Background Maintenance treatments are effective in retaining patients in treatment and
suppressing heroin use. Questions remain regarding the efficacy of additional psychosocial …

Background Different pharmacological approaches aimed at opioid detoxification are
effective. Nevertheless a majority of patients relapse to heroin use, and relapses are a …

Since 1975, Robert Julien's A Primer of Drug Action has been the definitive guide to the
effects of psychoactive drugs on the brain and on behavior. Now fully updated, this popular …

Bowen, S., Witkiewitz, K., Clifasefi, SL, Grow, J., Chawla, N., Hsu, SH, Carroll, HA, Harrop, E.,
Collins, SE, Lustyk, MK, & Larimer, ME (2014). Relative efficacy of mindfulness-based …

Social workers and other behavioral health professionals are likely to encounter individuals
with substance use disorders in a variety of practice settings outside of specialty treatment …

Background Psychostimulant misuse is a continuously growing medical and social burden.
There is no evidence proving the efficacy of pharmacotherapy. Psychosocial interventions …

Methods To find relevant articles, searches of the literature published between the years
1950 and 2008 were conducted by using MEDLINE, PsycINFO, and PubMed databases with …

Aims This study implemented and evaluated procedures to help clinicians make effective
referrals to 12‐Step self‐help groups. Design Randomized controlled trial. Setting Out …

CONTEXTO: A religiosidade e a espiritualidade vêm sendo claramente identificadas como
fatores protetores ao consumo de drogas em diversos níveis. OBJETIVO: A presente revisão …

Participation in 12-step groups (12SG) during and after formal treatment has been
associated with positive outcome among substance users. However, the effectiveness of …