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Clinical Overview of the Recovery Experience (CORE)

15 June 2018

Amelia Island, Florida

United States

The C4 Recovery Foundation (C4) is hosting the 6th Annual Clinical Overview of the Recovery Experience (CORE) from 15th-18th July 2018 in Florida.

The conference focuses on the design, provision, and monitoring of outcomes-based addiction services. The work of C4 connects academic disciplines and professional activities within the fields of addiction and behavioral health.

Treat Addiction Like Cancer

News

Likewise cancer, addiction is a complex disease that requires being addressed by an integral, balanced and multidisciplinary approach. Currently, within the healthcare systems, there are available treatment options for cancer that are...

Webinar: Treatment and Prevention of Opioid Use Disorder: Overview

News

A webinar on opioid use disorder by Dr. Dennis McCarty is now available through the Addiction Technology Transfer Centre (ATTC) website. The hour long webinar took place in April 2018 and discusses treatment and prevention. The webinar...

Factors Related to Simultaneous Cocaine and Alcohol Use for Clients in Treatment

Scientific article

29 March 2015

Research shows that alcohol and cocaine are frequently used simultaneously.

Effectiveness Bank Matrix Cell: Psychosocial Treatment; Individuals, Not Programmes

Every treatment involves direct or indirect human interaction, but this cell is about interventions in which interaction is the main ingredient, from mutual support groups through to professionally delivered psychological programmes....

A Double Blind, Placebo Controlled Trial of Modafinil for the Treatment of Cocaine Dependence without Co-Morbid Alcohol Dependence

Scientific article

1 July 2015

Like methadone for heroin dependence, modafinil is an oral medication with similar effects to cocaine but milder, slower in onset and longer-acting - properties which might help plug the gap in effective pharmacotherapies for dependence on...

Racial & Ethnic Disparities in Outpatient Treatment Completion

Scientific article

1 April 2016

A study exploring the completion of outpatient substance use disorder treatment has highlighted racial and ethnic health disparities. The research team utilised a sample of 416,224 outpatient discharges in the study which found people of...

Effectiveness Bank Drug Treatment Matrix Row 3: Doctors and Drugs

Time to consolidate the lessons of the online course on drug treatment's last five instalments, all on medical treatment of drug dependence. Medications most clearly mark an intervention as ‘medical’, but are never all there is to treatment...

Pregnancy & Opioids Guide

Book

INTRODUCTION Is there a young woman in your life who is pregnant and misusing or addicted to opioids? Perhaps it’s your daughter or granddaughter, your son’s girlfriend or wife, a niece or a friend. Here you’ll find information to help her...

Improving Quality of Life: Substance Use and Ageing

Report

1 April 2018

The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) has released a resource focusing on substance use in ageing populations. The document covers the consequences of substance use in older adults, health conditions which might occur...

Improving Quality of Life: Substance Use and Ageing