Addiction

Romancing the Brain: Conflict Resolution for Recovery (CRR)

15 July 2021

Online

Join NAADAC Executive Director Cynthia Moreno Tuohy, BSW, NCAC II, CDC III, SAP, for a two-day virtual Romancing the Brain: Conflict Resolution for Recovery (CRR) Zoom training from 12:00pm ET to 7:00pm ET on July 15-16, 2021.

Is telemedicine the answer to rural expansion of medication treatment for opioid use disorder? Early experiences in the feasibility study phase of a National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network Trial

Scientific article

20 April 2021

Abstract Telemedicine (TM) enabled by digital health technologies to provide medical services has been considered a key solution to increasing health care access in rural communities. With the immediate need for remote care due to the COVID...

Plausibility of patient-centred care in high-intensity methadone treatment: Reflections of providers and patients

Scientific article

29 June 2021

Abstract Background: Patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) often have complex health care needs. Methadone is one of the medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) used in the management of OUDs. Highly restrictive methadone treatment...

Abstract submission for the Society for the Study of Addiction (SSA) Conference

News

Delegate abstracts are welcome for the SSA’s 2021 Conference. Deadlines: Oral paper abstracts – Monday 5 July 2021 Poster abstracts – Monday 9 August 2021 Judges will review posters on both days of the Conference. Posters must be...

Development of an unannounced standardized patient protocol to evaluate opioid use disorder treatment in pregnancy for American Indian and rural communities

Scientific article

25 June 2021

Abstract Background: Opioid use disorder (OUD) disproportionately impacts rural and American Indian communities and has quadrupled among pregnant individuals nationwide in the past two decades. Yet, limited data are available about access...

Reimagining brief interventions for alcohol: Towards a paradigm fit for the twenty first century?

Scientific article

29 June 2021

Abstract Background: There is no longer support for the idea that brief intervention programmes alone can contribute meaningfully to the improvement of population health relating to alcohol. As a result, calls for major innovations and...

Tobacco Smoking and Associated Factors Among People Living With HIV in Uganda

Scientific article

Rates of smoking among people living with HIV are greater than the number of people who smoke within the general population. This article, published in the Journal of Nicotine and Tobacco, examines the smoking patterns and behaviours of...

Primate Ventral Striatum Maintains Neural Representations of the Value of Previously Rewarded Objects for Habitual Seeking

Scientific article

8 April 2021

Abstract The ventral striatum (VS) is considered a key region that flexibly updates recent changes in reward values for habit learning. However, this update process may not serve to maintain learned habitual behaviours, which are...

Atención visual a las señales de consumo de tabaco: Un estudio preliminar empleando el seguimiento ocular

Scientific article

Resumen Introducción: la atención es un proceso básico relacionado con el comportamiento adictivo. En fumadores, los estímulos asociados al consumo son relevantes debido a que están presentes en el inicio y en la consolidación del hábito...

Prison and drugs in Europe: Current and future challenges

Book

Summary This publication provides an overview of current knowledge and the latest developments in the field of drug use and prison in Europe. The report explores in depth the epidemiology of drug use and drug-related problems among the...