A scoping review of qualitative research on barriers and facilitators to the use of supervised consumption services

A Ivsins, A Warnock, W Small, C Strike, T Kerr… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
A substantial body of evidence demonstrates that supervised consumption services (SCS)
mitigate a variety of drug-related harms, including decreasing overdose deaths, infectious …

Pathways between COVID-19 public health responses and increasing overdose risks: A rapid review and conceptual framework

T Nguyen, JA Buxton - International journal of drug policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Emerging evidence indicates that illicit drug overdoses are increasing
throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. There is a paucity of evidence on the causative …

Receipt of telehealth services, receipt and retention of medications for opioid use disorder, and medically treated overdose among Medicare beneficiaries before and …

CM Jones, C Shoff, K Hodges, C Blanco… - JAMA …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Federal emergency authorities were invoked during the COVID-19 pandemic to
expand use of telehealth for new and continued care, including provision of medications for …

The impact of COVID-19 on people who inject drugs in New York City: increased risk and decreased access to services

Y Aponte-Melendez, P Mateu-Gelabert, C Fong… - Harm reduction …, 2021 - Springer
Background While people who inject drugs (PWID) are vulnerable to the adverse outcomes
of events like COVID-19, little is known regarding the impact of the current pandemic on …

Impact of social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health, substance use, and homelessness: qualitative interviews with behavioral health providers

A Jeffers, AA Meehan, J Barker, A Asher… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The United States is experiencing a syndemic of homelessness, substance use disorder,
and mental health conditions, which has been further exacerbated by the COVID-19 …

The impact of COVID-19 on access to harm reduction, substance use treatment and recovery services in Scotland: a qualitative study

J Schofield, J Dumbrell, C Matheson, T Parkes… - BMC Public Health, 2022 - Springer
Introduction People who use drugs (PWUD) are considered vulnerable to COVID-19
exposure and the sequelae of infection due to their social circumstances, health conditions …

Technology-assisted methadone take-home dosing for dispensing methadone to persons with opioid use disorder during the Covid-19 pandemic

KE Dunn, RK Brooner, KB Stoller - Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction Covid-19 confers substantial risk for the> 400,000 patients who receive
methadone for the treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD) and methods for safely …

Heightened levels of maladaptive daydreaming are associated with COVID-19 lockdown, pre-existing psychiatric diagnoses, and intensified psychological …

E Somer, HM Abu-Rayya, A Schimmenti… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has been spreading globally since December 2019, bringing with
it anxieties, mortal risk, and agonizing psychological suffering. This study aimed to explore …

Characteristics and correlates of US clinicians prescribing buprenorphine for opioid use disorder treatment using expanded authorities during the COVID-19 …

CM Jones, MM Diallo, M Vythilingam, JG Schier… - Drug and alcohol …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background To determine how clinicians with a DATA waiver to prescribe buprenorphine for
opioid use disorder (OUD) adapted during the COVID-19 pandemic to emergency …

Comparing actual and forecasted numbers of unique patients dispensed select medications for opioid use disorder, opioid overdose reversal, and mental health …

CM Jones, GP Guy Jr, A Board - Drug and alcohol dependence, 2021 - Elsevier
Background COVID-19 community mitigation measures (eg, stay-at-home orders) may
worsen mental health and substance use-related harms such as opioid use disorder and …