Background Despite extensive literature exploring the harms associated with illicit
substance use among young people who use drugs (YPWUD), the concept of “recovery” …

Abstract Across North America, overlap** overdose and COVID-19 emergencies have
had a substantial impact on young people who use drugs (YPWUD). New risk mitigation …

Introduction Despite a steady increase of antipsychotic prescriptions in children and
adolescents, knowledge about pharmacokinetics and dosing of antipsychotics in children …

Abstract Background In Canada, involuntary stabilization programs are used to apprehend
and confine youth who use drugs for the purpose of stabilization, assessment, and …

Background Emerging definitions of health have suggested a shift in focus to one's ability to
manage their health condition, function, and social determinants of health. The construct of …

The current conceptual review highlights considerations surrounding the potential for non-
beneficence and undue coercion within the practices of psychologists and other clinicians …

Aim Youth ages 12–24 account for approximately 20% of overdoses and yet are poorly
reached by opioid agonist treatment (OAT), the most widely recommended treatment for …

I are proud to present the first of a two-part issue of Pediatric Annals devoted to the field of
medical toxicology. In fact, medical toxicology has its roots in pediatrics. The first poison …

British Columbia (BC), Canada, is an epicenter of North America's overdose crisis. This
crisis is increasingly impacting adolescents (aged 10e19 years), prompting efforts to create …

The global prevalence of opioid use disorders (OUD), particularly heroin dependence, has
substantially increased over the past 30-years (+ 47.3%), accounting for more death and …