BACKGROUND: Suicide is considered a severeglobal phenomenon as near to 700,000 people die annually as a result of suicidal behaviours. Suicide is a major public health problem among patients with a substance use disorder. AIM: To determine the prevalence of suicidal ideation/behaviours and to...

Source: Volkow, N. D., Michaelides, M., & Baler, R. (2019). The neuroscience of drug reward and addiction. Physiological reviews, 99(4), 2115-2140. Neuroscience research has revealed that addiction is a chronic, relapsing disease of the brain triggered by repeated exposure to drugs in those who are...

Source: Cruz, S. L., Rivera-García, M. T., & Woodward, J. J. (2014). Review of toluene action: clinical evidence, animal studies and molecular targets. Journal of drug and alcohol research, 3. Abstract It has long been known that individuals will engage in voluntary inhalation of volatile solvents...

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Source: Cruz, S. L., Orta‐Salazar, G., Gauthereau, M. Y., Millan‐Perez Peña, L., & Salinas‐Stefanón, E. M. (2003). Inhibition of cardiac sodium currents by toluene exposure. British journal of pharmacology, 140(4), 653-660. Abstract Toluene is an industrial solvent widely used as a drug of abuse...

Interesting article! Does your treatment program use FDA-approved medications for alcohol, opioid, or nicotine dependence with clients/patients?

This 2013 article contains some really interesting information about practitioners and intervention adoption:

Aside from raving about what idiots the reviewers are, what should we do when the inevitable rejection for funding of a research project comes? This article in a Nature newsletter outlines some useful follow up activities to improve the odds the second time around.

This 20 minute podcast from the journal Nature has interesting tidbits on writing for publication in a peer review journal.

Source: Castillo, E. G., Ijadi-Maghsoodi, R., Shadravan, S., Moore, E., Mensah III, M. O., Docherty, M., ... & Morton, I. (2020). Community Interventions to Promote Mental Health and Social Equity. Focus, 18(1), 60-70. Abstract Purpose of Review: We review recent community interventions to promote...

Source: Vicky Ping Chen, Yang Gao, Liyi Geng, Mike Steele, Nathan Jenks, Kah-Whye Peng, and Stephen Brimijoin.Human Gene Therapy.ahead of printhttp://doi.org/10.1089/hum.2019.233 Abstract Cocaine addiction continues to impose major burdens on affected individuals and broader society but is highly...

If your students are interested in research in health care settings, this post doc opportunity sponsored by Academy Health may be of interest

Johns Hopkins claims many medical firsts, including the first use of rubber gloves during surgery, the first radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer, the first implant of an automatic defibrillator in a patient. In September, Hopkins launched what the school believes to be another, more unusual...

Open access New England Journal of Medicine article on artificial intelligence and its impact on the healthcare system. U.S. system focused but applicable to all regions.

http://es.vhir.org/portal1/news-detail.asp?t=terapia-assistida-amb-gossos-per-tractar-la-saf&contentid=198340&s=actualitat

ME PARECE MUY IMPORTANTE CONOCER LA TERAPIA ASISTIDA CON PERROS, PARA PERSONAS CON SÍNDROME ALCOHÓLICO FETAL, ES MUY NOVEDOSO SABER QUE EL USO DE ESTE TIPO DE TERAPIA TIENE RESULTADOS, Y A DIFERENCIA DE LOS TRATAMIENTOS FARMACOLÓGICOS QUE SE PUEDAN USAR, ESTE NO TIENE EFECTOS SECUNDARIOS, ME...

This study demonstrated that given a choice, rats who had been withdrawn from either methamphetamine or heroin would choose social interaction over drug use. It points to the importance of social support in treatment and recovery.

New article on medications to treat methamphetamine use disorder

Source: Kiluk, B. D., Fitzmaurice, G. M., Strain, E. C., & Weiss, R. D. (2019). What defines a clinically meaningful outcome in the treatment of substance use disorders: reductions in direct consequences of drug use or improvement in overall functioning?. Addiction, 114(1), 9-15. Abstract Background...

A brief personal account from a Bioethicist at Johns Hopkins is a quick read and talks about opioid prescribing practices and how they precipitate addiction but maybe not in the way we think.