Background: Calendar-based timeline follow-back (TLFB) instruments have been used to assess alcohol use, smoking, and other behaviors. We assessed test-retest reliability of an adapted TLFB addressing opioid-related outcomes over 120 days among opioid overdose survivors using nonprescribed opioids.
Methods: The Repeated-dose Behavioral intervention to reduce Opioid Overdose Trial utilized a TLFB that collected data over the preceding 120 days.
Background: The City of Boston has faced unprecedented challenges with substance use amidst changes to the illicit drug supply and increased visibility of homelessness. Among its responses, Boston developed six low threshold harm reduction housing (HRH) sites geared towards supporting the housing needs of people who use drugs (PWUD) and addressing health and safety concerns around geographically concentrated tent encampments. HRH sites are transitional supportive housing that adhere to a "housing first" approach where abstinence is not required and harm reduction services and supports are co-located.
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December 2024
Background: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is common in people with substance use disorders (SUDs). TBI often results in cognitive deficits which can affect the clinical course of SUD.
Case Presentation: Here we present the case of a 34-year-old Spanish-speaking man with severe opioid use disorder and two prior TBIs affecting his cognitive abilities.
Background And Aims: Stimulant-involved overdose deaths are increasing throughout the United States. Because stimulant misuse (i.e.
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