Substance abuse has far-reaching consequences for individuals, their families, and the community. Medications with abuse potential play an important role in the management of pain and are widely prescribed by the oral and maxillofacial surgeon. Reducing the likelihood of abuse and providing appropriate pain management for the known abuser are critical aspects of perioperative patient management. Health care providers are not immune to substance abuse and may, in fact, be at an elevated risk. Identification of impaired providers is essential to help them find the appropriate treatment and counseling and to prevent harm to their patients, family, friends, or associates.
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Alcohol Alcohol
November 2024
Center for Value-Based Care Research, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Ave, Mail Code G10, Cleveland, OH 44195.
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Alcohol Alcohol
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Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Kalevantie 4, Tampere 33014, Finland.
Aims: Research indicates that shared and specific underlying factors influence different addictions, sometimes resulting in co-occurring problems. The evidence concerning risk and protective factors for gambling and alcohol addiction, along with their co-occurrence, remains ambiguous. To address this gap, this study will conduct longitudinal research to examine the factors associated with at-risk behaviours over time.
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January 2025
Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA; Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA; Wu Tsai Institute, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA; Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA. Electronic address:
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Cora Peterson, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
More than 60 percent of US adults report that they had adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). For this study of 930,000 children born during the period 1999-2003, we used linked administrative, survey, and criminal justice data to measure the association between ACEs (parental death; separation; incarceration; or criminal charge for intimate partner violence, substance use disorder, or child sexual or nonsexual abuse) and socioeconomic disadvantages at ages 18-22 during 2017-21. After childhood socioeconomic status was controlled for, young adults with ACEs were more likely to have been charged with felonies, have become teenage parents, live in a household with poverty or housing assistance, be enrolled in Medicaid, and be employed, and were less likely to be enrolled in an educational institution.
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