Background Addiction medicine consultation teams [AMCTs] are a promising strategy for
improving hospital care for patients with substance use disorders. Yet very little research has …

… Competing interests: Kathryn Dong reports receiving a grant from Alberta Health, for start-up …
Dong’s time to write this article. Dr. Dong also receives a medical leadership salary from …

Objective Brief intervention (BI) is recommended for use with youth who use alcohol and
other drugs. Emergency departments (EDs) can provide BIs at a time directly linked to harmful …

Assessing for the risk of self-harm in acute care is a difficult task, and more information on
pertinent risk factors is needed to inform clinical practice. This study examined the relationship …

Background Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral for Treatment (SBIRT) is an effective
approach for managing alcohol and other drug misuse in primary care; however, uptake into …

Aim To capture pandemic experiences of people with opioid use disorder (OUD) to better
inform the programs that serve them. Design We designed, conducted, and analyzed semi-…

Objectives The opioid crisis has risen dramatically in North America in the new millennium,
due to both illegal and prescription opioid use. While emergency departments (EDs) …

Background Acute care hospitals have been described as a high risk environment for
people who use drugs (PWUD). Formal and informal bans on drug use can lead patients to …

Background: Previous studies of differences in mental health care associated with children’s
sociodemographic status have focused on access to community care. We examined …

Background: Frequent emergency department users disproportionately account for rising
health care costs. We aimed to characterize frequent emergency department users in British …