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ArticleSubstance use & misuse2022

Motivations for Prescription Drug Misuse Related to Mental Health Problems in Adults.

Tess K Drazdowski, Marya Schulte, Kate B Wolitzky-Taylor, Holle Schaper, Jason E Chapman

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Article in Substance use & misuse, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Tess K DrazdowskiUCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Los Angeles, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2339-0780
Marya SchulteUCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Kate B Wolitzky-TaylorUCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Los Angeles, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6199-4350
Holle SchaperOregon Social Learning Center, Eugene, Oregon, USA.
Jason E ChapmanOregon Social Learning Center, Eugene, Oregon, USA.
Oregon Social Learning Center · USOASIS Clinic · US

Funding

UCLA DRUG ABUSE RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAMT32DA007272 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI GRELLA, CHRISTINE E · 1991 to 2017
$4.9M
Treatment of Justice-Involved Emerging Adults with Substance Use DisordersR01DA041425 · NIDA · OREGON SOCIAL LEARNING CENTER, INC. · PI DAVIS, MARYANN, SHEIDOW, ASHLI J · 2016 to 2021
$3.3M
Diversity Supplement: Building a Lasting Foundation to Advance Actionable Research on Recovery Support Services for High Risk Individuals with Opioid Use Disorder: The Initiative for JEAPR24DA051950 · NIDA · OREGON SOCIAL LEARNING CENTER, INC. · PI MCCART, MICHAEL R, SHEIDOW, ASHLI J · 2020 to 2025
$2.8M
Reducing Opioid and Other Drug Use in Justice-Involved Emerging Adults using Paraprofessional Coaches (with and without Lived Experience) to Deliver Effective Services in a Non-Treatment SettingK23DA048161 · NIDA · OSLC DEVELOPMENTS · PI DRAZDOWSKI, TESS K. · 2020 to 2024
$963k
NIDA NIH HHS K23 DA048161NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA041425NIDA NIH HHS R24 DA051950NIDA NIH HHS T32 DA007272
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPrescription drug misuse (PDM) is a significant public health problem associated with mental health symptoms.

objectivesThis project investigates the connections between PDM motivations and mental health to inform intervention efforts.

methodsUsing nationally representative adult data from the 2016-2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (

resultsAdults that reported PDM were more likely than those with no PDM to endorse past year mental health problems. Compared to those that reported PDM of other medications, those misusing prescription opioids and tranquilizers to help with emotions and misusing sedatives to "relax or relieve tension" were more likely to have all categories of mental health problems. Those that misused prescription stimulants to "help study" had lower odds of all mental health problems.

conclusionsWhile there were differences based on prescription drug class, a range of motivations increased adults' likelihood to have mental health problems and common themes were found across drug classes. While causality is still undetermined, prevention and intervention efforts that are multifaceted and individualized, while broadly providing adults with other ways to cope with negative emotions are likely to help reduce PDM.

Indexed as

Central Nervous System StimulantsMajor Depressive DisorderPrescription Drug MisusePrescription DrugsSubstance-Related DisordersTranquilizing AgentsAdultAnalgesics, OpioidFemaleHumansHypnotics and SedativesMaleMental HealthMotivationAnalgesics, OpioidCentral Nervous System StimulantsHypnotics and SedativesPrescription DrugsTranquilizing Agentsdepressionmental healthmisusemotivesnon-medical usePrescription drugs

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PMID34903123
PMCPMC8842830
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