Many behavioral and pharmacologic treatments for which there is strong empirical support
are rarely used in clinical practice in the treatment of substance dependence. In an effort to …

Extraordinary progress has been made in recent years in the identifi cation of effective
behavioral treatments for substance use disorders (Leshner, 1999). This progress has been …

Across the addictions field, the primary outcome in treatment research has been reduction in
drug consumption. A comprehensive view of the impact of substance use disorders on …

Particular advances have been made in the areas of screening and diagnosis, development
and testing of new medications, and creation and testing of new behavioral therapies. How …

Integrating science-based practices into clinical care has become an increasingly important
theme in the substance abuse field. The authors describe various factors that have …

The best efforts to improve substance abuse treatment come from the integration of practice
and research. The purpose of this article is to discuss factors that contribute to fruitful …

Aims Clinical trials test the safety and efficacy of behavioral and pharmacological
interventions in drug‐dependent individuals. However, there is no consensus about the …

Since 2001, the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (CTN) has worked to
put the results of its trials into the hands of community treatment programs, in large part …

Whither, or wither, empirically supported therapies? Increasingly rigorous research in
behavioral therapies has yielded a large number of effective therapies, but comparatively …

This paper introduces readers to the concepts of implementation science, implementation
theory, and implementation frameworks and models. A wide range of models has been …