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01/26/2024

Tom Valentino

Tom Valentino
A recent meta-analysis of 10 longitudinal studies conducted by Yale University researchers found no significant link between cannabis use and relapse on non-medical opioids among patients receiving medication-assisted treatment for opioid use...
A recent meta-analysis of 10 longitudinal studies conducted by Yale University researchers found no significant link between cannabis use and relapse on non-medical opioids among patients receiving medication-assisted treatment for opioid use...
A recent meta-analysis of 10...
01/26/2024
Addiction Professional
News
01/23/2024

Tom Valentino

Tom Valentino
Allegheny Health Network seeks 2 additional patients for a trial in which patients with treatment-resistant opioid use disorder receive continuous electrical pulses to the brain’s addiction and reward center to curb severe cravings.
Allegheny Health Network seeks 2 additional patients for a trial in which patients with treatment-resistant opioid use disorder receive continuous electrical pulses to the brain’s addiction and reward center to curb severe cravings.
Allegheny Health Network seeks 2...
01/23/2024
Addiction Professional
News
01/11/2024
Reducing use of stimulants was associated with significant improvement in health and recovery among individuals with stimulant use disorder—even if they did not achieve total abstinence, according to a new study from NIDA.
Reducing use of stimulants was associated with significant improvement in health and recovery among individuals with stimulant use disorder—even if they did not achieve total abstinence, according to a new study from NIDA.
Reducing use of stimulants was...
01/11/2024
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News
01/09/2024
New research from Oregon Health & Science University highlights challenges related to finding residential addiction treatment for adolescents, with medication-assisted treatment options especially scarce.
New research from Oregon Health & Science University highlights challenges related to finding residential addiction treatment for adolescents, with medication-assisted treatment options especially scarce.
New research from Oregon Health...
01/09/2024
Addiction Professional
Ron Manderscheid, PhD
Perspectives
12/20/2023
Behavioral health services urban residents take for granted are often nonexistent in rural areas. Four strategies can help bridge the widening divide.
Behavioral health services urban residents take for granted are often nonexistent in rural areas. Four strategies can help bridge the widening divide.
Behavioral health services urban...
12/20/2023
Behavioral Healthcare Executive
News
12/12/2023
A behavioral intervention that integrates mindfulness, emotion regulation, and savoring of natural rewards could help reduce relapse rates in women receiving MAT for OUD, according to new research from Rutgers University.
A behavioral intervention that integrates mindfulness, emotion regulation, and savoring of natural rewards could help reduce relapse rates in women receiving MAT for OUD, according to new research from Rutgers University.
A behavioral intervention that...
12/12/2023
Addiction Professional
News
12/08/2023
Penn Medicine researchers suggest intense opioid withdrawal symptoms fueled by fentanyl are causing patients to leave the hospital early.
Penn Medicine researchers suggest intense opioid withdrawal symptoms fueled by fentanyl are causing patients to leave the hospital early.
Penn Medicine researchers...
12/08/2023
Addiction Professional
News
12/01/2023
Oral nicotine pouches, an increasingly popular, smoke-free and tobacco-free alternative to cigarettes, do little to curb current smokers’ nicotine cravings, according to a recent study.
Oral nicotine pouches, an increasingly popular, smoke-free and tobacco-free alternative to cigarettes, do little to curb current smokers’ nicotine cravings, according to a recent study.
Oral nicotine pouches, an...
12/01/2023
Addiction Professional
Andrew Tatarsky, PhD
News
11/28/2023
Andrew Tatarsky, PhD, defines the 4 principles of harm reduction and explains why integrative harm reduction psychotherapy can appeal to patients who are resistant to an abstinence-based approach at the outset of recovery.
Andrew Tatarsky, PhD, defines the 4 principles of harm reduction and explains why integrative harm reduction psychotherapy can appeal to patients who are resistant to an abstinence-based approach at the outset of recovery.
Andrew Tatarsky, PhD, defines...
11/28/2023
Addiction Professional
News
11/22/2023
Drug overdose deaths among women and girls between the ages of 10 and 44 who were pregnant or pregnant within the past 12 months soared from 2018 to 2021, according to a NIDA study.
Drug overdose deaths among women and girls between the ages of 10 and 44 who were pregnant or pregnant within the past 12 months soared from 2018 to 2021, according to a NIDA study.
Drug overdose deaths among women...
11/22/2023
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