Substance Use Disorder

Here are some updates from the world of psychiatry throughout the month of February.

Neuropsychiatric disorders regularly occur following traumatic brain injury and are often diagnosed within the first year postinjury. Diagnosis and treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders can be difficult due to a number of interacting factors, such as preinjury psychiatric history, lesion location, injury severity, substance misuse, and psychosocial complications. Clinicians should use a highly individualized approach to diagnosis and treatment planning.

Psychiatric Times® Substance Use Section Editor Roueen Rafeyan, MD, DFAPA, FASAM, weighs in.

From pain and suicidality in patients with depression to digital mental health interventions for adolescents with eating disorders, here are highlights from the week in Psychiatric Times.

The grant programs are aimed at supporting treatment services for pregnant and postpartum individuals and individuals involved in treatment drug courts.

The experts weighed in on a wide variety of psychiatric issues for the January 2024 issue of Psychiatric Times.

From noninvasive brain stimulation for substance use disorders to updates from APSARD 2024, here are highlights from the week in Psychiatric Times.

In this CME article, review the current treatment modalities for noninvasive brain stimulation in the treatment of substance use disorders, and to explore the potential for further expansion of indications.

This APSARD 2024 conference poster finds that individuals with ADHD have distinct motivations and patterns of substance use.

Regular THC use in adolescence is not a benign activity—it can have life-changing consequences. Here’s what you need to know.

From substance use disorders in physicians to new research on the efficacy of MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD, here are highlights from the week in Psychiatric Times.

What is new in research on posttraumatic stress disorder?

What is new in research on schizophrenia?

What neuromodulation can be used to specifically target nicotine users with schizophrenia? This research may tell us.

In this CME, review the risks and clinical implications of intimate partner violence on women’s substance use and treatment.

Young men appear to be particularly susceptible to the effects of cannabis on schizophrenia.

What is new in research on SUDs?

Explore the relationship between cannabis use and psychosis.

The FDA has released a draft guide to offer their perspective and thoughts on the development of treatments for stimulant use disorder.

From violence risk assessment in emergency departments to connections between bipolar disorder and substance use disorders, here are highlights from the week in Psychiatric Times.

An expert discusses the connections between the 2 highly comorbid diseases and some ways to effectively treat both diseases simultaneously.

Today is International Overdose Awareness Day!

“We expect this antibody to be a valuable new weapon for fighting the opioid crisis.”

The experts weighed in on a wide variety of psychiatric issues for the July 2023 issue of Psychiatric Times.

From a look at adolescent substance use to special challenges in treating borderline personality disorder during the perinatal period, here are highlights from the week in Psychiatric Times.

"Although adolescent substance use is a topic that can be challenging for families and clinicians alike, data demonstrate that interventions during this time are effective for preventing, identifying, and reducing risky use."

How can we turn the tide of the fentanyl epidemic?

Should cannabis be regulated in the United States in a manner similar to alcohol and tobacco?

From adherence in addiction recovery treatment to the relationship between social media use and youth mental health, here are highlights from the week in Psychiatric Times.