Alexandra Arenson, Cynthia I Campbell, Ilan Remler
{"title":"Psychoactive plant derivatives (ayahuasca, ibogaine, kratom) and their application in opioid withdrawal and use disorder - a narrative review.","authors":"Alexandra Arenson, Cynthia I Campbell, Ilan Remler","doi":"10.1080/10550887.2023.2195777","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10550887.2023.2195777","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The opioid epidemic and limited access to treatment for opioid withdrawal (OW) and opioid use disorder (OUD) has led individuals to seek alternative treatments. This narrative review aims to educate clinicians on the mechanisms of action, toxicity, and applications of psychoactive plant-based substances patients may be using to self-treat OUD and OW. We specifically discuss ayahuasca, ibogaine, and kratom as they have the most evidence for applications in OUD and OW from the last decade (2012-2022). Evidence suggests these substances may have efficacy in treating OW and OUD through several therapeutic mechanisms including their unique pharmacodynamic effects, rituals performed around ingestion, and increased neuroplasticity. The current evidence for their therapeutic application in OUD and OW is primarily based on small observational studies or animal studies. High-quality, longitudinal studies are needed to clarify safety and efficacy of these substances in treatment of OW and OUD.</p>","PeriodicalId":47493,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Addictive Diseases","volume":" ","pages":"253-263"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9479139","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The effect of sustainable low-dose sildenafil and cognitive-behavioral training on sexual function in methadone-treated men-a randomized controlled trial.","authors":"Negah Tavakolifard, Zahra Amini","doi":"10.1080/10550887.2023.2186763","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10550887.2023.2186763","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Sexual dysfunction caused by opioids is one of the serious problems of drug misusers.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aimed to evaluate and compare the effect of continuous low-dose sildenafil treatment alongside psychological training on the sexual function of methadone-treated patients.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>This randomized clinical trial was conducted on methadone-treated men with sexual dysfunction. Patients were randomly divided into two treatment groups: sildenafil 25 mg and psychological training. Sexual Quality of Life-Men, Sexual Self-Efficacy Scale-Erectile, and the International Index of Erectile Function were used before and 4 weeks after the end of the intervention.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 67 couples were included in the study (34 psychological interventions <i>vs.</i> 33 sildenafil group). After 4 weeks of treatment, the mean of male erectile function (33.73 ± 8.114 and 27.62 ± 6.238, <i>p</i> = 0.003) and sexual self-efficacy score (78.36 ± 12.713 and 69.62 ± 14.940, <i>p</i> < 0.0001) in the sildenafil group were statistically significant compared to the psychological group, however, the sexual quality score of the two groups was not statistically significant (31.48 ± 9.216 and 31.71 ± 11.333, <i>p</i> = 0.342).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The sexual function of methadone-treated men in both groups was significantly improved, yet this difference was significantly greater in the pharmaceutical treatment group than the trainings. As a result, due to the high need for treatment, any type of intervention (medication or psychotherapy) will be effective in these patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":47493,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Addictive Diseases","volume":" ","pages":"230-237"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9824743","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marc Galanter, William L White, Jag Khalsa, Helena Hansen
{"title":"A scoping review of spirituality in relation to substance use disorders: Psychological, biological, and cultural issues.","authors":"Marc Galanter, William L White, Jag Khalsa, Helena Hansen","doi":"10.1080/10550887.2023.2174785","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10550887.2023.2174785","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Spirituality is a construct encompassing a diversity of strongly held beliefs and pursuits related to life's meaning and purpose. Empirical studies in key domains of spirituality related to substance use disorder (SUD) can be valuable in guiding research, and potentially clinical care.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To conduct a scoping review of research on the psychological, biological, and cultural dimensions of spirituality and their role in relation to SUD. To identify limitations in empirical findings within these domains and identify promising areas for related research.</p><p><strong>Data sources, study appraisal, and synthesis methods: </strong>Illustrative studies available in the empirical literature are reviewed in order to characterize these three key domains.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Certain areas of importance stand out: On Psychology, attribution of SUD to a spiritual outlook; spiritual awakening; the relation of spirituality to drug craving; and spirituality in the context of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. On Biology, heritability of traits related to shared spiritual experience; neurophysiologic correlates of spiritually related experiences; and correlates in brain imaging; On Culture, spiritual aspects of SUD in different cultural settings; distinctions between spiritual and religious phenomena; roles that international organizations play; and context of acquiring recovery capital. The need for further research in each area is defined.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>There is utility in examining the diversity of findings in the roles of psychology, biology, and culture in the SUD field. Further research, particularly applying randomization and clinical controls, would be useful in improving the effective application of the construct of spirituality in clinical care.</p>","PeriodicalId":47493,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Addictive Diseases","volume":" ","pages":"210-218"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9242049","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maria Alamir, Ashley Cantu-Weinstein, Rachel Branning, Jeremy Weleff, Akhil Anand
{"title":"Wernicke's encephalopathy treated with high dose intravenous thiamine: a case report.","authors":"Maria Alamir, Ashley Cantu-Weinstein, Rachel Branning, Jeremy Weleff, Akhil Anand","doi":"10.1080/10550887.2024.2365002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10550887.2024.2365002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Wernicke's encephalopathy (WE) is a dangerous and potentially fatal neurological condition associated with thiamin deficiency. The standard treatment for WE is intravenous (IV) thiamin, but limited research describes optimal dosing. We present a case of a 40-year-old male with severe alcohol use disorder (AUD) and chronic malnourishment who developed WE. Upon administration of 100 mg IV thiamin, symptoms of WE persisted, but when the dose was increased to 500 mg, altered mental status and ophthalmoplegia resolved rapidly. IV thiamin is a reliable and low-risk treatment for WE, even when administered at high doses. High-dose IV thiamin (i.e., >/100 mg) can treat neurological symptoms and cognitive dysfunction in WE and should be considered for first-line treatment. Further study of WE diagnostic and treatment guidelines is warranted to maximize recovery potential.</p>","PeriodicalId":47493,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Addictive Diseases","volume":" ","pages":"1-6"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141471581","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kayla M Joyce, Myles Davidson, Eden Manly, Sherry H Stewart, Mohammed Al-Hamdani
{"title":"A systematic review on the impact of alcohol warning labels.","authors":"Kayla M Joyce, Myles Davidson, Eden Manly, Sherry H Stewart, Mohammed Al-Hamdani","doi":"10.1080/10550887.2023.2210020","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10550887.2023.2210020","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Findings on the effects of alcohol warning labels (AWLs) as a harm reduction tool have been mixed. This systematic review synthesized extant literature on the impact of AWLs on proxies of alcohol use. PsycINFO, Web of Science, PubMED, and MEDLINE databases and reference lists of eligible articles. Following PRISMA guidelines, 1,589 articles published prior to July 2020 were retrieved <i>via</i> database and 45 were <i>via</i> reference lists (961 following duplicate removal). Article titles and abstracts were screened, leaving the full text of 96 for review. The full-text review identified 77 articles meeting inclusion/exclusion criteria which are included here. Risk of bias among included studies was examined using the Evidence Project risk of bias tool. Findings fell into five categories of alcohol use proxies including knowledge/awareness, perceptions, attention, recall/recognition, attitudes/beliefs, and intentions/behavior. Real-world studies highlighted an increase in AWL awareness, alcohol-related risk perceptions (limited findings), and AWL recall/recognition post-AWL implementation; these findings have decreased over time. Conversely, findings from experimental studies were mixed. AWL content/formatting and participant sociodemographic factors also appear to influence the effectiveness of AWLs. Findings suggest conclusions differ based on the study methodology used, favoring real-world versus experimental studies. Future research should consider AWL content/formatting and participant sociodemographic factors as moderators. AWLs appear to be a promising approach for supporting more informed alcohol consumption and should be considered as one component in a comprehensive alcohol control strategy.</p>","PeriodicalId":47493,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Addictive Diseases","volume":" ","pages":"170-193"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9499034","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Women over 50 who use alcohol and their engagement with primary and preventative health services: a narrative review using a systematic approach.","authors":"Grainne Clarke, Pauline Hyland, Catherine Comiskey","doi":"10.1080/10550887.2023.2190869","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10550887.2023.2190869","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Women who are over 50 years are drinking alcohol in higher quantities and more frequently than in previous decades. Good engagement with primary care is crucial for women's physical and psychological health, particularly if they use alcohol. However, there is little known about the alcohol use of women over 50 and their use of primary care.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A systematic search was conducted on six databases; CINAHL, Medline, PsycINFO, Academic Search Complete, EMBASE and Web of Science to identify literature on primary health care engagement of women 50 years and older (50+) who use alcohol. Titles and abstracts were reviewed and full texts were independently reviewed by two researchers. A narrative review, critical appraisal and synthesis of the eligible studies produced common themes and key findings.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>After excluding 3822 articles, 13 articles were deemed eligible for the review. For this age group (50+), findings were: 1) women who drink heavily were less likely than men to attend General Practitioners (GPs), moderate drinkers were more likely than abstainers to attend mammogram screening, 2) GPs were less likely to ask questions or discuss alcohol with women than with men, 3) GPs offered less advice on alcohol to women than to men, and 4) less women than men received alcohol screening from their GP.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>While women 50+ are drinking more, their alcohol use is underreported and insufficiently provided for in primary health. As women's life expectancy increases, improved GP engagement will benefit women's health and reduce future healthcare costs.</p>","PeriodicalId":47493,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Addictive Diseases","volume":" ","pages":"238-252"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9438885","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marilena Maglia, Maria C Quattropani, Riccardo Polosa, Alessia Panassidi, Manuela Caruso, Marta Mangione, Valeria Nicolosi, Sonia D Mazzeppi, Vittorio Lenzo, Alberto Sardella, Pasquale Caponnetto
{"title":"Qualitative study on the perception of combustible cigarettes, e-cigarettes and heated tobacco cigarettes among pregnant women.","authors":"Marilena Maglia, Maria C Quattropani, Riccardo Polosa, Alessia Panassidi, Manuela Caruso, Marta Mangione, Valeria Nicolosi, Sonia D Mazzeppi, Vittorio Lenzo, Alberto Sardella, Pasquale Caponnetto","doi":"10.1080/10550887.2023.2184302","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10550887.2023.2184302","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The research proposes to investigate the psychological reasons that may explain women's addiction to smoking during pregnancy and the perception of combustible cigarettes, electronic cigarettes and heated tobacco cigarettes. The sample included 30 participants who smoke or people who previously smoked who chose to quit or continue smoking during pregnancy. The data was gathered via a semi-structured interview and developed from three research questions: feelings, opinions and perceptions of pregnant women toward e-cigarettes, heated tobacco cigarettes, and combustible cigarettes. The study used thematic qualitative analysis for the methodological formulation of the results. The Standards for Reporting Qualitative Research Standards (QRRS) checklist was used. In this qualitative research, three psychological reasons for the onset of smoking were found and analyzed: feelings of stress, nervousness, and loneliness. According to the results: 40.91% of the women who smoked combustible cigarettes decided to keep on smoking and 59.09% decided to quit, 16.67% of participants who use heated tobacco cigarette decided to continue during pregnancy and the remaining 83.33% decide to stop; lastly, there is a condition of fairness for adults who use e-cigarette, 50% decided to continue smoking during pregnancy and the other 50% decided to stop smoking. The data indicate that those who continue to smoke during pregnancy are participants who smoke combustible cigarettes, stating that they reduce the amount of smoke inhaled. Meanwhile, participants who use heated tobacco cigarettes or e-cigarettes are certain that they pose less risk than combustible cigarettes; nevertheless, most of them decide to quit smoking during pregnancy. Another important aspect that has been noted is that of formal abandonment treatments, as quite unexpectedly, there has been a unanimous recognition of strong distrust toward the possible risks to the unborn child. There is a lot of distrust and little knowledge of official smoking cessation therapies, and because of this, participants stated that they can quit smoking whenever they want and only with their own willpower. Five categories and related themes emerged from the thematic analysis, such as reasons for starting with themes such as stress, irritation, loneliness, adolescence and integration; reasons for attachment to topics such as habit and carelessness about one's health; perceptions of traditional cigarettes compared to e-cigarettes and heated cigarettes with related topics such as sensory experiences and side effects; feelings and use of official smoking cessation therapies with issues as willpower and knowledge; information on the effects of smoke during pregnancy and breastfeeding, including risk information.</p>","PeriodicalId":47493,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Addictive Diseases","volume":" ","pages":"219-229"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9076005","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Corey J Hayes, Nahiyan Bin Noor, Rebecca A Raciborski, Bradley Martin, Adam Gordon, Katherine Hoggatt, Teresa Hudson, Michael Cucciare
{"title":"Development and validation of machine-learning algorithms predicting retention, overdoses, and all-cause mortality among US military veterans treated with buprenorphine for opioid use disorder.","authors":"Corey J Hayes, Nahiyan Bin Noor, Rebecca A Raciborski, Bradley Martin, Adam Gordon, Katherine Hoggatt, Teresa Hudson, Michael Cucciare","doi":"10.1080/10550887.2024.2363035","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10550887.2024.2363035","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Buprenorphine for opioid use disorder (B-MOUD) is essential to improving patient outcomes; however, retention is essential.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To develop and validate machine-learning algorithms predicting retention, overdoses, and all-cause mortality among US military veterans initiating B-MOUD.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Veterans initiating B-MOUD from fiscal years 2006-2020 were identified. Veterans' B-MOUD episodes were randomly divided into training (80%;<i>n</i> = 45,238) and testing samples (20%;<i>n</i> = 11,309). Candidate algorithms [multiple logistic regression, least absolute shrinkage and selection operator regression, random forest (RF), gradient boosting machine (GBM), and deep neural network (DNN)] were used to build and validate classification models to predict six binary outcomes: 1) B-MOUD retention, 2) any overdose, 3) opioid-related overdose, 4) overdose death, 5) opioid overdose death, and 6) all-cause mortality. Model performance was assessed using standard classification statistics [e.g., area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC-ROC)].</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Episodes in the training sample were 93.0% male, 78.0% White, 72.3% unemployed, and 48.3% had a concurrent drug use disorder. The GBM model slightly outperformed others in predicting B-MOUD retention (AUC-ROC = 0.72). RF models outperformed others in predicting any overdose (AUC-ROC = 0.77) and opioid overdose (AUC-ROC = 0.77). RF and GBM outperformed other models for overdose death (AUC-ROC = 0.74 for both), and RF and DNN outperformed other models for opioid overdose death (RF AUC-ROC = 0.79; DNN AUC-ROC = 0.78). RF and GBM also outperformed other models for all-cause mortality (AUC-ROC = 0.76 for both). No single predictor accounted for >3% of the model's variance.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Machine-learning algorithms can accurately predict OUD-related outcomes with moderate predictive performance; however, prediction of these outcomes is driven by many characteristics.</p>","PeriodicalId":47493,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Addictive Diseases","volume":" ","pages":"1-18"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141471570","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amna Umer, Candice Lefeber, Christa Lilly, Jana Garrow, Janine Breyel, Timothy Lefeber, Collin John
{"title":"Epidemiology of Hepatitis C infection in pregnancy: Patterns and trends in West Virginia using statewide surveillance data.","authors":"Amna Umer, Candice Lefeber, Christa Lilly, Jana Garrow, Janine Breyel, Timothy Lefeber, Collin John","doi":"10.1080/10550887.2024.2372484","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10550887.2024.2372484","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The increasing rate of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has been attributed to the substance use epidemic. There is limited data on the current rates of the paralleling HCV epidemic.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To estimate the prevalence of maternal HCV infection in West Virginia (WV) and identify contributing factors.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Population-based retrospective cohort study of all pregnant individual(s) who gave birth in WV between 01/01/2020 to 01/30/2024 (<i>N</i> = 69,925). Multiple log-binomial regression models were used to estimate the adjusted risk ratio (ARR) and the 95% confidence intervals (CI).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The rate of maternal HCV infection was 38 per 1,000 deliveries. The mean age of pregnant individual(s) with HCV was 29.99 (SD 4.95). The risk of HCV was significantly higher in White vs. minority racial groups [ARR 1.93 (1.50, 2.49)], those with less than [ARR 1.57 (1.37, 1.79)] or at least high school [ARR 1.31 (1.17, 1.47)] vs. more than high school education, those on Medicaid [ARR 2.32 (1.99, 2.71)] vs. private health insurance, those residing in small-metro [ARR 1.32 (1.17, 1.48)] and medium-metro [ARR 1.41 (1.24, 1.61)], vs. rural areas, and those who smoked [ARR 3.51 (3.10, 3.97)]. HCV risk was highest for those using opioids [ARR 4.43 (3.95, 4.96)]; followed by stimulant use [ARR = 1.79 (1.57, 2.04)].</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our findings highlight that maternal age, race, education, and type of health insurance are associated with maternal HCV infection. The magnitude of association was highest for pregnant individual(s) who smoked and used opioids and stimulants during pregnancy in WV.</p>","PeriodicalId":47493,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Addictive Diseases","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141471580","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jennifer Stidham Ba, Chinedu Jon-Emefieh Ba, Jennifer Carrano PhD, Kevin Wenzel PhD, Marc Fishman Md
{"title":"Characteristics of mHealth therapy app engagement by young adults with OUD.","authors":"Jennifer Stidham Ba, Chinedu Jon-Emefieh Ba, Jennifer Carrano PhD, Kevin Wenzel PhD, Marc Fishman Md","doi":"10.1080/10550887.2024.2363027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10550887.2024.2363027","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>While rates of opioid use disorder (OUD) continue to rise across the country, young adults with OUD are at particular risk as they have poorer treatment outcomes and lack developmentally appropriate treatment options. The introduction of mobile applications for OUD present a new avenue to improve treatment outcomes for young adults. One such app, reSET<sup>®</sup> provides app users with weekly cognitive behavioral therapy lessons focusing on addiction with built in contingency management for completion of lessons and negative urine drug screens. This exploratory study aimed to identify the characteristics of patients who engaged with the application, reSET<sup>®</sup>, as well as to describe potential differences in treatment outcomes between engagers and non-engagers. This observational cohort study analyzed clinical and other program data from 35 young adults between the ages of 20-28 that were involved in the care and prescribed medications for OUD in Baltimore, Maryland during the 12-week period of app prescription. Results indicated that young adults had dichotomous levels of engagement, with almost 30% engaging highly with the app, completing >90% of lessons, and approximately 70% having low engagement, completing <25% of lessons. There were no differences in mental health outcomes, but engagers were more likely to be retained in care at the end of the 12-week prescription as compared to non-engagers. Overall, results suggest that mHealth apps targeted for OUD treatment offer potential treatment benefits for young adults, especially regarding treatment retention. Future studies should investigate the treatment and mental health impacts of reSET<sup>®</sup> and other mHealth apps within this population.</p>","PeriodicalId":47493,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Addictive Diseases","volume":" ","pages":"1-6"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141447349","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}