Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a chronic relapsing disorder that, whilst initially driven by
activation of brain reward neurocircuits, increasingly engages anti-reward neurocircuits that …

Study objective Increasing opioid prescribing has been linked to an epidemic of opioid
misuse. Our objective is to synthesize the available evidence about patient-, prescriber …

In this article we have provided a perspective on the importance and value of youth mental
health services for society and argued that advancing youth mental health services should …

Background While data from USA and Canada demonstrate an opioid overdose epidemic,
very little nation‐wide European studies have been published on this topical subject …

Background The overdose epidemic has been exacerbated by a dramatic increase in
deaths involving illicitly manufactured fentanyl (IMF). Drug checking is a novel strategy to …

In Canada, opioid-related overdose mortality has steeply increased in recent years; as a
substantial number of opioid-related deaths are related to fentanyl products, this …

As this Editorial is being written, an unprecedented opioid crisis deeply affects a number of
Western societies, including the United States of America, 1 Canada 2 and Australia. 3 This …

PURPOSE We examined the perspectives of family physicians (FPs) on opioid prescribing
and management of chronic pain to better understand the barriers to safer prescribing in …

Prescription monitoring programs (PMPs) house and monitor data about the prescribing
practices of health care providers, as well as medications received by patients. PMPs aim to …

Abstract Introduction and Aims There is a current epidemic of pharmaceutical opioid (PO)
misuse, particularly fentanyl and fentanyl analogues, globally. Fentanyl is a highly potent …