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Justice and Treatment Leaders Will Partner in NIDA Opioid Initiative
08/01/2019
The National Institute on Drug Abuse's (NIDA) latest initiative in criminal justice will seek to improve the quality of opioid addiction treatment in justice settings, with each research grantee required to partner with both justice officials...
The National Institute on Drug Abuse's (NIDA) latest initiative in criminal justice will seek to improve the quality of opioid addiction treatment in justice settings, with each research grantee required to partner with both justice officials...
The National Institute on Drug...
08/01/2019
Addiction Professional
NCAD Spotlight: Understanding LGBTQ Inclusive vs. LGBTQ Affirmative Treatment Programs
07/29/2019
In 1979, the National Association of Lesbian and Gay Alcoholism Professionals (NALGAP) was formed with three goals in mind:
In 1979, the National Association of Lesbian and Gay Alcoholism Professionals (NALGAP) was formed with three goals in mind:
In 1979, the National...
07/29/2019
Addiction Professional
STIM Spotlight: Examining Meaningful Behavioral Interventions for Stimulant Addiction
07/25/2019
At last year's inaugural Cocaine, Meth & Stimulant Summit, University of Kentucky Professor Craig R. Rush, PhD, offered a sobering projection of how long it might take to see a viable medication candidate to treat stimulant dependence. At...
At last year's inaugural Cocaine, Meth & Stimulant Summit, University of Kentucky Professor Craig R. Rush, PhD, offered a sobering projection of how long it might take to see a viable medication candidate to treat stimulant dependence. At...
At last year's inaugural...
07/25/2019
Addiction Professional
Mobile Technology Could Unleash Power of Reward-Based Treatment
07/23/2019
Incentive-based “contingency management” strategies remain largely underutilized in substance use treatment, despite their significant basis of support in research. A new report suggests that the wide availability of mobile technology could...
Incentive-based “contingency management” strategies remain largely underutilized in substance use treatment, despite their significant basis of support in research. A new report suggests that the wide availability of mobile technology could...
Incentive-based “contingency...
07/23/2019
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CDC Projects Decline in Drug Overdose Deaths for 2018
07/19/2019
Policy leaders and researchers are extracting hope out of preliminary data suggesting that the nation may have seen a drop of around 5% in drug overdose deaths in 2018. The numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
Policy leaders and researchers are extracting hope out of preliminary data suggesting that the nation may have seen a drop of around 5% in drug overdose deaths in 2018. The numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
Policy leaders and researchers...
07/19/2019
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Partnership Will Expand Engagement of Hospital Patients
07/12/2019
A partnership among a hospital, a behavioral health center and a philanthropic foundation in Tennessee is expected to result in engagement of more than 250 new patients with addictions annually. A three-year grant of $1.05 million from the...
A partnership among a hospital, a behavioral health center and a philanthropic foundation in Tennessee is expected to result in engagement of more than 250 new patients with addictions annually. A three-year grant of $1.05 million from the...
A partnership among a hospital,...
07/12/2019
Addiction Professional
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Communities Must Apply Proven Strategies for Engaging Patients
07/10/2019
Enrollment in therapy continues to be a major roadblock for addiction care. Interventions and self-enrollment are still viable and critical ways of entering treatment, but statistically speaking, treatment is only as effective as the policies...
Enrollment in therapy continues to be a major roadblock for addiction care. Interventions and self-enrollment are still viable and critical ways of entering treatment, but statistically speaking, treatment is only as effective as the policies...
Enrollment in therapy continues...
07/10/2019
Addiction Professional
Legalizing Pot Tied to Less Teen Marijuana Use
07/08/2019
Marijuana legalization laws don't appear to increase teen pot use and instead may have the opposite effect, a U.S. study suggests. To see how teen marijuana use compares in states with and without such laws, researchers examined survey data...
Marijuana legalization laws don't appear to increase teen pot use and instead may have the opposite effect, a U.S. study suggests. To see how teen marijuana use compares in states with and without such laws, researchers examined survey data...
Marijuana legalization laws...
07/08/2019
Addiction Professional
Alcohol Treatment Research Marred by Inconsistent Application of Measures
07/05/2019
A review of published research on brief interventions to treat alcohol use disorders makes the case for establishing a core set of outcomes for evaluating the various brief intervention options.
A review of published research on brief interventions to treat alcohol use disorders makes the case for establishing a core set of outcomes for evaluating the various brief intervention options.
A review of published research...
07/05/2019
Addiction Professional
Schools Can Play Pivotal Role in Stimulant Misuse Prevention
07/01/2019
Messages to youths on the dangers of stimulant misuse would carry the most weight if they came from schools or persons in popular culture, rather than if they were delivered by doctors or parents, suggest results of an adolescent survey...
Messages to youths on the dangers of stimulant misuse would carry the most weight if they came from schools or persons in popular culture, rather than if they were delivered by doctors or parents, suggest results of an adolescent survey...
Messages to youths on the...
07/01/2019
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