2022 NDARC Annual Research Symposium
The 2022 NDARC Annual Research Symposium is being held on Tuesday, 20 and Wednesday, 21 September 2022.
Registration: Registration opens June 2022.
Program: Program coming soon.
Addiction
Intentions and Attempts to Quit Smoking Among Sexual Minoritized Adult Smokers After Exposure to the Tips From Former Smokers Campaign
Abstract Importance Significant disparities exist in smoking behaviors by sexual minority status in the US. Objective To examine potential differences in the associations between exposure to the Tips From Former Smokers (Tips) campaign and...
Call for Papers- Drug Addiction Research in China
Drug addiction has been a major public health problem bringing a heavy burden to patients, families and society in China historically and contemporarily. In the recent two decades, animal and clinical research on mechanisms, trajectories...
Implementing Adolescent SBIRT
Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) is an evidence-based approach to early intervention of substance use. This mixed-methods evaluation assessed the implementation of an adolescent SBIRT change package across 13...
Words Matter Language Guide
The need to change our language in relation to people who use drugs has become an increasing topic of discussion, but there is still a long way to go. People who use drugs are highly diverse and their relationship with drug use takes many...
Fetal Exposure to Cannabis and Childhood Metabolic Outcomes: The Healthy Start Study
Abstract Objective To assess the impact of fetal exposure to cannabis on adiposity and glucose-insulin traits in early life. Research Design and Methods We leveraged a subsample of 103 mother-child pairs from Healthy Start, an ethnically...
Assessing the feasibility, usability and acceptability of the MySafeRx platform among individuals in outpatient buprenorphine treatment: Lessons learned from a pilot randomized controlled trial
Abstract Background Increasing buprenorphine/naloxone (B/N) access for opioid use disorder (OUD) is essential yet ensuring adherence and preventing diversion remains challenging. This study examines the feasibility, usability, and...
The Lost Wisdom of Women: Reclaiming Our Recovery
Friday, May 6, 2022 @ 12:00-1:30pm ET (11CT/10MT/9PT)
Description
The Achilles heel for many women in or seeking recovery is tied to unhealthy and toxic relationships, from family of origin to adult romances. This presentation will use powerful keys from family systems theory to provide practical tools for getting free from limiting beliefs that fuel negative relational cycles during the recovery process.
Neurofeedback for opioid dependent patients in an outpatient setting: a pilot feasibility study
Background When used in combination with other therapies for drug use disorders, neurofeedback (NF) has been classified as "probably effective," according to recent research in the community of people with opioid use disorder. Despite these...
The role of specialist addiction nurses in alcohol treatment
A recent study has found that embedding specialist Addiction Nurses within general practice teams can help address alcohol problems in deprived areas. In this blog, the lead author Dr Andrea Mohan examines why the role of the Addiction...