Adverse Childhood Experiences: Risk Factors for Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Published February 22, 2014

Adverse Childhood Experiences: Risk Factors for Substance Abuse and Mental Health — The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Study assess associations between childhood maltreatment and later-life health and well-being. In this video, Dr. Ro…

Beckley psychiatrist pens article on opiate drug abuse
The article, “Opiate Drug Abuse: Discovering Problematic Patients in the Office and What to Do About It,” written by Dr. M. Khalid Hasan, discusses risk factors for abuse, signs of addiction and recommendations for proper treatment. According to the …
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Reducing HIV Transmission Among Drug Injectors Lowers AIDS Mortality in …
This work was supported by National Institute of Drug Abuse grants # R01 DA013336 (Community Vulnerability and Responses to Drug-User-Related HIV/AIDS), R01 DA 003574 (Risk Factors for AIDS among Intravenous Drug Users), and 5T32 DA007233 …
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Addiction Meds Effective but Buprenorphine a Better Bet?
The evidence is less clear but suggestive that MMT has a positive impact on mortality, illicit nonopioid drug use, drug-related HIV risk behaviors, and criminal activity. The evidence suggests that MMT has little impact on sex-related HIV risk …
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