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Social prescribing has become a global phenomenon. A Delphi study was recently conducted with 48 social prescribing experts from 26 countries to establish global agreement on the definition of social prescribing. We reflect on the use and utility of the outputs of this work, and where we go from here.
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J Ethn Subst Abuse
September 2025
Department of Psychology and Center on Alcohol, Substance use, And Addiction (CASAA), University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
Background: American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities experienced a disproportionate increase in opioid-related fatal and non-fatal poisonings during the COVID-19 pandemic. Access to treatment, such as medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), became even more critical, although research among this population is limited. We completed qualitative interviews with substance use disorder (SUD) treatment providers (i.
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September 2025
School of Medicine, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia 70605050, Brazil; Faculty of Medicine, University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil. Electronic address:
Lancet
September 2025
The National Academy for Social Prescribing, London SE1 8XX, UK. Electronic address:
Lancet
September 2025
International Center for Future Health System, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia; National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
Clin Drug Investig
September 2025
Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Background And Objectives: Benzodiazepines are commonly prescribed medications approved for and used in the treatment of anxiolytic and sleep disorders, as well as for seizures, and alcohol withdrawal. However, benzodiazepines are also controlled substances because of their potential for abuse and personal harm, which are especially prevalent among older people. It is therefore important to understand how benzodiazepines are being prescribed, and the prevalence of off-label benzodiazepine prescribing, of which very little is known because of challenges in documenting treatment indication.
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