Guns and Butter: The Oligarchs Against the People on Two Big Issues
Guns and butter: The oligarchs against the people on two big issues
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Fixing the gaps in government databases that are meant to prevent the mentally ill, drug abusers and others from buying guns (90 percent among all adults and gun-owners). … conservatives saying we're spending "too little" outnumber those saying we're …
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Psychostimulants linked to ADHD
Filed under: drug abuse treatment outcome study
Dr. Sharlene Kaye, who led the study, told Reuters Health by email that the findings "highlight the need for clinicians treating people with substance use disorders to consider, and ideally screen for, ADHD as a potentially comorbid condition that …
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China Uses Controversial Brain Surgery To Cure Drug Addiction
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And making good on their scientific pursuit, doctors at the military Tangdu Hospital in Xi'an last month published a study documenting the “long-term outcome and changes of the personality and psychopathological profile of opiate addicts after …
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CTN Webinar: Relapse Prevention. – This 90-minute webinar, produced by the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (CTN) Clinical Coordinating Center for CTN members and the public, explores the issue of relapse among individuals with substance use disorders (SUD). Outcome studies, types and effects of lapse and relapse, and factors contributing to relapse are reviewed. A major emphasis of the webinar is on discussing specific clinical strategies to reduce relapse risk, with a focus on current empirical and clinical literature, including findings from quality improvement studies and clinical trials conducted in a drug treatment clinic. The target audience is CTN members and other researchers and clinicians interested in learning more about relapse prevention. Presented by Dennis Daley, PhD, LSW (Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, AT Node) and Dennis M. Donovan, PhD (Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute, University of Washington, PN Node). For more resources related to this webinar, as well as other webinars in this series, visit: ctndisseminationlibrary.org