Key Findings

This is a quick summary of the main discovery for each research paper we have published, organized issue by issue. Each key finding is below the article title, with a link to the abstract. 


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January 2023

Feasibility and effectiveness of deprescribing benzodiazepines and Z-drugs: systematic review and meta-analysis

Benzodiazepine deprescribing seems to be more successful when supported by non-pharmacological methods versus routine care

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Practitioner and digitally delivered interventions for reducing hazardous and harmful alcohol consumption in people not seeking alcohol treatment: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

Practitioner delivered interventions for hazardous drinking are more effective than digitally delivered interventions up to 6 months

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Behavioral stability of alcohol consumption and socio-demographic correlates of change among a nationally representative cohort of US adults

Some demographic subgroups in the US may be more likely to transition into or persist in higher alcohol consumption states

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Emotion regulation in substance use disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis

People with SUDs appear to have greater difficulties with emotion regulation than people without SUDs

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Using the alcohol use disorders identification test to predict hospital admission for alcohol-related conditions in the Danish general population: a record-linkage study

Scores above AUDIT and AUDIT-C cutoffs are associated with an increased risk of long-term alcohol-related hospital admission

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Effects of 10 add-on HF-rTMS treatment sessions on alcohol use and craving among detoxified inpatients with alcohol use disorder: a randomized sham-controlled clinical trial

RCT found no beneficial add-on effect of active HF-rTMS treatment on relapse and craving in AUD patients receiving TAU.

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Prioritizing measures to assess performance of drug treatment services: a Delphi process with funders, treatment providers and service-users

Delphi process among AOD treatment service funders, providers, and users provides consensus performance measures

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The association between buprenorphine treatment duration and mortality: a multi-site cohort study of people who discontinued treatment

Patients who stop buprenorphine treatment after 91-180 days seem to have a higher opioid overdose risk than patients who stop after >365 days

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Education plays a crucial role in the pathway from poverty to smoking: a Mendelian randomization study

Education appears to play an important role in the relationship between income and smoking

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Impact of vaping restrictions in public places on smoking and vaping in the United States—evidence using a difference-in-differences approach

Indoor vaping restrictions do not appear to decrease e-cigarette use among US adults

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Non-cigarette combustible tobacco use and its associations with subsequent cessation of smoking among daily cigarette smokers: findings from the International Tobacco Control Four Country Smoking and Vaping Surveys (2016–20)

There is a consistent association between poly-smoking and reduced quit success.

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Adolescent substance use and high school noncompletion: exploring the nature of the relationship using a discordant twin design

Australian adolescent substance use seems to be associated with early school dropout, effects due to confounding factors

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Modeling the impact of COVID-19 pandemic-driven increases in alcohol consumption on health outcomes and hospitalization costs in the United States

The health and cost impacts of pandemic-driven increases in alcohol consumption in the US are substantial

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Roles of parental smoking and family structure for the explanation of socio-economic inequalities in adolescent smoking

In France, parental smoking appears to be the factor that most influences adolescent smoking

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Impacts of recreational cannabis legalization on cannabis use: a longitudinal discordant twin study

In the US, a 20% average increase in cannabis use frequency seems to be attributable to recreational legalization

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