January-February 2011
Resource Alert
- HHS Drops Proposed Changes to Alcohol Consumption Guidelines
- Expert Panel: 5 Ways to Improve Resident Substance Abuse Training
Interventions and Assessments
- Brief Interventions for Substance Use and Comorbid Health Conditions: What Is the Evidence?
- GPs Talk about Barriers to Implementing Screening and Brief Intervention
- Do Primary Care-based Interventions Decrease Alcohol Use in Older Drinkers?
- Naltrexone: Safe and Modestly Effective for Alcohol Dependence
- Brief Motivational Intervention Reduces Heavy Episodic Drinking in Young Men
- Buprenorphine and Buprenorphine/Naloxone Soluble Films for Opioid Dependence
- Effect of Buprenorphine Exposure on Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: Comparison with Methadone
- Is Naltrexone More Effective in Alcohol-Dependent Patients with a Sweet Tooth?
Health Outcomes
- At What Alcohol Consumption Level Does Atrial Fibrillation Risk Increase?
- “Problem” Drinkers Drink Less over Time
- Abuse of Other Drugs and Alcohol Common among Adolescents Who Abuse Prescription Opioids
- Transition from Use to Dependence: Substance Type and Comorbidities Matter
- Moderate or Higher Alcohol Intake: Increased Risk of Coronary Artery Disease in Men Presenting with Chest Pain or Abnormal ECG
- Computer Duster-Spray Inhalation Common among Antisocial Adolescents