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September-October 2008

Interventions and Assessments

  • Brief Intervention for Illicit Drug Use in Primary Health Care Settings: Does It Work?
  • Buprenorphine with Drug Counseling Is Superior to Oral Naltrexone with Counseling or Counseling Alone for Heroin Dependence
  • Topiramate, Physical Health, and Psychosocial Function in Adults with Alcohol Dependence
  • Drug-related HIV Risk Behaviors Decrease during Treatment with Buprenorphine/Naloxone in Primary Care
  • Levetiracetam (Keppra) Shows Promise in Treating Alcohol Dependence
  • Effectiveness of a Smoking Cessation Intervention in Substance Abuse Treatment Programs

Health Outcomes

  • Universal Screening, Assessment, and Treatment of Substance Use at Prenatal Visits Improves Obstetric Outcomes
  • Adolescent Cannabis Use Has a Dose-Response Association with Adverse Social Outcomes in Adulthood
  • Moderate Wine Drinking Is Associated with Decreased Prevalence of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
  • College-Student Drinking Patterns during the First 4 Years
  • Crack Cocaine’s Effect on HIV Disease Progression in Women: What Are the Major Outcomes?
  • Does Moderate Alcohol Use Protect against Low Bone Density and Osteoporotic Fractures?
  • Differing Health Effects Related to Quantity and Frequency of Drinking

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