Search results for "Substance Abuse"
QD: News Every Day--Baby boomers face care shortage for mental health, substance abuse issues
QD: News Every Day--Baby boomers face care shortage for mental health, substance abuse issues. ... Without a comprehensive overhaul, millions of baby boomers will likely face difficulties getting diagnoses and treatment for mental health conditions and
January 2020
QD: News Every Day--Less than 1% of anesthesiology residents had substance abuse disorders during training
15% of all abusers had a prior history of substance abuse before training. ... 28 individuals (7.3%) died during the training period, all related to substance abuse.
January 2020
Opioid abuse potential prompts monitoring role for internists
Many pain and substance abuse experts feel the situation demands a change of emphasis in the various guidelines that exist for opioid use, particularly for chronic noncancer pain, such as those ... Contracts are useful because they communicate the
May 2011
Drinking and doctoring
Two studies assessed the results of physician-specific substance abuse treatment programs in the U.S. ... Another study in the issue looked at the potential roots of these substance abuse problems, by analyzing the drinking habits of med students.
January 2020
Pollyanna
Her: “Do you think we should do any more testing?” Me: “I think we should check another round of cardiac enzymes, don't you?” Her: “I don't ...
January 2020
Great idea
Occasionally, I come across something that is so profound that it illuminates how I think about a whole host of other things. The emerging s...
January 2020
TB and drugs: A double whammy
But the substance abuse also makes it harder to treat the TB, according to a release from a new study in Archives of Internal Medicine. ... Why is this? Substance abusers may not get routine medical treatment, so they are less likely to be detected early.
January 2020
QD: News Every Day--Prescription opiates causing more treatment admissions
Five substance groups accounted for 96% of admissions: alcohol (42%), opiates (21%), marijuana (18%), cocaine (9%), and methamphetamine/amphetamines (6%), reported the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. ... Marijuana was either
January 2020
Are we to blame for the heroin epidemic?
Are we to blame for the heroin epidemic? During my training in the 70s, heroin use dominated our substance abuse horizon. ... For the next 30+ years, we rarely heard about heroin. Over the past 10 years we have seen increasing opiate abuse, but the
January 2020
Bias landmines
12:01 P.M. My intern was presenting this patient to me at this exact time. My tumbly was feeling pretty damn rumbly and lunch couldn't come ...
January 2020