Background Benzodiazepine misuse is a growing public health problem, with increases in
benzodiazepine-related overdose deaths and emergency room visits in recent years …

While the opioid epidemic has garnered significant attention, the use of methamphetamines
is growing worldwide independent of wealth or region. Following overdose and accidents …

Background/aims: Recent supply-side efforts enacted to curb the opioid epidemic have had
both positive (ie, prescription opioid abuse is on the decline) and negative outcomes (ie …

Background: Opioid use, abuse, and adverse consequences, including death, have
escalated at an alarming rate since the 1990s. In an attempt to control opioid abuse …

Mental disorders are rising while development of novel psychiatric medications is declining.
This stall in innovation has also been linked with intense debates on the current diagnostics …

Objective: The authors present 12-month and lifetime prevalence, correlates, psychiatric
comorbidity, and treatment of nonmedical prescription opioid use (NMPOU) and DSM-5 …

Objective: Prescription opioid abuse and dependence have escalated rapidly in the United
States over the past 20 years, leading to high rates of overdose deaths and a dramatic …

Most research designed to answer the “why” of the prescription opioid epidemic has relied
on structured interviews, which rigidly attempt to capture the complex reasons people use …

Background Trends in the current opioid epidemic in the United States show that use of
heroin is increasing while nonmedical use of prescription opioids is slowing. Understanding …

The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) defines pain as “an unpleasant
sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or …