Monday, March 28, 2011

Current Issue: January–February 2011


Interventions and Assessments

  • Brief Interventions for Substance Use and Comorbid Health Conditions: What Is the Evidence?
  • GPs Talk about Barriers to Implementing Screening and Brief Intervention
  • Do Primary Care-based Interventions Decrease Alcohol Use in Older Drinkers?
  • Naltrexone: Safe and Modestly Effective for Alcohol Dependence
  • Brief Motivational Intervention Reduces Heavy Episodic Drinking in Young Men
  • Buprenorphine and Buprenorphine/Naloxone Soluble Films for Opioid Dependence
  • Effect of Buprenorphine Exposure on Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: Comparison with Methadone
  • Is Naltrexone More Effective in Alcohol-Dependent Patients with a Sweet Tooth?

Health Outcomes

  • At What Alcohol Consumption Levels Does Atrial Fibrillation Risk Increase?
  • “Problem” Drinkers Drink Less over Time
  • Abuse of Other Drugs and Alcohol Common among Adolescents Who Abuse Prescription Opioids
  • Transition from Use to Dependence: Substance Type and Comorbidities Matter
  • Moderate or Higher Alcohol Intake: Increased Risk of Coronary Artery Disease in Men Presenting with Chest Pain or Abnormal ECG
  • Computer Duster-Spray Inhalation Common among Antisocial Adolescents

Policy Alerts

  • HHS Drops Proposed Changes to Alcohol Consumption Guidelines
  • Expert Panel: 5 Ways to Improve Resident Substance-Abuse Training

Slide Presentations

  • Update on Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Health
  • Journal Club

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