Substance use disorders are increasingly viewed as chronic conditions, and addiction
treatment services are beginning to adopt models that were developed to address other …

Advances in positive psychology have grown exponentially over the past decade. The
addictions field has experienced its own growth in a positive direction, embodied by the …

The field of community psychology has focused on individuals' and groups' behavior in
interaction with their social contexts, with an emphasis on prevention, early intervention …

Introduction This paper describes methamphetamine (MA) use patterns, specifically the
duration of continuing abstinence (“time to relapse”) for periods averaging 5 years post …

Recovery is a ubiquitous concept but remains poorly understood and ill defined, hindering
the development of assessment tools necessary to evaluate treatment effectiveness. This …

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 …

Quality of life (QoL) has become an important outcome indicator in health care evaluation. A
clear distinction has to be made between QoL–focussing on individuals' subjective …

Substance use disorders (SUD) are, for many, chronic conditions that are typically
associated with severe impairments in multiple areas of functioning.“Recovery” from SUD is …

Background Alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment and recovery research typically have
focused narrowly on changes in alcohol/drug use (eg,“percent days abstinent”) with little …

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