharmacotherapy for alcohol use disorders: a structured review of care delivery and implementation interventions

Effective medications for treating alcohol use disorders (AUD) are available but underutilized. Multiple barriers to their provision have been identified, and optimal strategies for addressing and overcoming b...

Authors: Emily C. Williams, Theresa E. Matson and Alex H. S. Harris

An evaluation of the maintenance to abstinence (MTA) program in achieving abstinence in opioid users and improving mental health and quality of life

Residential opioid rehabilitation aims to improve the mental health and quality of life of opioid users through abstinence and residential program participation. This study aimed to determine the depression, a...

Authors: Madeleine M. Southey, Trent Rees, Margaret Rolfe and Sabrina Pit

Patient and provider perspectives on implementation barriers and facilitators of an integrated opioid treatment and HIV care intervention

In Dar es Salaam Tanzania, the first opioid treatment program (OTP) in Sub-Saharan Africa, had very high rates of enrollment of people who use drugs (PWUD) but low rates of antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiat...

Authors: Alexis Cooke, Haneefa Saleem, Saria Hassan, Dorothy Mushi, Jessie Mbwambo and Barrot Lambdin

Tobacco use among non-elderly adults with and without criminal justice involvement in the past year: United States, 2008–2016

Tobacco use remains the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States and is concentrated among disadvantaged populations, including individuals with a history of criminal justice involve...

Authors: Tyler N. A. Winkelman, Katherine Diaz Vickery and Andrew M. Busch

Receipt of pharmacotherapy for alcohol use disorder by justice-involved women in the Veterans Health Administration

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) and unhealthy drinking are prevalent among women involved in the criminal justice system and women military veterans. Pharmacotherapy—including naltrexone, topiramate, acamprosate, a...

Authors: Emmeline Taylor, Christine Timko, Alex H. S. Harris, Mengfei Yu and Andrea K. Finlay

Study protocol testing toolkit versus usual care for implementation of screening, brief intervention, referral to treatment in hospitals: a phased cluster randomized approach

Alarming rates of unhealthy alcohol, non-prescription drug, and tobacco use highlight the preventable health risks of substance abuse and the urgent need to activate clinicians to recognize and treat risky use...

Authors: Robin Newhouse, Michelle Janney, Anne Gilbert, Jon Agley, Giorgos Bakoyannis, Melora Ferren, C. Daniel Mullins, Meg Johantgen, Rhonda Schwindt and Kelli Thoele

The SUMMIT ambulatory-ICU primary care model for medically and socially complex patients in an urban federally qualified health center: study design and rationale

Medically complex urban patients experiencing homelessness comprise a disproportionate number of high-cost, high-need patients. There are few studies of interventions to improve care for these populations; the...

Authors: Brian Chan, Samuel T. Edwards, Meg Devoe, Richard Gil, Matthew Mitchell, Honora Englander, Christina Nicolaidis, Devan Kansagara, Somnath Saha and P. Todd Korthuis

Frequency and associated risk factors of non-fatal overdose reported by pregnant women with opioid use disorder

Little is known about opioid overdose or naloxone access among pregnant women.

Authors: Sarah M. Bagley, Howard Cabral, Kelley Saia, Alyssa Brown, Christine Lloyd-Travaglini, Alexander Y. Walley and Ruth Rose-Jacobs

Advancing pharmacological treatments for opioid use disorder (ADaPT-OUD): protocol for testing a novel strategy to improve implementation of medication-assisted treatment for veterans with opioid use disorders in low-performing facilities

In the US, emergency room visits and overdoses related to prescription opioids have soared and the rates of illicit opioid use, including heroin and fentanyl, are increasing. Opioid use disorder (OUD) is assoc...

Authors: Hildi Hagedorn, Marie Kenny, Adam J. Gordon, Princess E. Ackland, Siamak Noorbaloochi, Wei Yu and Alex H. S. Harris

Alcohol misuse and outpatient follow-up after hospital discharge: a retrospective cohort study

Patients with alcohol misuse are less likely to receive preventive health services but more likely to utilize emergency health services. However, the association between alcohol misuse and outpatient follow-up...

Authors: Bryan Borg, Ivor S. Douglas, Madelyne Hull, Angela Keniston, Marc Moss and Brendan J. Clark

Clinician identified barriers to treatment for individuals in Appalachia with opioid use disorder following release from prison: a social ecological approach

The non-medical use of opioids has reached epidemic levels nationwide, and rural areas have been particularly affected by increasing rates of overdose mortality as well as increases in the prison population. I...

Authors: Amanda M. Bunting, Carrie B. Oser, Michele Staton, Katherine S. Eddens and Hannah Knudsen

Closing the gaps in opioid use disorder research, policy and practice: conference proceedings

Drug overdose deaths involving opioids have surged in recent years and the economic cost of the opioid epidemic is estimated to be over $500 billion annually. In the midst of calls for declaring a national eme...

Authors: Matthew A. Miclette, Jared A. Leff, Isabella Cuan, Jeffrey H. Samet, Brendan Saloner, Gary Mendell, Yuhua Bao, Michael A. Ashburn, Marcus A. Bachhuber, Bruce R. Schackman, Daniel E. Polsky and Zachary F. Meisel

MySafeRx: a mobile technology platform integrating motivational coaching, adherence monitoring, and electronic pill dispensing for enhancing buprenorphine/naloxone adherence during opioid use disorder treatment: a pilot study

While buprenorphine/naloxone (B/N) is approved for opioid use disorder treatment, effective delivery of B/N comes with significant challenges. Most notably, many patients do not take medication daily as prescr...

Authors: Zev Schuman-Olivier, Jacob T. Borodovsky, Jackson Steinkamp, Qays Munir, Kyle Butler, Mary Ann Greene, Jonah Goldblatt, Hai Yi Xie and Lisa A. Marsch