CTN Webinar: Relapse Prevention.
CTN Webinar: Relapse Prevention. – This 90-minute webinar, produced by the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (CTN) Clinical Coordinating Center for CTN members and the public, explores the issue of relapse among individuals with substance use disorders (SUD). Outcome studies, types and effects of lapse and relapse, and factors contributing to relapse are reviewed. A major emphasis of the webinar is on discussing specific clinical strategies to reduce relapse risk, with a focus on current empirical and clinical literature, including findings from quality improvement studies and clinical trials conducted in a drug treatment clinic. The target audience is CTN members and other researchers and clinicians interested in learning more about relapse prevention. Presented by Dennis Daley, PhD, LSW (Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, AT Node) and Dennis M. Donovan, PhD (Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute, University of Washington, PN Node). For more resources related to this webinar, as well as other webinars in this series, visit: ctndisseminationlibrary.org
Obesity: The New 'Just Say No' For 2013
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The study went further to point out that the entire positive impact of declining smoking rates on American health would be completely overtaken – even reversed – by obesity if current trends continued. … Although criticized as being overly simplistic …
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Understanding Opioids: Part 1
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Part of the message was that when treating pain, addiction is rare. Gradually, US physicians were persuaded that opioids were not as addictive as they had thought, that patients have a right to receive this treatment, and that to deny this treatment is …
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Treatment options for tackling addiction can vary from hours to months
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The 2012 Kentucky Substance Abuse Treatment Outcome Study examined 12-month follow-up results for 1,225 adults who received all sorts of treatment in publicly funded programs across the state. More than three-quarters reported no illicit drug or …
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