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Therefore, buprenorphine use could not be included as part of the inclusion criteria for the “picking up medications” outcome. Eighth, the outcome assessed in this study was self-reported service avoidance; self-report may not be reliable, or subject to differences in interpretation of the question. Finally, no hypothesis was specified a priori about which risk factors […]

These guides were designed to help us understand any changes in our variables of interest and how they influenced self-management behaviors.Data analysis of the qualitative and quantitative data occurred at the same time, but were not integrated until both types of data were analyzed. In analyzing the quantitative data, we first assessed the distribution of […]

Having examined the cutting experience of six among the 27 youths who narrated cutting and/or self-harm, it is evident that each has a highly distinctive profile while often invoking common themes of family relations and bodily experience, and we shall elaborate shortly a characteristic problematic of agency. Are these youths typical in any way, and if so […]

While this supports provider concerns over an increase in antibiotic utilization, hospital CDI rates actually decreased by a mean of 5.5 nosocomial infections per 10,000 patient hours during the study period. Although some practitioners may feel some relief knowing that this study failed to find a CDI epidemic as the result of an overall protocol […]

Based on this feedback, the baseline education expectations were revised to include completion of a percentage of resident post-shift assessments over the academic year, inversely proportional to a faculty member’s clinical load. During the first year , the requirements included only conference and module participation.Table 1 lists the final baseline education expectations required of faculty members. […]

Study team members included the following: an emergency physician and investigator with expertise in qualitative methodology ; an internal medicine physician with many years of experience working at the refugee clinic ; a third-year emergency medicine resident with three years of experience working bimonthly at the refugee clinic ; a second-year EM resident with no […]

Different vulnerabilities may interact to influence experiences of the pandemic. All participants were enrolled in a clinical trial, were not experiencing severe medical problems from their substance use, owned smartphones, and were proficient in English. Hence, findings may not generalize to more impoverished, medically complicated, or diverse groups. Future research into pandemic-related stressors and substance […]

This intervention combines different elements of effective approaches including cognitive and behavioral treatment using accurate information on the effects of stimulants, relapse prevention skills training, 12-step program participation, and family education. Its manualized treatment protocol ensures fidelity when the model is implemented in different settings.Using SMS text messages with people who use methamphetamine has been […]

The association between greater PA and lower stress was consistent with hypotheses and with the extensive literature on the positive effects of PA on stress reduction in non-COVID contexts . Engaging in PA may have significantly reduced stress incurred by COVID-19. Alternatively, participants with fewer stressors may have found it easier to be physically active. […]

Favazza provided cases of extreme and highly unusual forms of self-mutilation in excruciating detail, with an attempt to classify types based on severity. With the provisional emergence of non-suicidal self-injury disorder criteria in the fifth version of the Statistical and Diagnostic Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-V ,the distinction between self-harm as within a normative or pathological […]