Key Findings
This is a quick summary of the main discovery for each research paper we have published, organized issue by issue. Each key finding is below the article title, with a link to the abstract.
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January 2023
Feasibility and effectiveness of deprescribing benzodiazepines and Z-drugs: systematic review and meta-analysis
Benzodiazepine deprescribing seems to be more successful when supported by non-pharmacological methods versus routine care
Practitioner and digitally delivered interventions for reducing hazardous and harmful alcohol consumption in people not seeking alcohol treatment: a systematic review and network meta-analysis
Practitioner delivered interventions for hazardous drinking are more effective than digitally delivered interventions up to 6 months
Behavioral stability of alcohol consumption and socio-demographic correlates of change among a nationally representative cohort of US adults
Some demographic subgroups in the US may be more likely to transition into or persist in higher alcohol consumption states
Emotion regulation in substance use disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis
People with SUDs appear to have greater difficulties with emotion regulation than people without SUDs
Using the alcohol use disorders identification test to predict hospital admission for alcohol-related conditions in the Danish general population: a record-linkage study
Scores above AUDIT and AUDIT-C cutoffs are associated with an increased risk of long-term alcohol-related hospital admission
Effects of 10 add-on HF-rTMS treatment sessions on alcohol use and craving among detoxified inpatients with alcohol use disorder: a randomized sham-controlled clinical trial
RCT found no beneficial add-on effect of active HF-rTMS treatment on relapse and craving in AUD patients receiving TAU.
Prioritizing measures to assess performance of drug treatment services: a Delphi process with funders, treatment providers and service-users
Delphi process among AOD treatment service funders, providers, and users provides consensus performance measures
The association between buprenorphine treatment duration and mortality: a multi-site cohort study of people who discontinued treatment
Patients who stop buprenorphine treatment after 91-180 days seem to have a higher opioid overdose risk than patients who stop after >365 days
Education plays a crucial role in the pathway from poverty to smoking: a Mendelian randomization study
Education appears to play an important role in the relationship between income and smoking
Impact of vaping restrictions in public places on smoking and vaping in the United States—evidence using a difference-in-differences approach
Indoor vaping restrictions do not appear to decrease e-cigarette use among US adults
Non-cigarette combustible tobacco use and its associations with subsequent cessation of smoking among daily cigarette smokers: findings from the International Tobacco Control Four Country Smoking and Vaping Surveys (2016–20)
There is a consistent association between poly-smoking and reduced quit success.
Adolescent substance use and high school noncompletion: exploring the nature of the relationship using a discordant twin design
Australian adolescent substance use seems to be associated with early school dropout, effects due to confounding factors
Modeling the impact of COVID-19 pandemic-driven increases in alcohol consumption on health outcomes and hospitalization costs in the United States
The health and cost impacts of pandemic-driven increases in alcohol consumption in the US are substantial
Roles of parental smoking and family structure for the explanation of socio-economic inequalities in adolescent smoking
In France, parental smoking appears to be the factor that most influences adolescent smoking
Impacts of recreational cannabis legalization on cannabis use: a longitudinal discordant twin study
In the US, a 20% average increase in cannabis use frequency seems to be attributable to recreational legalization