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Jose Luis Vazquez Martinez

Predictors of substance use treatment initiation and engagement among adult and adolescent Medicaid recipients

Jose Luis Vazquez Martinez - 27 November 2019
Source: Bonnie K. Lind, PhD, Dennis McCarty, PhD, Yifan Gu, MS, Robin Baker, PhD & K. John McConnell, PhD(2019) Predictors of substance use treatment initiation and engagement among adult and adolescent Medicaid recipients, Substance Abuse, 40:3, 285-291, DOI: 10.1080/08897077.2018.1550467 Abstract...
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Jose Luis Vazquez Martinez

Staff perceptions of prescription and over-the-counter drug dependence services in England: a qualitative study

Jose Luis Vazquez Martinez - 13 November 2019
Source: Coombes, H., Cooper, R.J. Staff perceptions of prescription and over-the-counter drug dependence services in England: a qualitative study. Addict Sci Clin Pract 14, 41 (2019) doi:10.1186/s13722-019-0170-4 Abstract Background Dependence to prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs...
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Kimberly Johnson

Post doc opportunity

Kimberly Johnson - 12 November 2019
If your students are interested in research in health care settings, this post doc opportunity sponsored by Academy Health may be of interest
Delivery System Science Fellowship(link is external)
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Jose Luis Vazquez Martinez

Readiness to change among involuntarily and voluntarily admitted patients with substance use disorders

Jose Luis Vazquez Martinez - 7 November 2019
Source: Opsal, A., Kristensen, Ø. & Clausen, T. Readiness to change among involuntarily and voluntarily admitted patients with substance use disorders. Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy 14, 47 (2019) doi:10.1186/s13011-019-0237-y Abstract Background Health care workers in the addiction field have long...
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Jose Luis Vazquez Martinez

Why Health Care Professionals Belong to an Intensive Care Virtual Community: Qualitative Study

Jose Luis Vazquez Martinez - 5 November 2019
Source: Rolls KD, Hansen MM, Jackson D, Elliott D. Why Health Care Professionals Belong to an Intensive Care Virtual Community: Qualitative Study. J Med Internet Res 2019;21(11):e14068 DOI: 10.2196/14068 ABSTRACT Background: Clinical practice variation that results in poor patient outcomes remains a...
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Jose Luis Vazquez Martinez

Interventions to integrate care for people with serious mental illness and substance use disorders: a systematic scoping review protocol

Jose Luis Vazquez Martinez - 2 November 2019
Source: Richardson A, Richard L, Gunter K, et al. Interventions to integrate care for people with serious mental illness and substance use disorders: a systematic scoping review protocol. BMJ Open 2019;9:e031122. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031122 Abstract Introduction People with serious mental...
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Philanthropists Fund Johns Hopkins Center for Study of Psychedelics

Jose Luis Vazquez Martinez - 31 October 2019
Johns Hopkins claims many medical firsts, including the first use of rubber gloves during surgery, the first radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer, the first implant of an automatic defibrillator in a patient. In September, Hopkins launched what the school believes to be another, more unusual...
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Kimberly Johnson

How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing Health Care Delivery

Kimberly Johnson - 18 October 2019
Open access New England Journal of Medicine article on artificial intelligence and its impact on the healthcare system. U.S. system focused but applicable to all regions.
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Jose Luis Vazquez Martinez

Los primeros 90 días de tratamiento de adicciones: el rol de los grupos de apoyo para familiares

Jose Luis Vazquez Martinez - 8 October 2019
Fuente: Rodríguez-Martín, B. C., Gallego-Arjiz, B., López-Ewert, P., Reguera-Errasti, J., De La Peña, M. Q., & Broche-Pérez, Y. (2019). Los primeros 90 días de tratamiento de adicciones: el rol de los grupos de apoyo para familiares. Revista inteRnacional de investigación en adicciones, 5(1), 6-14...
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DARÍO ISRAEL QUIGÜIRÍ OLMEDO

TERAPIAS ASISTIDA CON PERROS

DARÍO ISRAEL QUIGÜIRÍ OLMEDO - 1 October 2019
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APORTACIONES FORO ISSUP - ECUADOR 1

DARÍO ISRAEL QUIGÜIRÍ OLMEDO - 1 October 2019
ME PARECE MUY IMPORTANTE CONOCER LA TERAPIA ASISTIDA CON PERROS, PARA PERSONAS CON SÍNDROME ALCOHÓLICO FETAL, ES MUY NOVEDOSO SABER QUE EL USO DE ESTE TIPO DE TERAPIA TIENE RESULTADOS, Y A DIFERENCIA DE LOS TRATAMIENTOS FARMACOLÓGICOS QUE SE PUEDAN USAR, ESTE NO TIENE EFECTOS SECUNDARIOS, ME...
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Livia

The Role of the Therapeutic Alliance in the Treatment of Substance Misuse: A Critical Review of the Literature

Shared by Livia - 1 October 2019
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Petra S. Meier, Christine Barrowclough, Michael C. Donmall: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2004.00935.x

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Background: In the past two decades, a number of studies investigating the role of the therapeutic alliance in drug treatment have been published and it is timely that their findings are brought together in a comprehensive review.

Aims: This paper has two principal aims: (1) to assess the degree to which the relationship between drug user and counsellor predicts treatment outcome and (2) to examine critically the evidence on determinants of the quality of the alliance.

Methods: Peer‐reviewed research located through the literature databases Medline, PsycInfo and Ovid Full Text...

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Livia

The Forest and the Trees: Relational and Specific Factors in Addiction Treatment

Shared by Livia - 1 October 2019
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William R. Miller, Theresa B. Moyers: https://doi.org/10.1111/add.12693

Abstract

Aims

Increased expectations for the use of evidence‐based methods in addiction treatment have fueled a debate regarding the relative importance of ‘specific’ versus ‘common’ factors in treatment outcome. This review explores the influence of these factors on addiction treatment outcome.

Methods

The authors review and link findings from four decades of research on specific and general factors in addiction treatment outcome research.

Findings

Although few would argue that what one does in addiction treatment is immaterial, outcome studies tend to find small to no difference when...

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The Role of the Early Therapeutic Alliance in Predicting Drug Treatment Dropout

Shared by Livia - 1 October 2019
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Petra S.Meier, Michael C.Donmall, Patrick McElduff, Christine Barrowclough, Richard F. Heller: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2005.10.010

Abstract

Background

To investigate the role of the therapeutic alliance in predicting length of retention in residential drug treatment.

Methods

The study recruited 187 clients starting residential rehabilitation(link is external) treatment for drug misuse(link is external) in three UK services. Counsellor and client information was assessed at intake, and the average total scores of client and counsellor ratings on the WAI-S (obtained during weeks 1–3) were use as the alliance measure. Length of retention and treatment completion (stay beyond 90 days) were used as measures of retention.

Results

Clients with weak...

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Kimberly Johnson

Rats prefer social interaction to drug use

Kimberly Johnson - 25 September 2019
This study demonstrated that given a choice, rats who had been withdrawn from either methamphetamine or heroin would choose social interaction over drug use. It points to the importance of social support in treatment and recovery.
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Kimberly Johnson

Pharmacotherapy for methamphetamine/amphetamine use disorder—a systematic review and meta-analysis

Kimberly Johnson - 24 September 2019
New article on medications to treat methamphetamine use disorder
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Jose Luis Vazquez Martinez

What defines a clinically meaningful outcome in the treatment of substance use disorders: reductions in direct consequences of drug use or improvement in overall functioning?

Jose Luis Vazquez Martinez - 20 September 2019
Source: Kiluk, B. D., Fitzmaurice, G. M., Strain, E. C., & Weiss, R. D. (2019). What defines a clinically meaningful outcome in the treatment of substance use disorders: reductions in direct consequences of drug use or improvement in overall functioning?. Addiction, 114(1), 9-15. Abstract Background...
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Kimberly Johnson

The Painful Truth About Pain

Kimberly Johnson - 20 September 2019
A brief personal account from a Bioethicist at Johns Hopkins is a quick read and talks about opioid prescribing practices and how they precipitate addiction but maybe not in the way we think.
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Juan Manuel Miguens

Nociones básicas sobre grupalidad

Juan Manuel Miguens - 20 September 2019
Se analiza la agrupabilidad como recurso prioritario a tener en cuenta en el trabajo con población con consumos problemáticos.
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Jose Luis Vazquez Martinez

Conceptualizing patient-centered care for substance use disorder treatment: findings from a systematic scoping review

Jose Luis Vazquez Martinez - 12 September 2019
Source: Marchand et al. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy (2019) 14:37 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13011-019-0227-0 Abstract Background: Despite ongoing efforts aimed to improve treatment engagement for people with substance-related disorders, evidence shows modest rates of utilization...
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