Substance Use Disorders

More than 60% of 12th graders who responded to a yearly survey of junior high and high school students reported not using alcohol, cannabis or nicotine in the past 30 days — the highest level of abstention in the survey’s history.

According to new data released by HHS, 48.7 million Americans aged 12 years or older reported a substance use disorder in the past year, including 29.5 million with an alcohol use disorder and 27.2 million with a drug use disorder.

An earlier follow-up visit after psychiatric inpatient discharge was associated with lower risk of suicide in a population-based study from South Korea.

A Boston-area biotechnology firm announced it has received a patent titled “Carboxylated Psilocybin Derivatives and Methods of Using” for its EVM301 series of molecules to treat a range of mental health disorders.

A study of more than 6,000 white-collar workers found that psychosocial stressors at work raised men’s risk of coronary heart disease while having an inconclusive impact on women.

Use of any substance during pregnancy, including alcohol and cannabis but especially methamphetamines, is associated with increased risk for acute CV outcomes during delivery hospitalization, according to a nationwide database analysis.

Results of a recent poll revealed that 71% of U.S. adults believe know how to get a friend or family member help with addiction, while 73% said they would refer a loved one to recovery treatment and 74% would initiate a conversation.

Screening for recovery capital can help primary care physicians identify psychosocial interventions for patients with opioid use disorder, according to Michelle R. Lent, PhD.

Although mean daily out-of-pocket costs for buprenorphine — a medication for opioid use disorder — fell from 2015 to 2020 in the United States, cost remains a barrier for many people, according to findings published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Adults with obesity who undergo gastric bypass surgery may have a higher risk for nonalcohol substance use disorder than those who do not undergo bariatric surgery, according to a study published in Obesity.