Alex Rains
Biographic Data
| ID | 7449289 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alex Rains |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alex |
| FAMILY NAME | Rains |
| SIGNATURE | RAINS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Chicago |
| ORCID | 0009-0002-7207-0780 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
I Don’t Want to Shoot up the Meth Anymore
BACKGROUND: Methamphetamine use is disproportionately high in rural settings, with rates increasing during the COVID-19 pandemic. While syringe service programs reduce disease transmission among people who inject drugs, limited research exists around the value of smoking equipment, specifically pipes, in minimizing harms associated with rural methamphetamine use. METHODS: We conducted semi-structured interviews with people who use methamphetamine…
Pharmacological Treatments for Localized Provoked Vulvodynia
Introduction: Localized provoked vulvodynia (LPV) is a chronic pain condition without an identifiable cause that is localized to a portion of the vulva and provoked by pressure or touch. LPV is a commonly occurring but poorly understood condition lacking consensus on management. Method: This scoping review used Arksey and O'Malley's approach to identify and evaluate literature published between 2010 and 2023 that addressed the question: What is t…
A social history of opioids’ crimedical cycle
Historically, public and political discourse around people who nonmedically use opioids has largely been rendered via a deficits-oriented lens, presenting this population as weak, disinterested, and deviant, and thus undesirable and ill-positioned for wellness and communal integration. These narratives, and subsequent policies used to engage people who use opioids, are intermittently formed and disrupted by geopolitical changes, as public and ins…
I am not a junkie”
I would do anything but that”
We identified several patterns by which people who use drugs evaluate community members who sell sex. These included gendered and morally-charged forms of stigma, which may represent barriers to community acceptance and support among this subgroup
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Pharmacological Treatments for Localized Provoked Vulvodynia
Introduction: Localized provoked vulvodynia (LPV) is a chronic pain condition without an identifiable cause that is localized to a portion of the vulva and provoked by pressure or touch. LPV is a commonly occurring but poorly understood condition lacking consensus on management. Method: This scoping review used Arksey and O'Malley's approach to identify and evaluate literature published between 2010 and 2023 that addressed the question: What is t…
A social history of opioids’ crimedical cycle
Historically, public and political discourse around people who nonmedically use opioids has largely been rendered via a deficits-oriented lens, presenting this population as weak, disinterested, and deviant, and thus undesirable and ill-positioned for wellness and communal integration. These narratives, and subsequent policies used to engage people who use opioids, are intermittently formed and disrupted by geopolitical changes, as public and ins…
I am not a junkie”
I would do anything but that”
We identified several patterns by which people who use drugs evaluate community members who sell sex. These included gendered and morally-charged forms of stigma, which may represent barriers to community acceptance and support among this subgroup
I Don’t Want to Shoot up the Meth Anymore
BACKGROUND: Methamphetamine use is disproportionately high in rural settings, with rates increasing during the COVID-19 pandemic. While syringe service programs reduce disease transmission among people who inject drugs, limited research exists around the value of smoking equipment, specifically pipes, in minimizing harms associated with rural methamphetamine use. METHODS: We conducted semi-structured interviews with people who use methamphetamine…
Psychiatry (5 works) · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Harm reduction (2 works) · Internal Medicine (2 works) · Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (2 works) · Qualitative research (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works)