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Treating criminal offenders: where things stand.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Addiction Science and Clinical Practice - April 1, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: Anderson D Tags: Addict Sci Clin Pract Source Type: journals

Response: a sensible division of labor.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Addiction Science and Clinical Practice - April 1, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: McDonald D, Stevens SJ, Strauss S Tags: Addict Sci Clin Pract Source Type: journals

Recovery-oriented care for drug-abusing offenders.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
As described by the authors, a recovery-oriented system of care for drug-abusing criminal offenders is one that provides for continuity of treatment, using evidence-based interventions at every stage as clients progress through the justice system. Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities of Illinois has partnered with criminal justice and treatment programs to establish a basic recovery-oriented system, with programs that span pre-adjudication, probation or incarceration, and parole. PMID: 19369917 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Addiction Science and Clinical Practice - April 1, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: Heaps MM, Lurigio AJ, Rodriguez P, Lyons T, Brookes L Tags: Addict Sci Clin Pract Source Type: journals

Drug abuse treatment beyond prison walls.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The period surrounding release from prison is a critical time for parolees, bearing the potential for a drug-free and crime-free life in the community but also high risks for recidivism and relapse to drugs. The authors describe two projects. The first illustrates the use of a formal Delphi process to elicit and combine the expertise of treatment providers, researchers, corrections personnel, and other stakeholders in a set of statewide guidelines for facilitating re-entry. The second project is a six-session intervention to enable women to protect themselves against acquiring or transmitting HIV in their intimate rela...
Source: Addiction Science and Clinical Practice - April 1, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: Leukefeld C, Oser CB, Havens J, Staton Tindall M, Mooney J, Duvall JB, Knudsen H Tags: Addict Sci Clin Pract Source Type: journals

Nutrition issues in chronic drug users living with HIV infection.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and chronic drug abuse both compromise nutritional status. For individuals with both disorders, the combined effects on wasting, the nutritional consequence that is most closely linked to mortality, appear to be synergistic. Substance abuse clinicians can improve and extend patients' lives by recommending healthy diets; observing and assessing for food insecurity, nutritional deficits, signs of weight loss and wasting, body composition changes, and metabolic abnormalities; and providing referrals to food programs and nutritionists. More studies are needed on the nutritional ...
Source: Addiction Science and Clinical Practice - April 1, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: Hendricks K, Gorbach S Tags: Addict Sci Clin Pract Source Type: journals

Response: pathways to recovery and reintegration.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Addiction Science and Clinical Practice - April 1, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: Benos D, Stein F, Wexler HK Tags: Addict Sci Clin Pract Source Type: journals

Interventions to promote successful re-entry among drug-abusing parolees.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article reviews research findings on principles of effective correctional treatment and the interventions that have been shown to be effective with drug-abusing parolees or that have been tested with general drug-abusing populations and show promise for use with parolees. The article concludes with a discussion of several issues that clinicians need to consider in adopting and implementing these interventions. PMID: 19369913 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Addiction Science and Clinical Practice - April 1, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: Prendergast ML Tags: Addict Sci Clin Pract Source Type: journals

The state of the art in treatment, today and tomorrow.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Addiction Science and Clinical Practice - June 1, 2008 Category: Addiction Authors: Anderson D Tags: Addict Sci Clin Pract Source Type: journals

Challenges in using opioids to treat pain in persons with substance use disorders.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article discusses the neurobiology and clinical presentation of pain and its synergies with substance use disorders, presents methodical approaches to the evaluation and treatment of pain that co-occurs with substance use disorders, and provides practical guidelines for the use of opioids to treat pain in individuals with histories of addiction. The authors consider that every pain complaint deserves careful investigation and every patient in pain has a right to effective treatment. PMID: 18497713 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Addiction Science and Clinical Practice - May 24, 2008 Category: Addiction Authors: Savage SR, Kirsh KL, Passik SD Tags: Addict Sci Clin Pract Source Type: journals

Response: providing relief, avoiding euphoria.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Addiction Science and Clinical Practice - May 24, 2008 Category: Addiction Authors: Paul D, Sullivan MA, Weiss RD Tags: Addict Sci Clin Pract Source Type: journals

The search for medications to treat stimulant dependence.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Progress in understanding the neurobiology of stimulant dependence has enabled researchers to identify medications whose pharmacological effects suggest that they might help patients initiate abstinence or avoid relapse. Several of these medications and a vaccine have shown encouraging results in controlled clinical trials with cocaine-dependent patients. The search for a medical treatment for methamphetamine dependence started more recently, due to the later emergence of this epidemic, but at least one candidate medication has shown promise in early clinical testing. Treatment approaches that combine efficacious medic...
Source: Addiction Science and Clinical Practice - May 24, 2008 Category: Addiction Authors: Kampman KM Tags: Addict Sci Clin Pract Source Type: journals

Response: anticipating new medications.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Addiction Science and Clinical Practice - May 24, 2008 Category: Addiction Authors: Bogenschutz MP, Demarzo LJ, Roll J Tags: Addict Sci Clin Pract Source Type: journals

Dialectical behavior therapy for substance abusers.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is a well-established treatment for individuals with multiple and severe psychosocial disorders, including those who are chronically suicidal. Because many such patients have substance use disorders (SUDs), the authors developed DBT for Substance Abusers, which incorporates concepts and modalities designed to promote abstinence and to reduce the length and adverse impact of relapses. Among these are dialectical abstinence, "clear mind," and attachment strategies that include off-site counseling as well as active attempts to find patients who miss sessions. Several randomized clinical ...
Source: Addiction Science and Clinical Practice - May 24, 2008 Category: Addiction Authors: Dimeff LA, Linehan MM Tags: Addict Sci Clin Pract Source Type: journals

Response: innovations and implementation.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Addiction Science and Clinical Practice - May 24, 2008 Category: Addiction Authors: Gavriel M, Glasner-Edwards S, Sackler H Tags: Addict Sci Clin Pract Source Type: journals

Should I or Shouldn't I?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Addiction Science and Clinical Practice - May 24, 2008 Category: Addiction Tags: Addict Sci Clin Pract Source Type: journals

Cocaine activates genes through chromatin remodeling.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Addiction Science and Clinical Practice - December 1, 2007 Category: Addiction Tags: Addict Sci Clin Pract Source Type: journals

Response: No More "28 Days and You're Cured".Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 18292711 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Addiction Science and Clinical Practice - December 1, 2007 Category: Addiction Authors: Cohen AJ, Taylor WM, Wallace C Tags: Addict Sci Clin Pract Source Type: journals

Managing addiction as a chronic condition.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article reviews progress in adapting addiction treatment to respond more fully to the chronic nature of most patients' problems. After reviewing evidence that the natural history of addiction involves recurrent cycles of relapse and recovery, we discuss emerging approaches to recovery management, including techniques for improving the continuity of care, monitoring during periods of abstinence, and early reintervention; recent developments in the field related to self-management, mutual aid, and other recovery supports; and system-level interventions. We also address the importance of adjusting treatment funding and o...
Source: Addiction Science and Clinical Practice - December 1, 2007 Category: Addiction Authors: Dennis M, Scott CK Tags: Addict Sci Clin Pract Source Type: journals

Response: a case for collaborative care.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Addiction Science and Clinical Practice - December 1, 2007 Category: Addiction Authors: Gonzales R, Perlman DC Tags: Addict Sci Clin Pract Source Type: journals

Hepatitis C for addiction professionals.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A disease whose reputation is often worse than its reality, hepatitis C is usually benign. Most infected individuals do not experience symptoms requiring treatment, and roughly half of those treated will become free of detectable virus for an extended, perhaps permanent, period. Moreover, a growing body of data suggests that drug users can attain successful treatment outcomes, even when not completely abstinent. Addiction professionals belong in the forefront of prevention and management of this disease. We can assist our patients by helping them stabilize their lifestyles, correcting misperceptions about the disease, ...
Source: Addiction Science and Clinical Practice - December 1, 2007 Category: Addiction Authors: Sylvestre D Tags: Addict Sci Clin Pract Source Type: journals

Response: assessing the instruments.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 18292707 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Addiction Science and Clinical Practice - December 1, 2007 Category: Addiction Authors: Blaine JD, Forman RF, Svikis D Tags: Addict Sci Clin Pract Source Type: journals

Assessing addiction: concepts and instruments.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Efficient, organized assessment of substance use disorders is essential for clinical research, treatment planning, and referral to adjunctive services. In this article, we discuss the basic concepts of formalized assessment for substance abuse and addiction, as established by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition, Text Revision, and describe six widely used structured assessment instruments. Our aim is to help researchers and clinical programs identify the instruments that best suit their particular situations and purposes. PMID: 18292706 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Addiction Science and Clinical Practice - December 1, 2007 Category: Addiction Authors: Samet S, Waxman R, Hatzenbuehler M, Hasin DS Tags: Addict Sci Clin Pract Source Type: journals

Response: an insidious dependence.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Addiction Science and Clinical Practice - December 1, 2007 Category: Addiction Authors: Mackin D, Martin C, McGavin JK Tags: Addict Sci Clin Pract Source Type: journals

Marijuana dependence and its treatment.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The prevalence of marijuana abuse and dependence disorders has been increasing among adults and adolescents in the United States. This paper reviews the problems associated with marijuana use, including unique characteristics of marijuana dependence, and the results of laboratory research and treatment trials to date. It also discusses limitations of current knowledge and potential areas for advancing research and clinical intervention. PMID: 18292704 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Addiction Science and Clinical Practice - December 1, 2007 Category: Addiction Authors: Budney AJ, Roffman R, Stephens RS, Walker D Tags: Addict Sci Clin Pract Source Type: journals