Current Issue: May–June 2013
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Interventions and Assessments
- Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention not Effective in Clinical Practice
- Systematic Screening Is More Effective than Targeted Screening at Engaging Primary Care Patients in Discussions about Alcohol, Especially Those with Lower Risk Use
Health Outcomes
- Update on the Association between Alcohol Consumption, Cognitive Functioning, and Dementia
- Distributing Naloxone to People Who Use Heroin for Lay Treatment of Overdose is Cost-Effective
- Overdose Education and Nasal Naloxone Distribution are Associated with a Reduction in Overdose Fatalities
- Controlled Trials Support the Use of Benzodiazepines for Prevention and Treatment of Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome in the Intensive Care Unit
- Office-based Buprenorphine Treatment is Feasible in Federally Qualified Health Centers
HIV and HCV
- Drug-related Causes the Primary Reasons for Death among People with Injection Drug Use who are Seropositive for HCV
- Risky Alcohol Use Associated with Elevated Serum Aminotransferase Levels in HIV-HCV Coinfected Patients
- Adding Enhanced Counseling to Standard Medical Management Does Not Improve Outcomes for HIV-Positive Individuals with Opioid Dependence Who are Prescribed Buprenorphine
- Concurrent Addiction and HCV Treatment Improves HCV Treatment Completion
- Self-reported Unhealthy Alcohol Use Predicts Virological Rebound in HIV/HCV Coinfected Patients
Feature Article: Ethical Conduct of Alcohol and Other Drug Research
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