The Perceived Role of Withdrawal in Maintaining Opioid Addiction among Adults with Untreated Opioid Use Disorder: A Survey of Syringe Exchange Program Participants.

Withdrawal is believed to play a central role in the brain disease model of addiction. However, little research describes withdrawal-motives among untreated individuals in community settings. This cross-sectional study surveyed syringe exchange program participants ( = 139) with untreated opioid use disorder (OUD) in Columbus, Ohio from January 10th to March 25th, 2023, to assess their perceptions of the role of withdrawal in OUD maintenance, treatment delay, and OUD's refractoriness to buprenorphine.

Tardive seizure with postictal aphasia: a case report.

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a highly effective treatment for certain psychiatric disorders with relatively few serious adverse effects or complications. Tardive seizures are one of these rare but potentially fatal complications. Recognizing and treating tardive seizures is essential to prevent prolonged postictal confusion, progression to status epilepticus and associated soft tissue injury, anoxia, aspiration, and death.