Breakthrough findings could lead to more effective prevention and treatment strategies for multiple SUDs
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News Releases
Long-acting antiretroviral therapy suppresses HIV among people with unstable housing, mental illnesses, substance use
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NIH-supported study demonstrates injectable ART may improve outcomes in underserved patients
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Overdose deaths involving buprenorphine did not proportionally increase with new flexibilities in prescribing
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Federal study findings help understand effects of expanding access to treatment for opioid use disorder
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Scientists will test community-based approaches to prevent drug overdoses, curb high death rates
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The 2022 Monitoring the Future Survey reports substance use behaviors & related attitudes among adolescents in the U.S.
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Endocarditis in patients with cocaine or opioid use disorder markedly increased between 2011 and 2022
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Steep, recent increase indicates COVID-19 associated with higher risk of endocarditis, NIH-supported study finds
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Additional research necessary to parse potential benefits and harms of video games on the developing brain
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Spironolactone may play a role in reducing alcohol drinking
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Prenatal cannabis exposure associated with mental disorders in children that persist into early adolescence
Results add to scientific evidence of negative health effects of cannabis use during pregnancy
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Increased Use of Telehealth for OUD Services During COVID-19 Pandemic Associated with Reduced Risk of Overdose
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Study findings support value of expanding use of telehealth services for opioid use disorder-related care
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NIH-supported study also found past-month vaping levels rebound after early pandemic drop.
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Percentage of overdose deaths involving methadone declined between January 2019 and August 2021
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National data indicate COVID-era treatment expansion was not associated with harms
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NIH scientists identify new brain mechanism involved in impulsive cocaine-seeking in rats
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Muscarinic acetylcholine M2 receptors regulate lateral habenula neuron activity and control cocaine seeking behavior
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Tobacco smoking rates are decreasing in people with major depression and substance use disorder
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Despite decline, smoking cessation efforts still critical for people with substance use or other psychiatric disorders
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Screening for substance use disorder in teens may predict adult prescription drug use and misuse and prevent overdose
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Law enforcement seizures of pills containing fentanyl increased dramatically between 2018-2021
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NIH-supported research highlights growing, dangerous trend, particularly for people new to drug use
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NIH analysis of Reddit forum suggests experience of non-suicidal self-harm shares characteristics with addiction
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Better characterizing clinical features of self-injury is critical to provide support and effective treatments
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Take-home antibiotic therapies may improve health outcomes, lower costs, for patients with drug use-associated infective endocarditis
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Often fatal, endocarditis remains a dangerous but largely unknown health threat for people who inject drugs
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Suicides by drug overdose increased among young people, elderly people, and Black women, despite overall downward trend
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Study emphasizes the importance of screening for suicidality and providing treatment to people with mental illnesses and substance use disorders
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Social connectedness, sleep, and physical activity associated with better mental health among youth during the COVID-19 pandemic
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NIH-supported study also found girls were at higher risk for stress, anxiety, and depression than boys
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Offering buprenorphine medication to people with opioid use disorder in jail may reduce rearrest and reconviction
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Data from the Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) support providing this treatment in justice settings
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Percentage of adolescents reporting drug use decreased significantly in 2021 as the COVID-19 pandemic endured
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Results from the 2021 Monitoring the Future Survey report substance use behaviors and related attitudes
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Media Briefing: NIH Leaders to speak at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting about NIH COVID-19 research and the neurological implications of COVID-19
Leaders from across the NIH will brief reporters about on research efforts related to COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2
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Researchers identify brain circuitry in rodents that may be responsible for negative emotional aspects of pain
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Changing the activity of this circuit restored levels of motivation in a pre-clinical model of pain
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Buprenorphine misuse decreased among U.S. adults with opioid use disorder from 2015-2019
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NIH study highlights the need to expand buprenorphine-based treatment while monitoring and reducing misuse
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The Hidden U.S. COVID-19 Pandemic: Orphaned Children – More than 140,000 U.S. children lost a primary or secondary caregiver due to the COVID-19 pandemic
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Study highlights stark disparities in caregiver deaths by race and ethnicity, calls for urgent public health response
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People with substance use disorders may be at higher risk for SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections
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Co-occurring health disorders appear to contribute to increased risk, NIH study suggests
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Methamphetamine-involved overdose deaths nearly tripled between 2015 to 2019, NIH study finds
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Patterns of methamphetamine use have become riskier, diversified across U.S. population
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Disparities in opioid overdose deaths continue to worsen for Black people, study suggests
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NIH-supported study underscores the need for racially inclusive approach to address the opioid crisis in hard-hit areas
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Annual NIH-supported study reports changing substance use trends among college students and college-aged adults
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