Alcohol-Related Deaths Continue to Climb Addiction
This study calculated age-adjusted and age-specific mortality rates by sex and country using the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) mortality database. It found that alcohol consumption directly led to nearly 80,000 deaths per year in 16 North American and Latin American countries between 2007 and 2009.
NAADAC Announces New Business Learning Collaborative Content NAADAC The Addiction Professional Business Learning Collaborative is a new interactive program designed to help treatment organizations maximize funding and sustainability. Participants will develop a concise, easy to follow, and comprehensive sustainability and growth plan for their organization using a proven and effective sustainability and growth template.
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PUBLIC POLICY AND REGULATORY NEWS
California Reaped Large Savings Diverting Drug-Using Offenders to Treatment NIDA A California law that allows qualified drug offenders to enter substance use treatment rather than go to jail or prison saved the state close to $100 million in its first year, NIDA-supported researchers report...
ABAM to Host MOC Workshop at This Year’s Medical Scientific Conference ASAM For the very first time, ABAM will host a workshop designed to allow Diplomates to earn MOC credit for Part II: Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment. A panel of experts will showcase eight journal articles from the ABAM Self-Assessment Module list and walk Diplomates through completing their MOC for Part II.
Opioid Prescribing: Critical Appraisal of Guidelines for Chronic Pain Annals of Internal Medicine Guidelines published between January 2007 and July 2013 addressing the use of opioids for chronic pain in adults were reviewed in this study of opioid risk mitigation strategies...
Expert Advice for Clinicians Treating Hepatitis C Available HCVguidelines.org The most recent generation of direct-acting antivirals has the potential to cure most patients with HCV. The guidance provided through HCVguidelines.org will assist clinicians in using these and other treatments in the care of their patients.
Pain Sensitivity Related to Brain Structure Pain Journal Pain is a highly personal experience that varies substantially among individuals. In search of an anatomical correlate of pain sensitivity, this study used voxel-based morphometry to investigate the relationship between grey matter density across the whole brain and interindividual differences in pain sensitivity in 116 healthy volunteers (62 women, 54 men).
Neural Correlates of Alcohol Cost-Benefit Decisions in Heavy-Drinking Men Neuropsychopharmacology Although choosing to do something because the perceived benefit outweighs the financial cost is something people do daily, little is known about what happens in the brain when a person makes these kinds of decisions...
Opioid Use Among Adolescent Patients Treated for Headache Journal of Adolescent Health This study attempts to assess the pervasiveness of opioid prescribing for adolescents with headache and patient and provider characteristics associated with likelihood of opioid prescribing.
INDIANA - Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) Reporting Requirements Indiana Public Media Indiana hospitals will have to report cases of neonates with NAS to the state under legislation unanimously approved by the House last week.
Eating Disorder Risk Factors in Adolescence: Implications for Prevention Efforts International Journal of Eating Disorders Although several prospective studies have identified factors that increase risk for eating disorders, little is known about when these risk factors emerge and escalate, or when they begin to predict future eating disorder onset. The objective of this report was to address these key research gaps.
Opioid-Dependent Youth Before and During Buprenorphine and Behavioral Treatment Substance Use and Misuse Novel, qualitative data were collected from youth in treatment for opioid dependence regarding their experiences with opioid dependence and combined behavioral–pharmacological treatment. Participants were recruited from a larger randomized controlled trial examining the relative efficacy of two tapers of buprenorphine–naloxone, combined with behavioral treatment...
Is Substance Abuse Coverage as Equal as Required? Hattiesburg American Insurance plans that cover substance abuse treatment must provide the same level of care and cost sharing as they do for other medical issues, but treatment centers say disagreement over what this means leaves many alcoholics and drug addicts without the coverage they need.
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