Addiction Medicine
Article
Alcohol Withdrawal in Terminal Cancer
Clinical Review
Group Therapy to Treat Substance Use and Traumatic Symptoms in Female Veterans
Women are underdiagnosed and underserved in substance abuse treatment programs. This author offers possible reasons—and suggests potential...
Clinical Review
A Tobacco Cessation Program for Veterans
When primary care providers lack the time to devote to effective, individualized tobacco cessation counseling and treatment, clinical pharmacists...
Clinical Review
Over 100 Unnecessary Psychiatric Admissions
Besides driving up health care costs, patterns of unnecessary hospitalization hurt patients by delaying appropriate intervention. This case...
Clinical Review
Carbon Monoxide Monitoring
Responding to the deficit of evaluative "hard data" on smoking cessation treatments, this study used CO monitoring to measure progress in a VA...
Article
Smoking and Crohn's Disease: More Reasons to Quit
Clinical Review
Smoking Cessation for Patients with Psychotic Disorders
Heavy cigarette smoking is extremely common among patients with such psychotic disorders as schizophrenia, and for these patients, quitting may be...
Government and Regulations
Alaska Natives Fight to Prevent Drug and Alcohol Addiction
Clinical Review
Opioid Use in the United States
Throughout history, opioids have been linked to both great efficacy and tragic misuse. Can we find a way to dispel irrational fears about these...