The Incidence of Alcohol Use Disorders During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Sarfraz, Azza; Sarfraz, Zouina; Sarfraz, Muzna; Thevuthasan, Sindhu; Khan, Taleah; Inam, Inoshia; Pandav, Krunal; Fatima, Faraeha; Patel, Gaurav; Baralt, Diana; Ferrer, Gerardo F; Cabrera, Erik; Michel, George F.; Sanchez-Gonzalez, Marcos A.

doi:10.24869/psyd.2022.535

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“…A study conducted in Australia showed that approximately one in five people increased their alcohol use during the COVID-19 pandemic [18]. In March 2020, a study conducted in the USA showed that alcohol sales increased by 54% compared to the same period of the previous year [19]. In our study, the number of patients admitted to the emergency department due to alcohol use decreased compared to the pre-pandemic period.…”

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Comparison of Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with Psychiatric Complaints Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic

ÇALIŞKAN,

AY,

YÜKSEL

et al. 2024

Journal of Bursa Faculty of Medicine

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Objective: This study aims to investigate whether there was a difference in the psychiatric complaints of patients presenting to the emergency department before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: All patients aged 18 years and over who presented to the adult emergency department of the University of Health Sciences Bursa Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital between 11.03.2019 and 11.03.2021 with psychiatric complaints, for whom psychiatry consultation was requested, and whose complete study data were available were retrospectively included in the study. Results: There were 1508 patients in the study. Of the patients, 50.9% (n=768) were in the pre-pandemic group, 54.0% (n=815) were single, and 77.4% (n=1167) were unemployed. As a result of the statistical analysis, a significant correlation was found between diagnosed psychiatric diseases, depression, anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, alcohol-substance withdrawal, panic disorder, delirium, and other psychiatric diseases with the pre-pandemic and post-pandemic periods respectively [(p=0.001), (p

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Comparison of Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with Psychiatric Complaints Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic

ÇALIŞKAN,

AY,

YÜKSEL

et al. 2024

Journal of Bursa Faculty of Medicine

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“…This is an especially timely consideration in light of the interplay of three ongoing epidemics: vaping, opioid use, and COVID-19. 36 The takeaways of this study are bolstered by promising signals of strong external validity. Little research has discussed DIY e-juice, yet the results of this study, despite having significant variation in population, setting, timing, and recruitment method, mirror the limited preexisting research.…”

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Using the Theory of Planned Behavior to Anticipate DIY E-juice Mixing among Young Adult International E-cigarette Users

2023

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Background: Trends in young adult use of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) and experimentation with do-it-yourself (DIY) e-juice mixing are growing around the world. Theoretical frameworks for examining secondary behaviors (i.e., mixing) embedded within a primary behavior (i.e., vaping) are limited, leading to challenges in scholarly understanding of behavioral performance. This study explored the theoretically driven factors surrounding ENDS users’ decision to mix DIY e-juice through a multiple behavior test of the theory of planned behavior (TPB). Methods: An international sample of young adult participants aged 18-19 (n=203) was recruited from Prolific for an online crosssectional survey. Path modeling tested four theoretically driven models to explore behavioral performance of mixing. Findings: The data supported TPB expectations and revealed new paths for secondary behavior. Primary perceptions of attitudes, norms, and intention were predictive of the same secondary perceptions. In addition, for both primary and secondary behaviors, perceived norms were a function of perceived attitudes. For the secondary behavior, normative influence was experienced indirectly through perceived attitudes. Conclusion: DIY e-juice mixing is a product of perceived attitudes and behavioral control surrounding mixing as well as perceived attitudes, norms, and intention surrounding general ENDS use. While unregulated DIY experimentation increases among youth, these findings provide a lens for public health efforts seeking to reach and reduce use. Understanding DIY e-juice behaviors is essential to anticipate stockpiling behaviors and negative outcomes from amateur experimentation.

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Differences in the Rates of Diagnoses of Mental and Behavioral Disorders Due to Psychoactive Substance Use by Sex and Age during Pre-Pandemic and COVID-19 Pandemic Periods in Kazakhstan

Akkuzinova,

Inoue,

Toleuov

et al. 2024

Healthcare

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Background: The COVID-19 pandemic had profound impacts worldwide on individuals with mental and behavioral disorders, including disorders due to psychoactive substance use. We investigated how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the trends in these disorders in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Methods: We researched and compared ICD-10 data on mental and behavioral disorders due to substance use in Kazakhstan that were diagnosed in 2018–2019 (pre-pandemic) versus 2020–2021 (the pandemic period). Results: The data for the pandemic period were significantly different from those of the pre-pandemic in that (i) ‘other stimulant-related disorders (F15)’ and ‘other psychoactive substance-related disorders (F19)’ were increased in the younger age groups, (ii) the risk of ‘opioid-related disorders (F11)’ was decreased in the 30-year-old group in both males and females, and (iii) the risk of ‘alcohol-related disorders (F10)’ was increased in the 30-year-old group and decreased in the 20- and 50-year-old groups. In only the males, (iv) the risk of ‘other psychoactive substance-related disorders (F19)’ was increased in almost all of the age groups, and (v) the risk of ‘cannabis-related disorders (F12)’ was increased in the ≥50-year-olds. The pre-pandemic and pandemic periods thus involved changes due to COVID-19 in both males and females that were especially notable in males. Conclusions: These results indicate that further measures designed to prevent mental and behavioral disorders due to psychoactive substances are necessary at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels, and personnel in medicine/nursing, the government, private organizations, and the public need to collaborate to devise such measures.

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The Incidence of Alcohol Use Disorders During the Covid-19 Pandemic

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Comparison of Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with Psychiatric Complaints Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic

Comparison of Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with Psychiatric Complaints Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic

Using the Theory of Planned Behavior to Anticipate DIY E-juice Mixing among Young Adult International E-cigarette Users

Differences in the Rates of Diagnoses of Mental and Behavioral Disorders Due to Psychoactive Substance Use by Sex and Age during Pre-Pandemic and COVID-19 Pandemic Periods in Kazakhstan

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