Addiction Medicine: Closing the Gap between Science and Practice

needed, physicians should work to educate patients about the precipitants of cravings and relapse and help them to cope adaptive ...

variety of additional support programs including family and peer support and auxiliary services, provide educational materials o ...

help patients reduce their substance-related problems.^359 They are incorporated into many formal treatment programs, can be an ...

and best known of the 12-step programs, has more than 2,000,000 members in more than 114,000 groups in more than 180 different c ...

programs are non-professional, generally low- cost communal homes that provide supportive, substance-free living environments to ...

70.9 63.5 63.4 63.0 61.4 Family Counseling Supplementary Medical Care Mental Health Care Housing Vocational Services P E R C E N ...

reduction).* Similarly, patients who reported a need for child care services and had their needs addressed experienced a greater ...

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60.1 39.9 11.7 11.6 10.4 Mutual Support Program Hospital Visit Residential Rehab Clinic Prescription Medication Outpatient Treat ...

These data are consistent with those of other recent surveys. One found that the majority of Americans believe that treatment pr ...

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Chapter VI Tailored Treatment for Special Populations Diseases manifest differently in different individuals and, as with other ...

potentially addictive medications are considered and monitored.^5 For example, patients treated with opioids for pain may be at ...

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While evidence regarding effective treatments for addiction and co-occurring trauma disorders is limited, psychotherapeutic appr ...

motivational-enhancement therapy (MET), CBT and social influence approaches in which adolescents address the influences that pro ...

Heavy drinking rates fell from 33.8 percent to 20.3 percent. The rate of criminal activity also declined and indicators of psych ...

to pharmaceutical interventions.* 80 Withdrawal from addictive substances during detoxification can be highly risky to a fetus; ...

Psychosocial interventions, particularly motivational interviewing (MI) and motivational enhancement therapy (MET), are regarded ...

When assessing available social support for LGBT patients, treatment providers should recognize that LGBT individuals may experi ...