Aims

To support the free and open dissemination of research findings and information on alcoholism and alcohol-related problems. To encourage open access to peer-reviewed articles free for all to view.

For full versions of posted research articles readers are encouraged to email requests for "electronic reprints" (text file, PDF files, FAX copies) to the corresponding or lead author, who is highlighted in the posting.

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Sunday, August 26, 2012

Current Issue: July–August 2012



Interventions and Assessments

  • Prevalence of Alcohol Use Disorder Symptoms Increased after Bariatric Surgery
  • Interim Methadone with Limited Counseling for 4 Months Yields Similar 12-Month Outcomes as Methadone with Standard Counseling
  • A Retrospective Study of High-Dose Baclofen for High-Risk Drinking Supports the Need for a Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Does Alcohol Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment Work for Adolescents Presenting to Emergency Departments?

Health Outcomes

  • Do Patients with Alcoholic Cirrhosis Require Surveillance for Hepatocellular Carcinoma?
  • Even Occasional Cocaine, Opioid, or Amphetamine Use Persisting into Middle Age Increases Mortality
  • Higher Quality of Life Seen among Regular Moderate Drinkers than among Abstainers in Canada

HIV and HCV

  • Association between HIV Treatment Status and Alcohol Metabolism
  • Injection-Drug and Heavy Alcohol Use Did Not Affect Hepatitis-C Treatment Outcomes in an Australian Study
  • Providing Rapid HIV Testing in Drug Treatment Centers Increased Testing Rates, but Adding Counseling Did Not Reduce Sex-Risk Behaviors
  • Entering MeBoldthadone Maintenance Treatment Has Little Impact on HIV Sex-Risk Behaviors in Heroin-Addicted Adults
  • Screening Tool to Identify Candidates for Pre-exposure HIV Prophylaxis in Men Who Have Sex with Men Includes Amphetamine and Alkyl Nitrite Use

Slide Presentations

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

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