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The Authors’ Own Words: The Intersection of Intimate Partner Violence and Substance Use Among Women with Opioid Use Disorder

Mar 1, 2022 by AMERSA

In “The Intersection of Intimate Partner Violence and Substance Use Among Women with Opioid Use Disorder,” authors Chelsea Pallatino, PhD, MPH, Judy C. Chang, MD, MPH, and Elizabeth E. Krans, MD, MSc examine the limited understanding of how IPV influences substance use behaviors among women with OUD.

“We chose an open, descriptive qualitative approach using individual interviews to understand the issue of OUD and IPV from the perspectives of women with OUD to avoid imposing our biases or assumptions with any predetermined theoretical framework or pre-determined answer selections. For our sampling and recruitment, we were able to use infrastructure and staff support from an existing trial that was actively recruiting women who fit characteristics targeted for our sampling.”

You can read this commentary in SAj Volume 42, Issue 2 or online.

New in SAj: Impact of the international collaborative addiction medicine research fellowship on physicians’ future engagement in addiction research

Feb 8, 2022 by AMERSA

In this brief report, authors Jan Klimas, MSc, PhD, Huiru Dong, PhD, Michee-Ana Hamilton, MSc, Walter Cullen, MD, Jeffrey H. Samet, MD, Evan Wood, PhD and Nadia Fairbairn, MD evaluate how an international one-year intensive research training program for addiction medicine physicians contributed to subsequent research involvement and productivity.

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New in SAj: Who benefits from Two Way Prayer Meditation? Treatment effect moderators in a pilot randomized controlled trial of a spiritual intervention for people with substance use disorders

Feb 7, 2022 by AMERSA

“Who benefits from Two Way Prayer Meditation? Treatment effect moderators in a pilot randomized controlled trial of a spiritual intervention for people with substance use disorders” was published in the Substance Abuse Journal (SAj) today, February 7, 2022 from Audrey Hang Hai, PhD, Bill Wigmore, BA, Cynthia Franklin, PhD, Clayton Shorkey, PhD, Kirk von Sternberg, PhD, Allan Hugh Cole Jr., PhD, and Diana M. DiNitto, PhD.

This study aimed to identify moderators of two way prayer meditation (TWPM) treatment effects. Moderators tested included gender, race/ethnicity, age, education, religious/spiritual affiliation, and most often used substance. Methods: This study employed a randomized controlled trial design with pretest and posttest. In total, 134 adults in four residential recovery programs participated in the study and were randomly assigned to the TWPM group or the treatment as usual control group.

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The Authors’ Own Words: Concussion, Sensation-Seeking and Substance Use Among US Adolescents

Feb 5, 2022 by AMERSA

In “Concussion, Sensation-Seeking and Substance Use Among US Adolescents” authors Phil Veliz, PhD, Sean Esteban McCabe ,PhD, James T. Eckner, MD, MS, and John E. Schulenberg, PhD assess the association between lifetime history of diagnosed concussions, sensation-seeking, and recent substance use (i.e., cigarette use, binge drinking, marijuana use, illicit drug use, and nonmedical prescription drug use) using the 2016 and 2017 Monitoring the Future study of 25,408 8th, 10th, and 12th graders.

“We found substantial differences in substance use between adolescents reporting only one diagnosed concussion and those reporting two or more diagnosed concussions during their lifetime. In particular, the positive association between substance use and concussion increases with the accumulation of brain injuries during adolescence. The results suggest that exposure to a single diagnosed concussion is associated with a modest increase in the risk of substance use. Substance abuse prevention efforts should be directed toward adolescents who have experienced multiple head injuries given that this subpopulation is more likely to experience cognitive impairments that influence riskier forms of behavior.”

You can read this commentary in SAj Volume 42, Issue 2 or online.

The Authors’ Own Words: Dissemination of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Substance Use Disorders in the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System: Description and Evaluation of Veteran Outcomes

Feb 4, 2022 by AMERSA

In this article, program evaluation findings suggest that large-scale training in and implementation of evidence-based psychotherapies (EBPs) for substance use disorders (SUDs) is associated with improvements in substance use and other functional outcomes. Article authors, Josephine M. DeMarce, PhD, Maryann Gnys, PhD, Susan D. Raffa, PhD, Mandy Kumpula, PhD, and Bradley E. Karlin, PhD, ABPP examine the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) work to nationally implement Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for SUD.

“The current manuscript describes the approach to system-wide training and reports Veteran outcomes associated with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Substance Use Disorders (CBT-SUD) implementation. Findings based on program evaluation data from this large training dissemination initiative provide preliminary evidence that training and implementation of CBT-SUD can be scaled up to the national, health system level. Findings support the feasibility and effectiveness of broad scale implementation of CBT-SUD to routine practice settings.”

You can read this commentary in SAj Volume 42, Issue 2 or online.