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Various treatment formats, either in a live-in facility or through regular visits to a clinic, are designed for ongoing support, to help maintain recovery, and to prevent relapse.
Promoting equity and decreasing disparities through optimizing prevention science: ‘My Best Friends and My Worst Enemies’: Understanding the Roles of Families in Retaining South African Adolescents Living with HIV in Care
This abstract was presented at the 2018 Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting which was held May 29 – June 1, 2018 in Washington, DC, US.
Tiarney Ritchwood Medical University of South Carolina
Noluthando Ntlapo Desmond Tutu HIV...
Promoting equity and decreasing disparities through optimizing prevention science: Cultural Adaptations of Psychotherapy: Therapists’ Applications of Conceptual Models with Asians and Asian Americans
This abstract was presented at the 2018 Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting which was held May 29 – June 1, 2018 in Washington, DC, US.
Gordon N. Hall University of Oregon
Introduction: Although conceptual models of cultural...
NIDA International SPR Poster Session: Feasibility and Acceptability of a Suicide Prevention Protocol in the Context of an International Clinical Trial for Mental Health and Substance Abuse
This abstract was presented at the 2018 Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting which was held May 29 – June 1, 2018 in Washington, DC, US.
Kiara Alvarez Massachusetts General Hospital
Trinidad Rodriguez Massachusetts General...
NIDA International SPR Poster Session: Barriers and Facilitators to Treatment Seeking for Alcohol Use Among Men in Kenya
This abstract was presented at the 2018 Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting which was held May 29 – June 1, 2018 in Washington, DC, US.
Puja Patel Duke University
Eve S. Puffer Duke University
Introduction: Substance use...
Epidemiology and Etiology: Evaluating the Evidence Base for Psychosocial Support Programs in Low-Resource Humanitarian Settings
This abstract was presented at the 2018 Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting which was held May 29 – June 1, 2018 in Washington, DC, US.
Amanda J. Nguyen University of Virginia
Emily Haroz The Johns Hopkins University; Catherine...
Epidemiology and Etiology: Physical Health Disparities Associated with Trajectories of Marijuana Use Among Canadian Youth
This abstract was presented at the 2018 Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting which was held May 29 – June 1, 2018 in Washington, DC, US.
Megan E Ames University of Victoria
Bonnie Leadbeater University of Victoria
Introduction...
Marijuana Question from a Catholic Perspective
Father Larry Young discusses the issue of marijuana, alcohol and other drug use from a Catholic perspective. The involvement of the faith-based community is important in addressing drug demand reduction. Please comment on his YouTube video...
Development and Testing of Interventions: Comorbidity Is the Rule, Not the Exception: Transdiagnostic Approaches to Increase the Effectiveness of Treatment
This abstract was presented at the 2018 Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting which was held May 29 – June 1, 2018 in Washington, DC, US.
John Kjøbli Regional Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern...
Development and Testing of Interventions: Social Disparities in Behavior Problem Interventions: The Case of PMTO
This abstract was presented at the 2018 Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting which was held May 29 – June 1, 2018 in Washington, DC, US.
Truls Tømmerås Norwegian Center for Child Behavioral Development
Terje Gunnar Ogden The...
Application of Research Design and Methods for Optimizing Prevention Science: Mechanisms of Change in a Community-Based Family Intervention in Kenya
This abstract was presented at the 2018 Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting which was held May 29 – June 1, 2018 in Washington, DC, US.
Eve S. Puffer Duke University
Ali Giusto Duke University; Elsa A. Friis Duke University; Br...
Application of Research Design and Methods for Optimizing Prevention Science: Multiple Meta-Analytic Strategies to Identify Essential Components of Preventive Interventions
This abstract was presented at the 2018 Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting which was held May 29 – June 1, 2018 in Washington, DC, US.
Frances Gardner University of Oxford
Patty Leijten University of Amsterdam; G.J. Melendez...
The Use of Non-Prescribed Benzodiazepines and/or Amphetamines Predict Treatment Instability in Opioid Maintenance Treatment
INTRODUCTION: Opioid maintenance treatment (OMT) is a long-term intervention aiming at stability and reduced risk for patients. This project aims to estimate the 1-year drop-out rate of from OMT and to investigate factors associated with...
Ethanol Actions on the Ventral Tegmental Area: Novel Potential Targets on Reward Pathway Neurons
Abstract
The ventral tegmental area (VTA) evaluates salience of environmental stimuli and provides dopaminergic innervation to many brain areas affected by acute and chronic ethanol exposure. While primarily associated with rewarding and reinforcing stimuli, recent evidence indicates a role for the VTA in aversion as well. Ethanol actions in the VTA may trigger neuroadaptation resulting in reduction of the aversive responses to alcohol and a relative increase in the rewarding responses. In searching for effective pharmacotherapies for the treatment of alcohol abuse and alcoholism, recognition of this imbalance may reveal novel strategies. In addition to conventional receptor/ion channel pharmacotherapies, epigenetic factors that control neuroadaptation to chronic ethanol treatment can be targeted as an avenue for development of therapeutic approaches to restore the balance. Furthermore, when exploring therapies to address reward/aversion imbalance in the action of alcohol in the VTA, sex differences have to be taken into account to ensure effective treatment for both men and women. These principles apply to a VTA-centric approach to therapies, but should hold true when thinking about the overall approach in the development of neuroactive drugs to treat alcohol use disorders. Although the functions of the VTA itself are complex, it is a useful model system to evaluate the reward/aversion imbalance that occurs with ethanol exposure and could be used to provide new leads in the efforts to develop novel drugs to treat alcoholism.
Emergency Department Screening and Interventions for Substance Use Disorders
Abstract
The emergency department (ED) has long been recognized as providing critical access to the health care system for many, yet only in the past few decades has the ED visit been recognized as an opportunity to identify and link...
SAMHSA’s 2017 National Survey on Drug Use and Health
The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) is the most comprehensive survey of substance use, substance use disorders, mental health and the receipt of treatment services for these disorders in the United States. NSDUH began in 1971...
Barriers to Addiction Treatment among Formerly Incarcerated Adults with Substance Use Disorders
Abstract
Background
Addiction treatment improves substance use and criminal recidivism outcomes among justice-involved individuals with substance use disorders, but is underutilized. Although information exists regarding barriers to...
Effectiveness Bank Matrix Cell: Reconciling the Interests of Community, Clients, and Families
Key studies on the roles of management in treatment’s impacts on crime and safeguarding the community, with a focus on criminal justice and child protection. Explore what research can offer managers who have to reconcile the interests of...
UAE to Train Specialist Drug Counsellors to Treat Rising Number of Abuse Cases
The UAE's National Rehabilitation Centre is opening a training center which will disseminate training programs, including the Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC) for the Middle East region.
Quick Reference Guide: Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence
This clinician guide describes the development process, analysis and discussion of the available research while providing more complete information for health care decision-making.
The Effect of Public Health-Oriented Drug Law Reform on HIV Incidence in People who Inject Drugs in Tijuana, Mexico
Summary
Background
As countries embark on public health-oriented drug law reform, health impact evaluations are needed. In 2012, Mexico mandated the narcomenudeo reform, which depenalised the possession of small amounts of drugs and...