Letter: "Trapped": A Mnemonic for Taking a Substance Use History

delirium, head trauma, mania, and substance use: a case history

head trauma and brain injury are common causes of emergency cases, and predispose multiple psychiatric complications. the head trauma, itself, often occurs after some psychiatric disorders, like mood or substance related disorders. so, the complex interaction of these factors often causes difficulties in diagnosis and management of the patients. the side effects of surgical and medical treatmen...

Heritability for Stroke: Essential for Taking Family History

 There are many well-established factors that influence the risk of stroke including blood pressure, diabetes, low socioeconomic status and smoking, however, the shared genetic resource in members of a family effect on stroke predisposition. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have demonstrated evidence of a shared genetic source in stroke risk. This review considered the influence of family...

Substance use and risk-taking among adolescents

Background: Among adolescents, substance abuse often occurs in conjunction with risk-taking behaviors. Aims: This review explores the nature and etiology of concomitant risk-taking behaviors, addressing behavioral, genetic, temperamental, and family factors that accompany adolescent substance use. Method: A literature review was conducted to determine the breadth of factors that contribute to a...

Racial and ethnic disparities in medical history taking: detecting substance use among low-income pregnant women.

OBJECTIVE To determine whether providers' medical history-taking of substance use varies with their patients' race or ethnicity. DESIGN/SETTING/PARTICIPANTS The medical records of 1083 low-income women who delivered at an urban teaching hospital over a 12-month period were reviewed and data were abstracted. The frequency with which the presence or absence of substance use was documented was c...

A Letter for Honoring Prof. Takeshi Matsuura