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J Addict Med
January 2025
From the Division of General Internal Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (LWS); San Francisco Department of Public Health, San Francisco, CA (POC); Vital Strategies, New York, NY (KB, DC); Network for Public Health Law, Edina, MN (CSD); and New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY (CSD).
Stimulant use disorder (StUD) is a rapidly growing concern in the United States, with escalating rates of death attributed to amphetamines and cocaine. No medications are currently approved for StUD treatment, leaving clinicians to navigate off-label medication options. Recent studies suggest that controlled prescription psychostimulants such as dextroamphetamine, methylphenidate, and modafinil are associated with reductions in self-reported stimulant use, craving, and depressive symptoms.
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January 2025
Department of Medicine, RCSI Education and Research Centre, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
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January 2025
Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Our commentary proposes the application of directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) in the design of decision-analytic models, offering researchers a valuable and structured tool to enhance transparency and accuracy by bridging the gap between causal inference and model design in medical decision making.The practical examples in this article showcase the transformative effect DAGs can have on model structure, parameter selection, and the resulting conclusions on effectiveness and cost-effectiveness.This methodological article invites a broader conversation on decision-modeling choices grounded in causal assumptions.
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January 2025
Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi Province, 530021, People's Republic of China.
Policing (Oxf)
April 2024
Kathryn J. Spearman, MSN, RN, PhD candidate, Johns Hopkins University, School of Nursing (Baltimore, MD, USA).
Domestic violence is a commonplace and serious societal problem with vast public health and economic consequences. Childhood exposure to domestic violence can blight children's biological and social development. Often, local police departments are first responders to domestic violence.
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