The co-occurrence of unhealthy alcohol use and opioid misuse is high and associated with increased rates of overdose, emergency health care utilization, and death. The current study examined whether receipt of an alcohol-related brief intervention is associated with reduced risk of negative downstream opioid-related outcomes. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Defining Discontinuation for Buprenorphine Treatment: Implications for Quality Measurement. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This review provides an overview of glial modulators as a novel treatment approach for comorbid pain and OUD. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The study aim was to explore experiences of alcohol use and harm within the following four Gypsy/Traveller communities: Irish Travellers, Boaters, Gypsies, and Slovakian Roma. Open access article - no login required
This study concludes that psychoeducation can increase patients' knowledge about sAUD, but it does not increase the likelihood of abstinence or controlled low consumption after discharge. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The present systematic review aimed to evaluate support for the unique and complementary roles of self-compassion and self-forgiveness in alcohol outcomes. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This study adds epidemiological weight to the implementation of health maintenance strategies and risk management procedures to reduce the risk of violent outcomes in individuals with mental health disorders (specifically, substance use disorder, psychosis, and ‘personality disorders’). The findings highlight how experiences of victimisation and perpetration are more often comorbid, with experiences of both victimisation and perpetration more common than an experience of only one of the outcomes.
This investigation represents the first systematic review and meta-analysis of alcohol's effects on affiliative language. The authors test the hypothesis that alcohol increases affiliative verbal approach behaviors and discuss future research directions. Open access article - no login required.
This narrative review explores the effects of simultaneous alcohol and cannabis (SAM) use on subjective drug effects. Open access article - no login required.
This critical review introduces methodological advances capable of enhancing causal inference from observational research, and presents and evaluates recent research applying these methods. Open access article - no login required.
...the present study: (1) examined whether self-report scales assessing intrapersonal motives (i.e., relieving negative emotions, enhancing positive emotions, punishing oneself) and interpersonal motives (i.e., bonding with others, conforming with others, communicating distress, communicating strength, reducing demands) have invariant factor structures across SDBs; and (2) compared the salience of these motives across SDBs. Open access article - no login required
Stress and alcohol cue reactivity are associated with poor treatment outcomes in alcohol use disorder (AUD), but sex-specific neural correlates of stress and alcohol cue–induced craving compared with neutral cue–induced craving and of heavy drinking outcomes in AUD have not been examined. Thus, this study prospectively examined these associations... To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The authors sought to examine the comparative effectiveness of topiramate and naltrexone in improving outcomes in AUD and to examine the role of the rs2832407 and rs1799971 polymorphisms, respectively, on response to these medications. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This narrative review discusses the intricate relationship between AUD and chronic pain. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Assessing pain among people with OUD is challenging, because ongoing opioid use brings changes in pain responses and most pain assessment tools have not been validated for this population. In this narrative review, we discuss the fundamentals of pain assessment for populations with OUD. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This study evaluates the time course of pain and craving and objective experience of pain as a function of the last methadone dose. Preliminary findings highlight the potential for increased risks after even a short delay in receiving a methadone dose. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This study compares by occurrence-era and age-group how opioid-related deaths (ORDs) and their counterpart evolved in Scotland versus England and Wales during 2006-2020. Open access article - no login required.
This systematic review investigates behaviour change techniques in interventions promoting physical activity for young people aged 12–25 years at heightened risk of problematic substance use, and the effect of these techniques on physical activity participation and substance use outcomes.
A strong cooperative bond between the patient and provider (“therapeutic alliance”) is robustly associated with better alcohol use disorder (AUD) treatment outcomes. Although digital treatments for AUD have significant potential, the function of the alliance during digital programs is unclear. We compared the validity of patient-reported measures of the alliance with a digital treatment (“digital alliance”) for AUD and the alliance with their clinician (“clinician alliance”). To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.