Publications by authors named "K W Wenzel"
Article Synopsis
- This study highlights that rates of PTSD are higher among sexual minority adults (LGB+) compared to heterosexual individuals, especially in the context of substance use disorders (SUD).
- The research found that LGB+ individuals reported experiencing more trauma, higher PTSD severity, and greater difficulties with emotion regulation than their heterosexual counterparts.
- Importantly, when emotion regulation difficulties were taken into account, the link between being a sexual minority and experiencing severe PTSD symptoms became less significant, suggesting that improving emotion regulation may help reduce PTSD severity in this population.
Article Synopsis
- This study explores how Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) affect the risk of developing Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in adults undergoing residential treatment for Substance Use Disorder (SUD), suggesting a link between impulsivity and PTSD.
- The research involved 134 adults in treatment, using questionnaires to measure their levels of ACEs, PTSD symptoms, and impulsivity, ultimately finding that two-thirds of participants showed potential PTSD symptoms.
- Among various impulsivity traits examined, lack of premeditation specifically partially mediated the connection between ACEs and PTSD symptoms, highlighting its importance in understanding PTSD development in the context of SUD.
An Assertive Community Intervention to Engage Youth with Opioid Use Disorder and Their Families.
Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am
October 2024
Medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) are the most effective treatment for OUD. Many patients struggle with adherence, but young adults face unique developmental barriers and experience higher relapse rates. The Youth Opioid Recovery Support (YORS) intervention is a developmentally informed behavioral approach to increase medication adherence through assertive outreach, family involvement, low-barrier access to extended-release MOUD, and contingency management.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTo tackle the global waste crisis, there is an urgent need for decisive and joint action at multiple levels. The collective behavior of a community could make a significant contribution. This paper presents the results of a field experiment designed to promote packaging waste prevention - called precycling - in a newly formed community setting, in Berlin, Germany.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImportance: Injectable extended-release (XR)-naltrexone is an effective treatment option for opioid use disorder (OUD), but the need to withdraw patients from opioid treatment prior to initiation is a barrier to implementation.
Objective: To compare the effectiveness of the standard procedure (SP) with the rapid procedure (RP) for XR-naltrexone initiation.
Design, Setting, And Participants: The Surmounting Withdrawal to Initiate Fast Treatment with Naltrexone study was an optimized stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial conducted at 6 community-based inpatient addiction treatment units.