Alcohol and educational inequalities: Hazardous drinking prevalence and all-cause mortality by hazardous drinking group in people aged 50 and older in Europe

Sergi Trias-Llimós, PhD, Marina Bosque-Prous, PhD, Nuria Obradors-Rial, PhD, Ester Teixidó-Compañó, MSc, Maria José Belza, PhD, Fanny Janssen, PhD & Albert Espelt, PhD

NEW! Published June 16, 2020

This study examined educational inequalities in hazardous drinking prevalence among individuals aged 50 or more in 14 European countries, and explored educational inequalities in mortality in hazardous drinkers in European regions.

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Feasibility of auricular acupressure as an adjunct treatment for neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS)

Heather J. Jackson, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC; Cristina Lopez, PhD; Sarah Miller, RN, PhD; & Barbara Englehardt, MD

NEW! Published July 7, 2020

This feasibility study implemented an acupressure protocol as informed by the Near-Term Infant (NTI) conceptual framework for the treatment of neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS).

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A Patient Navigation Intervention for Drug-Involved Former Prison Inmates

Ingrid A. Binswanger, MD, MPH, MS, Elizabeth Whitley, Paul-Ryan Haffey, Shane R. Mueller, MSW & Sung-Joon Min, PhD

Vol. 36 Iss. 1 (2015)

Former prison inmates experience high rates of hospitalizations and death during the transition from prison to the community, particularly from drug-related causes and early after release. The authors designed a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of patient navigation to reduce barriers to health care and hospitalizations for former prison inmates.

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The blind side of addiction: A call for increased awareness of developmentally informed youth addiction scholarship

Yifrah Kaminer, MD, MBA & Adam J. Gordon, MD, MPH

Vol. 37 Iss. 2 (2016)

The etiology and pathogenesis of substance use disorders are of bio-psycho-socioecological origin. The emergence of addiction within a particular individual occurs when there is an encounter between a person’s biological vulnerability and environmental influences—an encounter that starts very early in life, if not even in utero.1 Given the importance of early human life experiences on the onset and trajectories of substance use disorders, it is pivotal to understand, prevent, and treat addiction from a developmentally informed perspective.

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