Treatment Settings

Various treatment formats, either in a live-in facility or through regular visits to a clinic, are designed for ongoing support, to help maintain recovery, and to prevent relapse.

The Relationships Between Stimulant Use and Gambling Among Adolescents

Scientific article

2 June 2018

Adolescence is a period of time where young people are more likely to seek independence and novel experiences, experiment with their expression and identity and have less regard for risk. Given the natural surge in sensation-seeking...

Relapse: The Role of Self-Regulation and Feelings of Disconnection

Scientific article

2 November 2018

Highlights The study examines the views of patients with alcohol use disorder on relapse. Relapse was associated with the use of alcohol as a means of self-regulation combined with the sense of being disconnected from other people. The...

The Links Between Substance Use and Gambling in Schizophrenia

Scientific article

16 February 2018

Highlights High rates of both problem and pathological gambling and substance use disorders have been reported in schizophrenia The research shows that problem and pathological gambling and substance use is linked with increased impulsivity...

Effectiveness Bank Analysis: Therapist Empathy More Closely Related to Outcomes than Therapy Type

Scientific article

27 November 2018

The more therapists empathically communicate their understanding of and compassion for clients, the better the outcomes - a relationship stronger than between outcomes and the type of therapy. Recommendations in this review commissioned by...

Addiction Journal Podcast - December 2018

Book

21 November 2018

The Journal of Addiction has published its latest podcast describing the highlights from the December issue of Addiction. In addition to describing the key features that are presented in the journal, the podcast includes a selection of...

Effects of Long‐Term Alcohol Drinking on the Dopamine D2 Receptor: Gene Expression and Heteroreceptor Complexes in the Striatum in Rats

Scientific article

24 January 2018

Abstract Background Reduced dopamine D2 receptor (D2R) ligand binding has repeatedly been demonstrated in the striatum of humans with alcohol use disorder (AUD). The attenuated D2R binding has been suggested to reflect a reduced D2R density...

Effectiveness Bank Analysis: Patients Who Expect the Best Are More Likely to Get It

Scientific article

22 November 2018

How much a patient expects treatment will help is not just an empty prediction but a force in making treatment help, is the strong possibility raised by a review commissioned by an American Psychological Association task force. The...

Research Shows Relationship Between Alcohol, Drugs and Violence

Scientific article

21 November 2018

It is already expected that alcohol and other drugs lead the person to a path of violence, but recently this was proven through research by a group from the School of Medicine of the University of São Paulo (USP). They published the results...

Research Explicit Relationship between Alcohol, Drugs and Violence

Scientific article

21 November 2018

It is already expected that alcohol and other drugs lead the person to the path of violence, but recently this was proven through a study of the group of the University of São Paulo Medical School (USP). They published results of a survey...

Effectiveness Bank Analysis: Authoritative Recommendations on Improving Group Therapy Outcomes

Scientific article

20 November 2018

How can we make the most of group therapy, a common treatment/support format in substance use treatment? Recommendations do not get more authoritative than those advanced in this review commissioned by the American Psychological Association...