Substance use disorder is recognized as an issue that often starts in adolescence and transcends throughout adulthood. This project was designed in line with the Healthy [...]

This study focused on a diverse sample of Emerging Adults (EAs) in order to identify unique risk and protective factors associated with post-surgical outcomes, specifical [...]

This dissertation explores the regulation and adaptation of mu-opioid receptors (MORs) within the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus (PVT), a brain region critical f [...]

Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) is an ongoing epidemic that effects millions of individuals worldwide. There is limited research on OUD in patients with cancer and standardized [...]

Despite growing concomitant use of opioids and methamphetamines and other stimulants, documentation of this polysubstance use in the electronic health record (EHR) is not [...]

Medication for opioid use disorder is an established treatment modality for patients with opioid use disorder (OUD). Individuals in rural communities with OUD face signif [...]

Adventure therapy (AT) is a widely utilized treatment modality applied to a range of clients including adolescents, adults, and families defined as "the prescriptive use [...]

Opioid use disorder is a chronic relapsing disease. Relapse is precipitated by cravings for the euphoric, rewarding effects of opioids as well as a desire to alleviate ph [...]

Undertreated opioid use disorder (OUD) during pregnancy contributes to poor maternal and neonatal outcomes and worsening maternal mortality in the United States, and rate [...]

Number of treatment centers per 1000 individuals with OUD is a reasonable large-scale metric to evaluate access to opioid treatment in each state and showed southern stat [...]