With changes to drug-related policies and increased availability of many drugs, we currently
face a public health crisis related to substance use and associated health consequences …

Adolescence is a crucial time for biological, psychological, and social development. It is also
a time when substance addiction and its adverse effects are more likely to occur …

Objective Substance use screening in adolescence is unstandardized and often
documented in clinical notes, rather than in structured electronic health records (EHRs). The …

Purpose To examine the associations of age when first substance use and early-onset
substance use before age 18 with age at onset (AAO) of hypertension. Methods This study …

Objective: We sought to compare identification of unhealthy substance use before surgery
using The Tobacco, Alcohol, Prescription Medication, and Other Substance Use (TAPS), a …

Purpose Substance use is common among adolescents, and among those with substance
use disorders; use often persists into middle age, underlying the importance of early …

Introduction: Substance use among adolescents is on the rise globally. Adolescents rarely
seek help for problematic substance use and healthcare professionals can easily fail to …

Adolescence is a unique period of physical and psychosocial changes as youth transition,
over many years, to adulthood. The psychosocial changes that accompany adolescence …

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is the most prevalent substance use disorder worldwide. Early
screening can identify patients at risk for developing AUD, creating opportunities for …

This quality improvement project aimed to provide an education program for Denova
Collaborative Health South Mountain Clinic health providers to increase their intent to utilize …