Background: Increases in prescriptions of opioid medications for chronic pain have been
accompanied by increases in opioid overdoses, abuse, and other harms and uncertainty …

Substance use disorders (SUDs) are a significant problem among our nation's military
veterans. In the following overview, we provide information on the prevalence of SUDs …

Existing research on sensemaking in immersive analytics systems primarily focuses on
understanding how users complete analysis within these systems with quantitative and …

Abstract Purpose of Review The opioid crisis most likely is the most profound public health
crisis our nation has faced. In 2015 alone, 52,000 people died of drug overdoses, with over …

Objective To describe the epidemiologic characteristics and associations with increased
health care utilization in US adults with chronic low back pain (LBP). Methods The National …

The high prevalence and societal burden of chronic pain, its undertreatment, and disparities
in its management have contributed to the acknowledgment of chronic pain as a serious …

Background: The extent to which adults with mental health disorders in the United States
receive opioids has not been adequately reported. Methods: We performed a cross …

The relationships between the initial opioid prescription characteristics and pain etiology
with the probability of opioid discontinuation were explored in this retrospective cohort study …

Background The incidence of opioid-related death in women has increased 5-fold over the
past decade. For many women, their initial opioid exposure will occur in the setting of routine …

Importance With the current opioid crisis, it is important to improve understanding of the
biological mechanisms of opioid use disorder (OUD). Objectives To detect genetic risk …