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Best Peer Review 2018 – Lapham

Nov 5, 2018 by AMERSA

Each fall SAj makes an appearance at AMERSA’s annual conference. Included in our is the presentation of three annual awards: Best Peer Review, Most Downloaded Manuscript, and Best Manuscript.

For Best Peer Review we seek to recognize reviews that were thorough, that considered the article within the context of current addiction literature, and provided specific recommendations for improvement or clarification to authors.

We are delighted to announce that the award for Best Peer Review 2018 goes to Gwen T. Lapham, PhD, MPH, MSW.

Dr. Lapham is an assistant investigator at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute and an affiliate assistant professor in the Department of Health Services at the University of Washington. She is a Co-Investigator in the Health Systems Node of the NIDA CTN involved in several projects and an addictions health services researcher focused on improving care of substance use in medical settings. She is currently focused on understanding cannabis use, for medical and nonmedical reasons, among primary care patients and improving substance use care for adolescents seen in these same settings.

Congratulations Dr. Lapham, and thank you to all of our reviewers. SAj would not be possible without your contributions to our field.

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The Authors’ Own Words: Exploring social work student education: The effect of a harm reduction curriculum on student knowledge and attitudes regarding opioid use disorders

Feb 18, 2018 by AMERSA

We ask authors to describe their impressions regarding the implications of their accepted work, how their findings will change practice, and what is noteworthy about the work.

Exploring social work student education: The effect of a harm reduction curriculum on student knowledge and attitudes regarding opioid use disorders

Anthony Estreet, Paul Archibald, M. Taqi Tirmazi, Sapphire Goodman & Tracy Cudjoe

Substance Abuse Vol. 38, Iss. 4, 2017

This study highlights the benefits of including a harm reduction module into a social work education curriculum. Addressing harm reduction resulted in positive shifts in MSW student’s knowledge and attitudes towards addressing opioid use disorders. As schools of social work continue to respond to the growing needs of the behavioral health workforce, utilizing a similar harm reduction module approach could serve as a means to enhance the existing social work curriculum.

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The Authors’ Own Words: The denial of the association between youth cannabis and opiate use: A “Split Brain Syndrome”?

Feb 17, 2018 by AMERSA

We ask authors to describe their impressions regarding the implications of their accepted work, how their findings will change practice, and what is noteworthy about the work.

The denial of the association between youth cannabis and opiate use: A “Split Brain Syndrome”?

Yifrah Kaminer

Substance Abuse Vol. 38, Iss. 4, 2017

As more primary care clinics and hospitals move toward implementing SBI as a standard of integrated care, establishing best implementation practices is fundamental to program success and sustainability. After ten years of implementing a statewide SBIRT initiative, SBIRT Colorado is uniquely positioned to offer key lessons learned about successful implementation. SBIRT Colorado has also had the opportunity to consider SBIRT in the context of legalized medical and recreational marijuana. This manuscript provides guidance to healthcare clinics and hospitals initiating SBI into their practice.

The Authors’ Own Words: Ten years of implementing screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT): Lessons learned

Feb 15, 2018 by AMERSA

We ask authors to describe their impressions regarding the implications of their accepted work, how their findings will change practice, and what is noteworthy about the work.

Ten years of implementing screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT): Lessons learned

Ana P. Nunes, Melissa K. Richmond, Kelly Marzano, Carolyn J. Swenson & Jodi Lockhart

Substance Abuse Vol. 38, Iss. 4, 2017

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The Authors’ Own Words: Preliminary investigation of a videogame prototype for cigarette and marijuana prevention in adolescents

Feb 14, 2018 by AMERSA

We ask authors to describe their impressions regarding the implications of their accepted work, how their findings will change practice, and what is noteworthy about the work.

Preliminary investigation of a videogame prototype for cigarette and marijuana prevention in adolescents

Lindsay R. Duncan, Kimberly D. Hieftje, Tyra M. Pendergrass, Benjamin G. Sawyer & Lynn E. Fiellin

Substance Abuse Vol. 0, Iss. 0, 2018

This study showed improvements in knowledge about the risks of smoking cigarettes and marijuana for adolescents who played the videogame prototype. There was also an encouraging trend in the expected direction for changes in self-efficacy and perceived norms related to smoking cigarettes and marijuana. Feedback from the players about their gameplay experience was very positive. Despite their preliminary nature, our findings suggest that a videogame based on key cognitive and motivational variables may be an effective and engaging means to deliver a cigarette and marijuana prevention intervention. Our data also suggest important ways in which the game could be enhanced for even more meaningful effects.