September-October 2014
Interventions and Assessments
- Screening for Unhealthy Alcohol Use: Some Patients Don’t Want Their Clinician to Know
- Ear Acupuncture and Acupressure Modestly Efficacious for Smoking Cessation
- Initiating Buprenorphine Treatment During Hospitalization Improves Engagement in Care and Reduces Illicit Opioid Use
- Brief Intervention for Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Dental Practice May Benefit People with Heavy Drinking
- States Allowing Medical Marijuana May Have Lower Mortality From Opioid Analgesic Overdose
Health Outcomes
- Abstinence is Associated with Improved Quality of Life Among People in Recovery from Alcohol Use Disorders
- Marijuana Use Is Associated with Decreased Abstinence from Heavy Alcohol and Other Drug Use in Individuals with Substance Use Disorders
- Buprenorphine Treatment Non-Adherence Associated with Psychiatric Comorbidity and Other Substance Use
- Association of Alcohol Intake with the Risk of Different Types of Breast Cancer
HIV and HCV
- HIV Medication Adherence Is Not Improved by Prescription Opioid Pain Medication, Worse Among People With Nonmedical Use of Prescription Opioids
- Motivational Enhancement Therapy Increases Alcohol Abstinence in Patients with HCV and Alcohol Use Disorders
- Among People with HIV, Cigarette Smoking is Associated with Poor Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence and a Detectable Viral Load
- HCV-Related Knowledge is Associated with Willingness to Undergo HCV Treatment Among Patients Receiving Methadone