Substance use and addiction
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The Ottawa Hospital is conducting cutting-edge research to improve our understanding of substance abuse and addiction and develop better treatments. This page includes selected news stories about our research on substance abuse and addiction, links to researchers working in this area and related resources. Learn more below.
Research & News
John Graydon Simmons
Clinician Investigator, Acute Care ResearchPublications
The following research publications from The Ottawa Hospital are pulled from PubMed, with publication date of 2020 or later. Note that PubMed is hosted by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and is only available in English.
What Matters Most When Visiting a Rapid Access Addiction Medicine Clinic in Canada for Alcohol Use Care: A National eDelphi Study: Ce qui compte le plus lorsque l'on visite une clinique d'accès rapide au traitement médical de la toxicomanie (RAAM) au Canada pour des soins liés à la consommation d'alcool : une étude eDelphi nationale.
2026-02-11 Go to publicationRelationship Between Palliative Care and Location of Death Among People With Opioid Use Disorder: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
2025-11-12 Go to publicationMental health service use and suicide risk after a dementia diagnosis: a population-based retrospective matched cohort study.
2025-11-01 Go to publicationUnderstanding Canadian experiences of suicidality during the COVID-19 pandemic: protocol of a pan-Canadian qualitative study.
2025-09-26 Go to publicationRole of ketamine in the treatment of substance use disorders: A systematic review.
2025-08-01 Go to publicationResources
Mental health research at The Ottawa Hospital
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