{"title":"Threats to youth from cannabis industry and profits: NIDA","authors":"Alison Knopf","doi":"10.1002/cpu30923","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cpu30923","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Nora Volkow, M.D., director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), called out the profit-driven cannabis, tobacco, gambling, social media, and processed food industries for their harms to youth. She had some choice words for commercial interests involved in the addiction field in a Sept. 26 blog. Preying on the vulnerable — with drugs, social media, gambling, processed food, and other addictive products — is something she knows how to zone in on as an evil.</p>","PeriodicalId":22496,"journal":{"name":"The Brown University Child & Adolescent Psychopharmacology Update","volume":"26 12","pages":"8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142664841","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"FDA warns against accidental overdose on fentanyl patches by children","authors":"Alison Knopf","doi":"10.1002/cpu30922","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cpu30922","url":null,"abstract":"<p>“Accidental exposure to medication is a leading cause of poisoning in children,” the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned in a September 2024 announcement about fentanyl skin patches. “Young children, in particular, have died or become seriously ill after being exposed to a skin patch containing fentanyl, a powerful opioid pain reliever. If you suspect that a child has been exposed to a fentanyl patch, call 911 and seek emergency medical help immediately.</p>","PeriodicalId":22496,"journal":{"name":"The Brown University Child & Adolescent Psychopharmacology Update","volume":"26 12","pages":"7-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142664840","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"HHS OIG finds Medicaid and physicians limit access to MOUD","authors":"Alison Knopf","doi":"10.1002/cpu30919","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cpu30919","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A new report has found that even patients with insurance coverage, especially from Medicaid in certain states, are less likely to receive medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) because providers are just unwilling to treat them. Young people are most likely particularly victims of this bias, which is understandable on the part of physicians who have not been trained in prescribing buprenorphine. (Methadone can only be prescribed for OUD in certain specific treatment centers called opioid treatment programs, which also dispense the medication.)</p>","PeriodicalId":22496,"journal":{"name":"The Brown University Child & Adolescent Psychopharmacology Update","volume":"26 12","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142664844","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Most teens satisfied with gender-affirming care","authors":"Alison Knopf","doi":"10.1002/cpu30921","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cpu30921","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Gender-affirming medical care includes puberty blockers, gender-affirming hormones, and/or surgery, and is an important part of health care for transgender and nonbinary minors, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics and others. The interventions are associated with improvements in anxiety, depression, and body image. However, less is known about how satisfied or regretful the youth are about receiving such care when they were minors. There are reports that some individuals regret the care they received, creating complications for researchers and clinicians.</p>","PeriodicalId":22496,"journal":{"name":"The Brown University Child & Adolescent Psychopharmacology Update","volume":"26 12","pages":"5-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142664839","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Clinicians are teens’ preferred sources for information about contraception","authors":"Alison Knopf","doi":"10.1002/cpu30913","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cpu30913","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":22496,"journal":{"name":"The Brown University Child & Adolescent Psychopharmacology Update","volume":"26 11","pages":"6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142429633","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cannabis and first episode psychosis: Which came first?","authors":"Alison Knopf","doi":"10.1002/cpu30907","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cpu30907","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The typical conundrum with cannabis use by adolescents and first episode psychosis — which came first? — was discussed by Steven Batki, M.D. in a plenary session at the Cape Cod Symposium on Addictive Disorders (CCSAD) in September. Bakti, who is professor of psychiatry at the University of California San Francisco Weill Institute for Neurosciences, presented his conclusions allowing the audience of some 1,000 to ask questions as he went along.</p>","PeriodicalId":22496,"journal":{"name":"The Brown University Child & Adolescent Psychopharmacology Update","volume":"26 11","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142429793","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Final rule for methadone treatment removes barriers for patients under 18","authors":"Alison Knopf","doi":"10.1002/cpu30914","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cpu30914","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":22496,"journal":{"name":"The Brown University Child & Adolescent Psychopharmacology Update","volume":"26 11","pages":"6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142429229","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Experimental, but effective: Noninvasive brain stimulation for various disorders","authors":"Alison Knopf","doi":"10.1002/cpu30915","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cpu30915","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":22496,"journal":{"name":"The Brown University Child & Adolescent Psychopharmacology Update","volume":"26 11","pages":"7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142429230","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}