Recreational substance use is linked with difficulty in recalling personal experiences
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-13800-y
Abstract: Recreational use of substances such as cannabis, MDMA and cocaine is thought to harm the neurotransmitter communication networks that coordinate many memory processes that support autobiographical memory (AM). Research on the impact of substance use… read more here.
Keywords: substance; recreational substance; use; use linked ... See more keywords
Palliative care for people who use substances during communicable disease epidemics and pandemics: a scoping review protocol
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053124
Abstract: Introduction Communicable disease epidemics and pandemics magnify the health inequities experienced by marginalised populations. People who use substances suffer from high rates of morbidity and mortality and should be a priority to receive palliative care,… read more here.
Keywords: disease epidemics; communicable disease; use substances; epidemics pandemics ... See more keywords
Social workers’ perspectives on anti-Black racism and parenting outcomes for incarcerated pregnant women with substance use histories
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DOI: 10.1177/14680173241283393
Abstract: Summary Black women who use substances face significant barriers to accessing resources and parenting their children, largely as a result of interactions with the criminal legal, child welfare, and healthcare systems. While extensive literature has… read more here.
Keywords: racism; criminal legal; legal child; pregnant women ... See more keywords
Substance use in cancer patients – an undervalued and harmful association
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DOI: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2025.1789
Abstract: Introduction Substance use and substance use disorders are widespread among cancer patients, throughout the complex course of the disease. Besides the fact that the use of some substances predisposes individuals to cancer, substance use can… read more here.
Keywords: substance; cancer; cancer patients; use substances ... See more keywords
A positive psychology framework for why people use substances: Implications for treatment
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1017186
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Keywords: people use; positive psychology; psychology framework; psychology ... See more keywords