Substance Use Disorders News

Psilocybin-assisted therapy induced positive personality changes in adults with alcohol use disorder, which may help to improve long-term outcomes by limiting traits that encourage relapse such as impulsiveness, according to study results.

Congress recently extended Medicare telehealth flexibilities that waive a requirement for an in-person visit before a patient can receive mental health services via telehealth.

Preliminary evidence indicates that glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists like Ozempic and similar weight-loss drugs may also help treat substance use disorders.

At the Alzheimer's Association International Conference, the Lancet Commission unveiled two new modifiable risk factors for dementia: high cholesterol and vision loss.

Results of a decadeslong study recently published in BMJ found that suicide risk increased on New Year’s Day in most countries, while the risk varied by country on Christmas.

LOS ANGELES — Treatment with cannabidiol in young people with tuberous sclerosis complex led to significant improvements in several cognitive, behavioral and executive domains, data from ongoing survey show.

LOS ANGELES — Individuals with epilepsy who used marijuana had a reduced length of hospitalization as well as a higher rate of epilepsy event capturability compared with those who did not use marijuana, data show.

Although key steps have been taken to improve access to naloxone for the acute treatment of opioid overdose, more work is needed to overcome the stigma associated with the root cause — substance use disorder.

Individuals who visited the ED for hallucinogen use had a greater risk for developing a schizophrenia spectrum disorder compared with the general population and ED visits for other substances, researchers found.