UMSN is pleased to present the Fall 2013 Research Roundtable Series. Deborah J. Oakley Collegiate Professor Carol Boyd, Ph.D., RN, FAAN will discuss "Adolescents' Misuse of Controlled Medications: Misuse or Drug Abuse?" Dr. Boyd is part of the Division of Health Promotion & Risk Reduction (Div II) and Director, U-M Institute for Research for Women and Gender.

Background review of Dr. Boyd’s recent work (links available: nursing.umich.edu/about-our-school/events-calendar/adolescents-misuse-controlled-medications-misuse-or-drug-abuse-3363#.UnvErBAw-so):


Featured guest segment on WUFT 89.1 public radio’s Public Health Minute is airing throughout the month of November.


"Motives for Medical Misuse of Prescription Opioids Among Adolescents” was published in the October 2013 issue of The Journal of Pain. The co-authored summary of a survey of nearly 3,000 adolescents indicated the most prevalent reasons for misuse were “to relieve pain” (84.2%) and “to get high” (35.1%).


An October 7 Psychiatry Weekly co-authored guest commentary, "Excessive and Nonmedical Use of Prescription Medications in Adolescents,” answered questions about the connection between adolescent misuse of prescriptions to other substance use.


A June National Institute on Drug Abuse video and transcript spotlighted "Prescription Drug Abuse in Youth."