Addiction Medicine: Closing the Gap between Science and Practice

(for nonmedical reasons) and (4) illicit drugs. Response options for each, on a five-point scale, range from never to daily or a ...

of errors such as false positives, contamination or mislabeling exists.^56 Given these concerns, biological tests may be most us ...

Brief interventions for smoking cessation should include a follow-up visit scheduled shortly after a patient’s quit date.^68 A m ...

 Planning ahead to limit drinking and other drug use;  Pacing one’s use; and  Learning to cope with the everyday problems tha ...

treatment.* The study found that brief interventions, brief treatments or referrals to specialty treatment for those who screene ...

group (from 49.2 percent at baseline to 34.6 percent three years after the first intervention). The intervention participants al ...

65 37 (^1210) (^2118) (^6335) Marijuana Cocaine Methamphetamine Heroin Other Drugs P E R C E N T Who report any illicit drug us ...

identifying smoking, risky drinking and other drug use before negative consequences occur, including the development of addictio ...

addiction in this country since the consequences of risky use of addictive substances among adolescents are so profound and indi ...

EDs and trauma centers are ideal settings for the “teachable moment” that is thought to be one of the key components of the posi ...

brief intervention disappeared at three and six- month post-partum follow-ups,^144 indicating a need for more intensive treatmen ...

because young people spend a majority of their time in school. Few schools, however, take advantage of this opportunity.^162 A C ...

One national study of juvenile residential facilities found that 15 percent of the facilities that reported information about ev ...

Unfortunately, much workplace screening takes the form of drug testing and is used for compliance purposes. In this light, it fr ...

courses and limited time spent in courses on the topic of addiction.^202 Inadequate training in risky use and addiction means th ...

their implementation of screening and brief intervention services.^216 Too often, state policymakers or administrators of these ...

someone (including yourself) who was high or had been using alcohol or drugs? (2) Do you ever use alcohol or drugs to Relax, fee ...

Chapter V Treatment and Management of Addiction (^) Addiction* is a disease that can be treated and managed effectively at venue ...

 Stabilization of the patient’s condition via cessation of substance use and medically supervised detoxification, when necessar ...

hopping,” where a patient replaces one addiction object with another. Treating the disease of addiction involves addressing not ...