Addiction Medicine: Closing the Gap between Science and Practice

Addiction Medicine: Closing the Gap between Science and Practice June 2012 Funded by: The Annenberg Foundation The Diana, Prince ...

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The CASA Columbia National Advisory Commission on Addiction Treatment Drew E. Altman, PhD (Chair) President and Chief Executive ...

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I. Introduction and Executive Summary ..................................................................................... For ...

XI. Recommendations and Next Steps ..................................................................................... Reform ...

-i- Accompanying Statement by Drew E. Altman, PhD, Chair, The CASA Columbia National Advisory Commission on Addiction Treatment ...

-ii- addiction are this nation’s largest preventable and most costly health problems, accounting for one third of hospital inpat ...

-iii- This report focuses long overdue attention on the disease of addiction. It clarifies the important difference between this ...

-iv- manager was Linda Richter, PhD, Associate Director of the Division and CASA Columbia Scholar. The data collection and analy ...

Chapter I Introduction and Executive Summary A large and growing body of scientific research has demonstrated clearly that addic ...

Addiction and risky use constitute the largest preventable and most costly health problems facing the U.S. today.^5 It is estima ...

the past year,^12 and more than two-thirds of people with addiction are estimated to be in contact with a primary or emergency c ...

standards and proven treatment practices. The credentials of treatment providers vary dramatically from state to state and from ...

12.7 25.2 14.5 31.7 15. Includes tobacco, alcohol, illicit drugs and misuse of controlled prescription drugs. Source: CASA Colu ...

To document the research on the causes, consequences and extent of risky substance use and addiction; the available tools for ef ...

As with Other Health Conditions, There Are Clear Risk Factors for the Development of Addiction Risk factors for developing addic ...