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  2. In Finland, buprenorphine (Subutex) is the most abused opioid. In order to curb this problem, many treatment centres transferred ("forced transfer") their buprenorphine patients to the buprenorphine plus nalox...

    Authors: Kaarlo Simojoki, Helena Vorma and Hannu Alho

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2008 3:16

    Content type: Research

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  3. This study examined sociodemographic, physical and mental health, and adult and childhood adverse experiences associated with binge drinking in a representative sample of women in the State of California.

    Authors: Christine Timko, Anne Sutkowi, Joanne Pavao and Rachel Kimerling

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2008 3:15

    Content type: Research

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  4. Previously developed 'club guidelines' developed for club owners and promoters have tended to focus more on the legislative aspects of clubs, rather than the medical management of unwell clubbers within club e...

    Authors: David M Wood, Shaun L Greene, Graham Alldus, Denise Huggett, Michelle Nicolaou, Kerry Chapman, Fionna Moore, Kim Heather, Nicola Drake and Paul I Dargan

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2008 3:14

    Content type: Research

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  5. Missing data due to attrition are rampant in substance abuse clinical trials. However, missing data are often ignored in the presentation of substance abuse clinical trials. This paper demonstrates missing dat...

    Authors: Sarra L Hedden, Robert F Woolson and Robert J Malcolm

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2008 3:13

    Content type: Methodology

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  6. Adolescent substance use continues to be of great global public health concern in many countries with advanced economies. Previous research has shown that substance use among 15–16 year-old-youth has increased...

    Authors: Inga D Sigfusdottir, Alfgeir L Kristjansson, Thorolfur Thorlindsson and John P Allegrante

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2008 3:12

    Content type: Research

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  7. In various settings, drug market policing strategies have been found to have unintended negative effects on health service use among injection drug users (IDU). This has prompted calls for more effective coord...

    Authors: Kora DeBeck, Evan Wood, Ruth Zhang, Mark Tyndall, Julio Montaner and Thomas Kerr

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2008 3:11

    Content type: Short Report

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  9. Understanding athletes' attitudes and behavioural intentions towards performance enhancement is critical to informing anti-doping intervention strategies. Capturing the complexity of these attitudes beyond ver...

    Authors: Andrea Petróczi, Eugene V Aidman and Tamás Nepusz

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2008 3:9

    Content type: Methodology

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  10. An estimated 13 million youths aged 12 to 17 become involved with alcohol, tobacco and other drugs annually. The number of 12- to 17-year olds abusing controlled prescription drugs increased an alarming 212 pe...

    Authors: Richard D Lennox and Marie A Cecchini

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2008 3:8

    Content type: Research

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  12. College drinking is a significant public health problem. Although parental monitoring and supervision reduces the risk for alcohol consumption among younger adolescents, few studies have investigated the impac...

    Authors: Amelia M Arria, Vanessa Kuhn, Kimberly M Caldeira, Kevin E O'Grady, Kathryn B Vincent and Eric D Wish

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2008 3:6

    Content type: Research

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  14. Healthcare services often use a carbon monoxide (CO) breath test to validate self-reported smoking and to assess reductions in smoking habit. A cut-off level of ≥ 8 parts per million (p.p.m.) is used to identi...

    Authors: Zara C Usmani, Pauline Craig, Deborah Shipton and David Tappin

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2008 3:4

    Content type: Research

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  16. Serious substance misuse and dependence is widely seen as damaging to an individual and to society in general. Whereas the medical and society effects of substance misuse are widely described, some commentator...

    Authors: Jason Luty and Sujaa Mary Rajagopal Arokiadass

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2008 3:2

    Content type: Research

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  17. Magnesium (Mg) deficiency is common among alcoholics. Earlier research suggests that Mg treatment may help to normalize elevated enzyme activities and some other clinically relevant parameters among alcoholics...

    Authors: Kari Poikolainen and Hannu Alho

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2008 3:1

    Content type: Research

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  18. Accurate prevalence data on cocaine use, that points to where problems exist and the extent of these problems, is necessary to guide the formulation of effective substance abuse policy and practice. The purpos...

    Authors: Charles DH Parry, Andreas Plüddemann and Bronwyn J Myers

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2007 2:37

    Content type: Research

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  19. Workers in blue-collar and service occupations smoke at higher rates than workers in white-collar and professional occupations. Occupational stress may explain some of the occupational class differences in smo...

    Authors: Carol B Cunradi, Rob Lipton and Aniruddha Banerjee

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2007 2:36

    Content type: Research

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  21. For effective deterrence methods, individual, systemic and situational factors that make an athlete or athlete group more susceptible to doping than others should be fully investigated. Traditional behavioural...

    Authors: Andrea Petróczi

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2007 2:34

    Content type: Research

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  22. To examine patterns of mono- versus polydrug abuse, data were obtained from intake records of 69,891 admissions to publicly funded treatment programs in Tennessee between 1998 and 2004. While descriptive stati...

    Authors: Satish Kedia, Marie A Sell and George Relyea

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2007 2:33

    Content type: Research

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  23. Emerging evidence suggests that nonmedical use (NMU) of prescription attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medications is rising, but many previous investigations have used clinical or regionally bas...

    Authors: Scott P Novak, Larry A Kroutil, Rick L Williams and David L Van Brunt

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2007 2:32

    Content type: Research

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  24. International research shows that injecting drug users (IDUs) can encounter many barriers when they try to access drug treatment and other services. However, the existing literature is mostly quantitative and ...

    Authors: Joanne Neale, Laura sheard and Charlotte NE Tompkins

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2007 2:31

    Content type: Research

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  25. Several lines of evidence suggest that cocaine expectancy and craving are two related phenomena. The present study assessed this potential link by contrasting reactions to varying degrees of the drug's perceiv...

    Authors: Rinah T Yamamoto, Katherine H Karlsgodt, David Rott, Scott E Lukas and Igor Elman

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2007 2:30

    Content type: Research

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  26. The aim of this paper is to provide a systematic review of the literature examining the epidemiology, outcome, and treatment of patients with bipolar disorder and co-occurring substance use disorders (SUDs). A...

    Authors: Michael A Cerullo and Stephen M Strakowski

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2007 2:29

    Content type: Review

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  27. The predominant U.S. policy approach toward individuals with substance abuse problems has relied on stigma and punishment by withholding access to education, cash assistance, housing, social support, and norma...

    Authors: Nancy R VanDeMark

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2007 2:28

    Content type: Research

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  29. Offering specialized programming at substance abuse treatment facilities can help diversify clientele and funding sources, potentially enhancing the facilities' ability to survive and/or expand. Past research ...

    Authors: Cynthia L Arfken and Sheryl Pimlott Kubiak

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2007 2:26

    Content type: Research

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  30. Drug-related death (DRD) figures, published by the national performance management framework, are used to monitor the performance of Drug (and Alcohol) Action Teams (D[A]ATs) in England and Wales with respect ...

    Authors: Caryl M Beynon, Mark A Bellis, Elaine Church and Sue Neely

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2007 2:25

    Content type: Research

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  31. A better understanding of the relationship between treatment-seeking for alcohol problems and personality traits could give useful insight in factors promoting or hindering treatment for alcohol use disorders ...

    Authors: Anette Östlund, Gunnel Hensing, Annika Jakobsson, Valter Sundh and Fredrik Spak

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2007 2:24

    Content type: Research

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  32. We conducted a survey to examine whether reimbursement levels are associated with the quality of adolescent substance use treatment programs in the United States. Between March and September 2005, telephone an...

    Authors: Bruce R Schackman, Erick G Rojas, Jeremy Gans, Mathea Falco and Robert B Millman

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2007 2:23

    Content type: Short Report

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  33. This study examined the one year prospective associations between adolescent social self-control and drug outcomes (cigarette use, alcohol use, marijuana use, hard drug use, and problem drug use) among adolesc...

    Authors: Pallav Pokhrel, Steve Sussman, Louise Ann Rohrbach and Ping Sun

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2007 2:22

    Content type: Research

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  34. There is evidence that medical students are more aware of the benefits of psychotropic treatment than are members of the general public, and that the more knowledge students acquire about psychiatry and pharma...

    Authors: Michèle Baumann and Elisabeth Spitz

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2007 2:21

    Content type: Research

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  38. Heavy alcohol consumption rates are higher in the young adult military enlisted population than among civilians of the same age. The literature on alcohol availability, both generally and specifically with res...

    Authors: Roland S Moore, Genevieve M Ames and Carol B Cunradi

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2007 2:17

    Content type: Research

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  39. Research has indicated that more intense treatment is associated with better outcomes among clients who are appropriately matched to treatment intensity level based on the severity of their drug/alcohol proble...

    Authors: William M Burdon, Jeff Dang, Michael L Prendergast, Nena P Messina and David Farabee

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2007 2:16

    Content type: Research

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  40. While alcohol-related health and social problems amongst youths are increasing internationally, both consumption and associated harms are particularly high in British youth. Youth drinking patterns, including ...

    Authors: Mark A Bellis, Karen Hughes, Michela Morleo, Karen Tocque, Sara Hughes, Tony Allen, Dominic Harrison and Eduardo Fe-Rodriguez

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2007 2:15

    Content type: Research

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  41. Several transitions that a woman experiences prenatally may influence her desire or ability to discontinue smoking. This study explores the role of smoking for young, Appalachian, nulliparous pregnant women an...

    Authors: Lesley Cottrell, Mark Gibson, Carole Harris, Alia Rai, Sabera Sobhan, Traci Berry and Bonita Stanton

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2007 2:14

    Content type: Research

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  42. Among the psychological difficulties seen in children of parents with substance use problems, the anxiety disorders are among the most chronic conditions. Although children of alcoholic parents often struggle ...

    Authors: Maria E Pagano, Richard Rende, Benjamin F Rodriguez, Eric L Hargraves, Amanda T Moskowitz and Martin B Keller

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2007 2:13

    Content type: Research

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  43. Use of illicit drugs induces multiple nutrient deficiencies. Drug habit, sexual practice and socioeconomic factors influence the nutrient profile of drug dependent subjects. The literature on this issue is sti...

    Authors: Kazi Jahangir Hossain, Md Mustafa Kamal, Monira Ahsan and SK Nazrul Islam

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2007 2:12

    Content type: Research

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  44. The substance abuse prevention goal of the theatre production "TUNNELS" was to provide community education on substance abuse to an audience in Durham, NC and surrounding communities. The education effort inte...

    Authors: Aileen B Stephens-Hernandez, Jonathan N Livingston, Karen Dacons-Brock, Howard L Craft, Amura Cameron, Steven O Franklin and Allyn C Howlett

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2007 2:11

    Content type: Research

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  45. Individual and sociocultural factors may pose significant barriers for drug abusers seeking treatment, particularly for African-American crack cocaine abusers. However, there is evidence that pretreatment inte...

    Authors: Wendee M Wechsberg, William A Zule, Kara S Riehman, Winnie K Luseno and Wendy KK Lam

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2007 2:10

    Content type: Research

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  46. In Italy, a large cohort study (VEdeTTE1) was conducted between 1998–2001 to evaluate the effectiveness of treatments in reducing mortality and increasing treatment retention among heroin addicts. The follow-u...

    Authors: Federica D Vigna-Taglianti, Federica Mathis, Roberto Diecidue, Paola Burroni, Antonio Iannaccone, Fabio Lampis, Piergiorgio Zuccaro, Roberta Pacifici, Elisabetta Versino, Marina Davoli and Fabrizio Faggiano

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2007 2:9

    Content type: Research

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  47. Much research has shown that the homeless have higher rates of substance abuse problems than housed populations and that substance abuse increases individuals' vulnerability to homelessness. However, the effec...

    Authors: Julia Dickson-Gomez, Mark Convey, Helena Hilario, A Michelle Corbett and Margaret Weeks

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2007 2:8

    Content type: Research

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  48. In this paper, we show how counselors and psychologists can use emails for online management of substance abusers, including the anatomy and content of emails that clinicians should send substance abusers. Som...

    Authors: Farrokh Alemi, Mary R Haack, Susanna Nemes, Renita Aughburns, Jennifer Sinkule and Duncan Neuhauser

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2007 2:7

    Content type: Methodology

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  49. To examine the extent and nature of alcohol imagery on New Zealand (NZ) television, a content analysis of 98 hours of prime-time television programs and advertising was carried out over 7 consecutive days' vie...

    Authors: Rob McGee, Juanita Ketchel and Anthony I Reeder

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2007 2:6

    Content type: Short Report

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  50. Methadone maintenance therapy for the treatment of opioid dependence continues to carry a social stigma. Until recently, patients on methadone were not considered for liver transplantation. We describe the fir...

    Authors: Meredith M Hancock, Colette C Prosser, Kanat Ransibrahmanakul, Laura Lester, Elana Craemer, James A Bourgeois and Lorenzo Rossaro

    Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2007 2:5

    Content type: Short Report

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