I still remember the feeling of the first joint: I was so calm, relaxed and at ease with the world around me. A few weeks later, I took speed in my local park, with a crowd of older boys from the estate I lived on. This made me feel really […]
'Think twice' campaign effective in reducing opioid prescribing in primary care
A campaign that urged GPs to 'think-twice' before putting a patient on opioid medicines is effective in reducing opioid prescribing in primary care, according to the findings of a major study. Although the reduction in the number of opioid prescriptions issued by individual GPs was small, when aggregated together they […]
Johns Hopkins Medicine awarded NIH grant to explore the impacts of psilocybin on tobacco addiction
Johns Hopkins Medicine was awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to explore the potential impacts of psilocybin on tobacco addiction. This is the first NIH grant awarded in over a half century to directly investigate the therapeutic effects of a classic psychedelic, consistent with a recent […]
Marijuana use among college-age adults remains at historically high levels in 2020
Marijuana use continued to rise among college students over the past five years and remained at historically high levels among same-aged peers who are not in college in 2020, according to survey results from the 2020 Monitoring the Future (MTF) panel study. This represents the highest levels of marijuana use […]
HHS Loosens Restrictions on Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder
New practice guidelines released by the US Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) remove long-time barriers to buprenorphine for the treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD). Specifically, the Practice Guidelines for the Administration of Buprenorphine for Treating Opioid Use Disorder exempts eligible physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and others […]
New mini-microscope enables imaging of complex brain functions in freely moving mice
Researchers from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities College of Science and Engineering and Medical School have developed a unique head-mounted mini-microscope device that allows them to image complex brain functions of freely moving mice in real time over a period of more than 300 days. The device, known as […]
‘Sex addiction’ isn’t an addiction – it reflects a person’s own moral misgivings about sex, research shows
A 21-year-old white man is alleged to have entered three different spas in the greater Atlanta area on March 16 and shot dead eight people, six of whom were Asian women. The following day, Cherokee County sheriff’s officials announced what the suspect blamed as a possible motive for the killings: […]
Addiction treatment centers using electronic health records less and may hinder care
Despite their existence for decades, electronic health records—digitized patient information and medical histories available instantly and securely to authorized users—are not commonly used by many addiction and substance use disorder treatment facilities in the United States. Now, a recent study by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers suggests why this is happening. […]
Adverse Mental Health Symptoms Related to COVID-19 Remained High 6 Months Into Pandemic
(Reuters Health) – As of September 2020, the prevalence of adverse mental health symptoms remained high among Americans, a new survey finds. Rates of suicidal ideation, substance abuse, and symptoms of depression and anxiety in August and September were elevated above prepandemic estimates, especially among survey participants under age 65, […]
Video Game Addiction Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment
Skip to: What is Video Game Addiction? Symptoms and Diagnosis of Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) Criticisms of Diagnosis Treatment What is Video Game Addiction? Video game addiction is a controversial term used to describe a condition observed in a minority of individuals playing video games, particularly Internet-based games, who display […]