Substance use disorder risk assessment: positive emotional experiences with first time use and substance use disorder risk.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Substance Use Disorder (SUD) screening tools used in current practice are designed to identify SUD once patients have begun regular dangerous drug use. While these screening tools are valuable, prevention and avoidance of SUD would save countless lives. The climbing number of deaths due to drug overdose make screening for and prevention of SUD imperative. This study addresses this care gap. The aim was to develop a simple screening tool for patients who may be prone to develop Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) and/or SUD prior to addiction. It was hypothesized that participants with initially positive emotional experiences would be correlated with a future SUD diagnosis.

Methods

The study involved a self-administered survey using a cross-sectional design and was carrie

SUBMITTER: Arscott KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11451412 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature