Addiction Medicine
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CBT intervention tied to Internet addiction remission in men
The primary endpoint of remission, defined as a score of less than 7 on the AICA-S, was achieved by 50 patients (69.4%) in the treatment arm,...
Conference Coverage
Mindfulness-based relapse prevention tied to lower anxiety, depression
SAN ANTONIO – “Mindfulness-based relapse prevention can be successfully implemented in an outpatient setting with as good as or better results as...
Commentary
Treatment in prison systems might lead to drop in overdose deaths
People leveraged into treatment to maintain professional licenses, including physicians, have rates of sobriety of 90% or greater after 5 years,...
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Poverty, incarceration may drive deaths from drug use
Four decades of data show associations among low household income, high incarceration rates, and drug-related deaths.
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Data sharing to third parties prevalent in depression, smoking cessation apps
“As smartphones continue to gain capabilities to collect new forms of personal, biometric, and health information, it is imperative for the health...
Conference Coverage
Co-use of opioids, methamphetamine on rise in rural Oregon
SAN ANTONIO – Methamphetamine’s wide availability and low cost also increased its use. In addition, methamphetamine use carries less stigma than...
Conference Coverage
Parent education improves quick disposal of children’s unused prescription opioids
SAN ANTONIO – Parents were significantly more likely to dispose of their children’s leftover prescription opioids if they had received both...
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Medical cannabis laws appear no longer tied to drop in opioid overdose mortality
"Cannabinoids have demonstrated therapeutic benefits, but reducing population-level opioid overdose mortality does not appear to be among them,"...
From the Journals
Vaping among teens increased significantly from 2017 to 2018
Growth of higher-nicotine systems “might signal a change” in addiction patterns.
Conference Coverage
Nicotine replacement therapy beats varenicline for smokers with OUD
SAN ANTONIO – “Results suggest it may be preferable to offer smokers with opioid use disorder [nicotine replacement therapy] rather than...
Conference Coverage
Abuse rate of gabapentin, pregabalin far below that of opioids
SAN ANTONIO – “Both gabapentin and pregabalin are abused but at rates that are 6-56 times less frequent than for opioid analgesics,” wrote Dr....