The Price of Growing Up in a Low-Income Neighborhood: A Scoping Review of Associated Depressive Symptoms and Other Mood Disorders among Children and Adolescents.

Neighborhoods, as built and social environments, have significant implications for mental health. Children raised in high-poverty neighborhoods, who are disproportionately Black, Indigenous, and people of color, have a greater risk of adverse life outcomes. Neighborhood gentrification is also salient when examining mental health outcomes as neighborhood economic contexts shift around a child.

Characteristics and Outcomes of School Social Work Services: A Scoping Review of Published Evidence 2000-June 2022.

School social workers are integral to the school mental health workforce and the leading social service providers in educational settings. In recent decades, school social work practice has been largely influenced by the multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) approach, ecological systems views, and the promotion of evidence-based practice. However, none of the existing school social work reviews have examined the latest characteristics and outcomes of school social work services.

Substance use and medical outcomes in those age 50 and older involving cocaine and metamfetamine reported to United States poison centers.

Context: Cocaine and metamfetamine use and overdose deaths among United States adults have been increasing in recent years. We examined associations of medical outcomes with co-used opioids and other substances among cocaine, and metamfetamine exposures in people age ≥50 years ( = 9300) reported to the National Poison Data System, 2015-2021.

Methods: We first described increases in these exposures over time.

Correction: Perceived neighborhood social cohesion and cervical and breast cancer screening utilization among U.S.-born and immigrant women.

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Racial and ethnic disparities in cervical and breast cancer screenings by nativity and length of U.S. residence.

Objective: Previous studies of disparities in breast and cervical cancer screenings have focused on broad racial/ethnic groups or nativity status without accounting for immigration histories. Recent theoretical work argues for using intersectional approaches and examining within-group inequalities. Utilizing multiple years of National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) data, we examined between- and within-group Papanicolaou (Pap) test and mammogram screening based on nativity and length of U.

Public mental health service use among U.S. adults age 50+ compared to younger age groups.

Despite increasing numbers of older-adult mental health service users, few studies have examined their use of public mental health services. Using the 2018 and 2019 Mental Health-Client Level data for clients age 18+ (N = 4,291,737 in 2018 and N = 4,513,946 in 2019), we examined whether those age 50+ who received outpatient-only, both outpatient and inpatient, or inpatient-only services had greater odds of certain types of mental disorders, especially schizophrenia, than younger adults. Of all users, 25.

Perceived neighborhood social cohesion and cervical and breast cancer screening utilization among U.S.-born and immigrant women.

Research suggests that factors beyond the individual level, such as neighborhood-level factors, warrant further investigation in explaining preventive screening utilization disparities. In addition, research shows that immigrant women, especially recent immigrants, are less likely than U.S.

Psychological Distress, Cannabis Use Frequency, and Cannabis Use Disorder Among US Adults in 2020.

Using 2020 National Survey on Drug Use and Health data (N = 27,170, age 18+), we examined associations of psychological distress with: (1) cannabis use frequency among all adults, and (2) cannabis use disorder (CUD) among cannabis users. Of all adults, 18.2% reported past-year cannabis use, 12.

Older Adults' Frequency of Going Outside during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Associations with Physical Distancing, Health Status, and Fall Risk Factors.

Research shows significant health benefits of going outside in late life. Using the 2019 and 2020 National Health and Aging Trend Study and its 2020 COVID-19 supplemental survey ( = 3,857, age 70+), we examined changes in the past-month frequency of going outside one's home/building during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 compared to the same time in 2019. We found that 57.

Polypharmacy and Healthcare Service Use Among Prescription Opioid Poisoning Cases Age 50.

To examine relationships between polypharmacy and level of healthcare service use among prescription opioid poisoning cases age 50 and older. Data came from the American Association of Poison Control Center's National Poison Data System, 2015-2020. We used multinomial logistic regression to examine the study questions.

Associations of Healthcare Service Utilization With Cannabis Use Status, Use Reasons, and Use Characteristics Among Those Age 50 and Older.

Cannabis use has increased steadily among older adults, and they are a significant proportion of medical cannabis users. Using 2015-2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health data (n = 44,007 age 50+), we examined whether the numbers of emergency department (ED) visits and nights hospitalized are associated with cannabis use status, use reason (nonmedical-only, medical-only, and medical and nonmedical), and use characteristics. Past-year users had higher rates of any ED visit (30.

Who benefits from Two Way Prayer Meditation? Treatment effect moderators in a pilot randomized controlled trial of a spiritual intervention for people with substance use disorders.

Two Way Prayer Meditation (TWPM) is a spiritual intervention that holds promise for improving the psychospiritual well-being of individuals in recovery from substance use disorders (SUD). This study aimed to identify moderators of TWPM's treatment effects. Moderators tested included gender, race/ethnicity, age, education, religious/spiritual affiliation, and most often used substance.

U.S. older adults' heroin and psychostimulant use treatment admissions, 2012-2019: Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics.

Background: Increases in U.S. older adults' nonprescription opioid and psychostimulant use call for examining their treatment admissions for these substances.

Heroin and fentanyl overdose deaths among cases age 50+ in the National Poison Data System, 2015-2020.

Context: Illicit opioid use and heroin treatment admissions among individuals age 50+ have increased. Little research has, however, examined correlates of illicit opioid overdose deaths in this age group before or during the COVID-19 pandemic or the healthcare services used in these cases.

Methods: The sample included illicit opioid (heroin, fentanyl, or other synthetic, nonpharmaceutical opioids) poisoning cases age 50+ ( = 5576) in the National Poison Data System (NPDS), 2015-2020.

COVID-19 and Loneliness among Older Adults: Associations with Mode of Family/Friend Contacts and Social Participation.

Objectives: Given physical/social distancing due to COVID-19, we examined associations between self-reported loneliness and changes in contact with family/friends and mode of social participation among older adults.

Methods: Data came from the 2020 National Health and Aging Trend Study (NHATS) and its supplemental mail COVID-19 survey (N = 2,910 respondents who reported changes in loneliness during the COVID-19 outbreak). We fit a generalized linear model (GLM) with Poisson and log link using increased versus the same/decreased loneliness as the dependent variable and changes in frequencies of four modalities of contact with family/friends and social participation mode during COVID-19 as the independent variables.

Demographic and Clinical Correlates of Treatment Completion among Older Adults with Heroin and Prescription Opioid Use Disorders.

In this study using 2015-2018 Treatment Episode Data Set-Discharge (TEDS-D) cases age 55+ for heroin (N = 101,524) or prescription opioids (PO; N = 25,510) as the primary substance, we examined treatment completion rates and correlates. We fit separate logistic regression models for heroin and PO cases with treatment completion status (completed vs. discontinued due to dropout/termination/other reasons) for each treatment setting (detoxification, residential rehabilitation, and outpatient) as the dependent variable.

Cannabis and binge alcohol use among older individuals with major depressive episode.

Research shows significant associations of major depression with cannabis and binge alcohol use. However, despite increasing cannabis and binge alcohol use rates among the 50+ age group, research on this age group is scant. : We used the 2015-2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health data ( = 44,007 age 50+) and multinomial logistic regression models to examine associations of a major depressive episode (MDE) with cannabis and binge alcohol use and co-use and associations of binge alcohol use with nonmedical and medical cannabis use.

Telehealth Use Among Older Adults During COVID-19: Associations With Sociodemographic and Health Characteristics, Technology Device Ownership, and Technology Learning.

The COVID-19 pandemic ushered in rapid telehealth/telemedicine adoption. In this study, we (1) examined rates and correlates of telehealth (video call) use among those aged 70+, and (2) tested the significance of access to information and communication technology (ICT) device ownership and knowledge of how to use the internet and devices as telehealth-enabling factors. The Behavioral Model of Health Services Use served as the conceptual framework, and data came from the COVID-19 supplemental survey of the National Health and Aging Trend Study.

Naloxone therapy for prescription and illicit opioid poisoning cases aged 50 + in the national poison data system, 2015-2020.

Context: Older adults are less likely than younger adults to receive naloxone therapy. Given high rates of prescription opioid use/misuse and increasing illicit opioid use among older adults, factors associated with naloxone administration for older opioid poisoning cases need examination.

Methods: We analyzed the 83,135 opioid-involved cases aged 50+ from the 2015-2020 National Poison Data System.

Exposure reasons, other substance use, and medical outcomes of poison control center cases aged 50+ involving opioids, 2015-2020.

Context: Rates of prescription opioid (PO) prescribing and filling remain high, and illicit opioid (IO) use has increased among late middle-aged and older adults. Research on PO and IO poisoning and their impacts among these age groups is needed.

Methods: Data came from 2015 to 2020 poison control center cases aged 50+ ( = 83,135).

Is cannabis use associated with prescription psychotropic and pain reliever medication and other substance use among individuals aged 50+ with mental illness?

Background: Despite increasing rates of nonmedical and/or medical cannabis use in the 50+ age group, scant research exists on the associations between cannabis use and prescription medication use. In this study, we examined associations of use of prescription tranquilizers, sedatives, stimulants, and pain relievers, tobacco products, any/binge/heavy alcohol, and illicit drugs with cannabis use and use characteristics among U.S.

Associations of cannabis use frequency and cannabis use disorder with receiving a substance use screen and healthcare professional discussion of substance use.

Background And Objectives: Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) can reduce substance use, but receipt of these services by those who use cannabis frequently and have cannabis use disorder (CUD) remains unexplored. We examined cannabis use frequency and CUD's associations with the odds of receiving a substance use screening and a healthcare professional discussion among those who used healthcare services.

Methods: Data came from the 2015-2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (N = 214,505 aged 18+).

Alcohol use disorder and treatment receipt among individuals aged 50 years and older: Other substance use and psychiatric correlates.

Objective: Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is increasing among U.S. individuals aged 50+.