Background Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is a widely used treatment for depression.
However, limited resource availability poses several barriers to patients seeking access to …

Purpose Reporting guidelines (eg, Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials [CONSORT]
statement) are intended to improve reporting standards and enhance the transparency and …

Background Cannabis will soon become legalized in Canada, and it is currently unclear
how this will impact public health. Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) is the most …

Opioid use has reached an epidemic proportion in Canada and the United States that is
mostly attributed to excess availability of prescribed opioids for pain. This excess in opioid use …

Introduction Illicit opioid use has become a national crisis in Canada, with over 65 000 people
seeking treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) in Ontario and British Columbia alone. …

Background Evidence shows that research abstracts are commonly inconsistent with their
corresponding full reports, and may mislead readers. In this scoping review, which is part of …

Background Prospective study protocols and registrations can play a significant role in reducing
incomplete or selective reporting of primary biomedical research, because they are pre-…

Alcohol use is causally linked to the development of and mortality from numerous diseases.
The aim of this study is to provide an update to a previous systematic review of meta‐…

Introduction The current COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in high rates of infection and death,
as well as widespread social disruption and a reduction in access to healthcare services …

Background: Acute low back pain (ALBP) is a common clinical complaint that can last anywhere
from 24 hours to 12 weeks. In recent years, there has been an opioid epidemic which is …