The Brown University Digest of Addiction Theory and Application articles from January 1997

The Brown University Digest of Addiction Theory and Application archives from January 1997

New instrument accurately discriminates between substance abuse, comorbid symptoms. (Psychiatric Research Interview for Substance and Mental Disorders)(includes editor's note)
January 1, 1997... * A newly developed, semistructured interview reliably measures substance abuse and comorbid psychiatric disorders, according to an article published in the American Journal of Psychiatry. Investigator Deborah S. Hasin, Ph.D., and...

Community is the key to successful intervention in teen substance abuse. (includes editor's note)
January 1, 1997... * In order to undercut the impact of drug use among teens, community based organizations must learn to work within the "natural support networks" of ethnic communities, according to an article published in Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly. ...

Personal characteristics, environment influence late-life alcoholism.
January 1, 1997... * A complex interaction of personal and environmental factors can influence problem drinking in late life, according to an article published in the Journal of Substance Abuse. Researchers from Stanford University say that the tendency to...

Positive HIV tests don't precipitate dropping out of treatment.
January 1, 1997... * Drug users who test positive for HIV exposure are no more likely than their seronegative peers to drop out of methadone maintenance treatment, according to an article in the Journal of Substance Abuse. Author Julian Wimbush and...

Determining acuteness - not timing of symptoms - may be key in treating anxious alcoholics.
January 1, 1997... * The key to the successful treatment of anxiety symptoms in alcoholics may be determining whether anxiety is transient or persistent, rather than primary or secondary, according to an article published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry....

Tobacco related mortality common in patients treated for alcoholism.
January 1, 1997... * People who are treated for alcoholism at some time in their lives have a higher likelihood of dying prematurely from illnesses related to tobacco rather than alcoholic, according to an article published in the Journal of the American...

New Year's resolve for ethical treatment management.
January 1, 1997... It is time to complete the series on managed care that was begun in the April, 1996 issue of DATA. I was reminded of this when I saw the prepublication release of "Managing Managed Care: Quality Improvement in Behavioral Health" from the...