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Artificial Intelligence in Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Support: Selected Readings and Practical Insights
Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming how we understand and manage substance use disorders (SUDs). The following curated readings highlight current developments, practical applications, and ethical considerations for AI in this field...
Artificial Intelligence in Addiction: Challenges and Opportunities
The article explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is currently used — and could be used — in the field of addiction research and treatment. The authors note that AI (machine learning, data mining, predictive analytics) offers...
Generative Artificial Intelligence-Enabled (GenAI) Digital Mental Health Medical Devices
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2025 FDA Perspective: Generative Artificial Intelligence-Enabled (GenAI) Digital Mental Health Medical Devices
FDA Perspective: Regulatory Considerations for Digital Mental Health Therapeutics
Topic 1: Large Language Models in...
Ethics of artificial intelligence in medicine
This article reviews the main ethical issues that arise from the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in medicine. Issues around trust, responsibility, risks of discrimination, privacy, autonomy, and potential benefits and harms...
Revolutionizing Addiction Medicine: The Role of Artificial Intelligence
Introduction
Addiction medicine is becoming more of an issue as addiction-related problems continue to plague people all over the globe, resulting in serious health consequences. Addiction has become increasingly prevalent in recent years...
Exploring the Potential and Challenges of Digital and AI-Driven Psychotherapy for ADHD, OCD, Schizophrenia, and Substance Use Disorders: A Comprehensive Narrative Review
Purpose of the Review:
Psychotherapy remains a fundamental component of mental health treatment, yet it encounters significant barriers to accessibility and efficacy. The integration of digital therapies, encompassing e-Health, m-Health...
Digital interventions targeting excessive substance use and substance use disorders: a comprehensive and systematic scoping review and bibliometric analysis
Addictive substances are prevalent world-wide, and their use presents a substantial and persistent public health problem. A wide range of digital interventions to decrease use and negative consequences thereof have been explored, differing...
A systematic review of chatbot-assisted interventions for substance use
Objectives: This study systematically reviewed research on the utilization of chatbot-related technologies for the prevention, assessment, and treatment of various substance uses, including alcohol, nicotine, and other drugs.
Methods: Foll...
Substance Use Prediction Using Artificial Intelligence Techniques
The study examines whether artificial intelligence can reliably predict the use of specific substances in Finland, including cannabis, ecstasy, amphetamine, cocaine and non-prescribed medicines. Using data from the 2022 Finnish National...
Child and youth mental health in the WHO European Region: Status and actions to strengthen quality of care
For the first time WHO Regional Office for Europe brings together all of data available at the Regional level on child and youth mental health. One in seven children and adolescents aged 0–19 years old lives with a mental health condition...
Day 2, 08:00 - 09:00, Plenary 6: Reducing Drug-Related Crime in Asia
Panel Presented at Indonesia 2025 on the 18th of September 2025
Moderator: Michele Worobiec
Presentations:
Tery Zakier Muslim: Reducing Drug-Related Crime
Grace Sopacua: The Situation of Drugs Law Enforcement in Indonesia
Augus...
Alcohol increases your risk of premature death
Highlights how drinking alcohol increases the risk of dying before the age of 75 (also known as premature death). With simple visuals, shows how many people out of 1,000 could die early based on the number of standard drinks they consume...
From Stigma to Strength: The Transformative Power of Activism for Former Injecting Drug Users with HIV
Injection drug users (IDUs) living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) often face multiple stigmas stemming from their HIV status and history of drug use. This stigma can impact their mental health, motivation to recover, and social integration. This...
The Relationship between Food Addiction, Health Promoting Lifestyles, and Academic Achievement Among University Students
Background
University students are in a transitional stage characterized by lifestyle changes, academic stress, and increased vulnerability to risky health behaviors,
including food addiction. Food addiction has been linked to poor...
Personal Impacts of Substance Use
The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) transforms complex data into insights that reflect real human experiences. Every aspect of the Canadian Substance Use Cost and Harms (CSUCH) project represents individuals with lived...
Niñez, madres con TUS y sistemas de protección
Navigating stigma: a qualitative study of barriers to opioid treatment engagement in Tanzania
Background
Stigma related to drug use is a well-documented barrier to engaging and remaining on medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD), yet little is known about how stigma operates across multiple social and institutional settings in...
Adherence to mHealth quit smoking application ‘stopcoach’ on top of evidence based smoking cessation counselling: association with participant characteristics and long-term abstinence
Background
Smoking is more common in lower socioeconomic position (SEP) groups, but smoking cessation interventions are less effective for these groups. StopCoach, an mHealth intervention, supports people with lower SEP in quitting smoking...
Initial stakeholder perceptions around opioid settlement funds in Pennsylvania
Background
The opioid epidemic continues to pose significant challenges in the United States, with over 75% of nearly 107,000 drug overdose deaths in 2022 involving opioids. Recently, efforts to curb the epidemic have made strides...
Becoming a Member of the Prevention Club: Development of Interdisciplinary Prevention Terminology
Introduction
Prevention science is interdisciplinary, drawing upon multiple fields of research and practice to develop integrated knowledge. A challenge facing the field is the proliferation of different terms with the same meaning, and of...
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