September-October 2013
Resource Alert
- Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-5 Replaces DSM-IV
- Resource Alert: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Updates Recommendations for Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Screening
Interventions and Assessments
- Counseling General Hospital Patients Reporting Heavy Alcohol Use: Single Brief Sessions Not Enough; More Not Clearly Better
- Implications of Team-Based Approach to Screening and Brief Intervention for Unhealthy Alcohol and Other Drug Use
- Knowing Someone Who is Receiving Buprenorphine Therapy May Increase Interest in Seeking Treatment
- Health Care Professionals’ Attitudes Toward Patients with Substance Use Disorders Improve with Experience
- High Proportion of Patients Screened when Alcohol and Drug Questions are Integrated into Emergency Department Electronic Triage Forms
Health Outcomes
- Adverse Behavioral Effects of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Still Present at 22 Years of Age
- Office-Based Buprenorphine Treatment Just as Effective for People with Opioid Dependence Who Use Cocaine as for Those Who Do Not
- Metabolic and Biochemical Effects of Alcohol Consumption
HIV and HCV
- Brief Intervention Enhanced by Interactive Voice Response Reduces Heavy Drinking among People with HIV and Alcohol Dependence
- Incorrect Perceptions About Sexual Versus Injection Hepatitis C Transmission Risk among Couples May Contribute to Unsafe Injecting Practices
- Trends in Hepatitis C Virus Treatment Uptake Among People Attending Australian Needle and Syringe Programs