Current Issue: May–June 2009
Interventions and Assessments
Repeated Brief Counseling Decreases Recurrence of Alcohol-Related Pancreatitis
Impact of Supportive Housing for Chronically Homeless People with High Use of Alcohol-related Crisis Services
Quarterly Recovery Management Checkups to Treat Chronic Substance-Use Disorders
Computer versus Therapist-delivered Treatment for Co-occurring Depression and Alcohol/Cannabis use
Repeated Brief Counseling Decreases Recurrence of Alcohol-Related Pancreatitis
Impact of Supportive Housing for Chronically Homeless People with High Use of Alcohol-related Crisis Services
Quarterly Recovery Management Checkups to Treat Chronic Substance-Use Disorders
Computer versus Therapist-delivered Treatment for Co-occurring Depression and Alcohol/Cannabis use
Health Outcomes
Marijuana Associated with Testicular Cancer
QT Prolongation and Mortality among Patients on Methadone
Outcomes in Patients Discharged from a Primary Care-based Opioid Prescribing Clinic
Alcohol and Cancer in Women: Results of a Large Prospective UK Study
Genetic Polymorphisms and Alcohol-Related Cancers
Antiretroviral Treatment Interruptions Are Common in Injection Drug Users
Does Light Drinking during Pregnancy Relate to Behavioral or Cognitive Problems in the Child?
Is There a Causal Link between Alcohol Abuse or Dependence and Depression?
Do Racial and Ethnic Minority Drinkers Have More Alcohol Consequences than White Drinkers?
Marijuana Associated with Testicular Cancer
QT Prolongation and Mortality among Patients on Methadone
Outcomes in Patients Discharged from a Primary Care-based Opioid Prescribing Clinic
Alcohol and Cancer in Women: Results of a Large Prospective UK Study
Genetic Polymorphisms and Alcohol-Related Cancers
Antiretroviral Treatment Interruptions Are Common in Injection Drug Users
Does Light Drinking during Pregnancy Relate to Behavioral or Cognitive Problems in the Child?
Is There a Causal Link between Alcohol Abuse or Dependence and Depression?
Do Racial and Ethnic Minority Drinkers Have More Alcohol Consequences than White Drinkers?
Related Resources
NIDA Launches Web-based Substance Use Tools for Physicians
Australia Releases Revised Guidelines for Reducing Alcohol-Associated Health Risks
NIAAA’s “Rethinking Drinking” Web Site Offers Tools to Assess Risky Drinking
NIDA Launches Web-based Substance Use Tools for Physicians
Australia Releases Revised Guidelines for Reducing Alcohol-Associated Health Risks
NIAAA’s “Rethinking Drinking” Web Site Offers Tools to Assess Risky Drinking
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