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Stay ahead of the curve with this guide to the top 7 teen substance use trends for 2025, from vaping devices to social-media challenges.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Top 7 Teen Substance Use Trends Parents Need to Know in 2025
What parents need to know Please also review AIHCP's Substance Abuse Practitioner program. Click here
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Substance abuse has become a serious public health problem worldwide, and finding effective prevention and treatment strategies is undoubtedly an urge…
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
The risk factors for relapse behavior in individuals with substance use disorders: An interpretable machine learning study - ScienceDirect
Relapse happens Please also review AIHCP's Substance Abuse Practitioner Program. Click here
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About The Study: In this national survey of 1,515 adults conducted in June 2024, 166 respondents (11.0%) reported illicit opioid use and 114 (7.5%) reported illicitly manufactured fentanyl use within the past 12 months. These rates are much higher than previously reported estimates. The findings highlight the need for more timely and accurate data to inform policy and intervention strategies. Enhanced data collection efforts are essential for understanding and mitigating the opioid crisis.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Estimates of illicit opioid use in the U.S.
Misuse of opioids Please also review AIHCP's Substance Abuse Counseling Program
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Can the brain recover from addiction? New research shows that mindfulness can restore the addicted brain's ability to savor natural pleasure.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Healing Brain Reward Circuits in Addiction With Mindfulness
The wiring of the brain with addiction Please also review AIHCP's Substance Abuse Practitioner Program. Click here
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Substance use disorders can alter a person's whole experience of the world, even after use ends.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Are Substance Use Disorders More than Addiction?
A closer look at substance abuse and addiction' Please also review AIHCP's Substance Abuse Counseling Program
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Heart disease requires long-term management. Diabetes requires ongoing care. Substance use disorder is a chronic condition, too. Why is it still treated like an acute crisis?
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
The Revolving Door We Call Addiction Treatment
Addiction and treatment Please also review AIHCP's Substance Abuse Program
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How do you overcome drug or alcohol addiction? Why is addiction recovery support so important? Persistence, self-compassion among keys to recovery
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
How do you overcome drug or alcohol addiction? –
Overcoming addiction Please also review AIHCP's Substance Abuse Education Program
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News on substance use, weight loss drugs, maternal & child health and other healt
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
The Relationship Between Alcohol & Health
Understanding substance abuse and health Please also review AIHCP's Substance Abuse Specialist Program
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Each year, suicide and drug- and alcohol-related deaths account for more than 200,000 lives lost and hundreds of billions of dollars in medical, economic, and societal costs. Multiple studies show that, compared with the general population, people who use alcohol or drugs, or have substance use disorders (SUD), are at increased risk of dying by suicide.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Substance Use Disorder Increases Risk of Suicidal Thoughts and Attempts | The Pew Charitable Trusts
Substance abuse and suicide Please also review AIHCP's Crisis Intervention Program as well as its Substance Abuse Specialist Program
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There is the ever-present problem of substance abuse throughout our nation. It is especially problematic in young adults and teens. However, there is still hope: there are ways to help those who are struggling.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Too High, Too Young: Substance Abuse Among Teens
Teens and addiction Please also review AIHCP's Substance Abuse Specialist Certification
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Drug Abuse: The Silent, Terrible Epidemic
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Drug Abuse: The Silent, Terrible Epidemic
The epidemic of substance abuse Please also review AIHCP's Substance Abuse Specialist Program
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Research indicates a significant overlap between autism spectrum disorder and addiction. The explanation of this turns on recognizing the neurodiversity inherent in addiction itself.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
https://aihcp.net/substance-abuse-practitioner-certification/
Closer look at addiction Please also review AIHCP's Substance Abuse Consulting Program
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Leaders of top nursing organizations advise health systems on ways they can improve well-being and boost their chances at hiring and keeping good nurses.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Hospital nurses need a better workplace, and these nursing leaders have ideas
Better workplaces for nurses Please also review AIHCP's certifications for nurses
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Addiction alters identity. A therapeutic community that addresses identity and relationships can help people reclaim a lost identity or conjure a new one.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Addiction, Recovery, and the New or Reclaimed Self
Addiction and recovery Please also review AIHCP's Substance Abuse Practitioner program
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Overdose deaths are significantly down, but now cartels are adding new toxic adulterants like lidocaine, medetomidine, and xylazine to fentanyl and fentanyl to cocaine and meth.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Abuse Drugs and Trends We’re Up Against in the U.S.
Drugs and abuse Please also review AIHCP's Substance Abuse Specialist Program.
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The study relied on self-reported data and a cap of three children per household—indicating that the actual number could be higher.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Nearly 19 Million U.S. Children Live With a Parent With Substance Use Disorder
Substance abuse and parenting Please also review AIHCP's Substance Abuse Specialist Program
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American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
1 in 4 Children Has a Parent with a Substance Use Disorder, Study Says
Sobering stats Please also review AIHCP's Substance Abuse Specialist Program
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American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
1 in 4 kids live with parents who have substance use disorder | The University Record
The reality of substance abuse in homes Please also review AIHCP's Substance Abuse Counseling Program
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Addiction isn’t a brain disease – but substance use is rarely a free choice either.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Addiction isn’t just about brain chemistry – but nor is it just bad choices
Understanding addiction Please also review AIHCP's Substance Abuse Counseling Program
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A hospital-based addiction consultation service can improve receipt of evidence-based treatment for people with opioid use disorder (OUD).
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Hospital Addiction Consultation Service Aids Opioid Use Disorder
Monitoring opioid addiction Please also review AIHCP's Substance Abuse Specialist Program
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Failing to offer this care is a discouraging and dangerous missed opportunity
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Every Hospital Should Offer Addiction Treatment | MedPage Today
Addiction treatment Please also review AIHCP's Substance Abuse Specialist Program
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Addiction transcends substances, encompassing behavioral and emotional struggles. Understanding its diverse forms is key to supporting recovery and fostering empathy.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Exploring addiction’s impact and pathways to recovery –
Finding recovery Please also review AIHCP's Substance Abuse Counseling Program
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The tools of modern genetics and neurobiology have propelled a renaissance of research that has advanced our understanding of the pathophysiology of drug addiction. We know that an individual’
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
The biology of addiction
How does addiction work? Please also review AIHCP's Substance Abuse Specialist Program
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An opioid overdose can be a gateway to recovery if you have the right tools on hand—starting with naloxone. The drug is turning the tide in the opioid crisis.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Bridging the Gap From Overdose to Recovery
Finding recovery Please also review AIHCP's Substance Abuse Counseling program
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Do you struggle with mental health or substance abuse issues? | News, Sports, Jobs - The Freeman Journal
Learning to help others with mental and substance abuse issues
Please also review AIHCP's Substance Abuse Practitioner Program