Review of the application of positive psychology to substance use, addiction, and recovery research.

AR Krentzman - Psychology of addictive behaviors, 2013 - psycnet.apa.org
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 …

Promoting recovery in an evolving policy context: What do we know and what do we need to know about recovery support services?

AB Laudet, K Humphreys - Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 2013 - Elsevier
As both a concept and a movement,“recovery” is increasingly guiding substance use
disorder (SUD) services and policy. One sign of this change is the emergence of recovery …

Development and initial evaluation of the Brief Addiction Monitor (BAM)

JS Cacciola, AI Alterman, D DePhilippis… - Journal of substance …, 2013 - Elsevier
This project developed and tested a 17-item monitoring instrument covering important
substance use related behaviors to support measurement-based care and outcomes …

Probability and predictors of cannabis use disorders relapse: results of the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC)

L Flórez-Salamanca, R Secades-Villa… - Drug and alcohol …, 2013 - Elsevier
Background This study aims to estimate the odds and predictors of Cannabis Use Disorders
(CUD) relapse among individuals in remission. Methods Analyses were done on the …

An adaptive approach for identifying cocaine dependent patients who benefit from extended continuing care.

JR McKay, DHA Van Horn, KG Lynch… - Journal of consulting …, 2013 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: Study tested whether cocaine dependent patients using cocaine or alcohol at
intake or in the first few weeks of intensive outpatient treatment would benefit more from …

Cost‐effectiveness analysis of R ecovery M anagement C heckups (RMC) for adults with chronic substance use disorders: evidence from a 4‐year randomized trial

KE McCollister, MT French, DM Freitas, ML Dennis… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Aims This study performs the first cost‐effectiveness analysis (CEA) of R ecovery M
anagement C heckups (RMC) for adults with chronic substance use disorders. Design Cost …

Synergy between seeking safety and twelve-step affiliation on substance use outcomes for women

AA Morgan-Lopez, LM Saavedra, DA Hien… - Journal of substance …, 2013 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The Recovery Management paradigm provides a conceptual framework for the
examination of joint impact of a focal treatment and post-treatment service utilization on …

The evolution of a UK evidence base for substance misuse recovery

T Groshkova, D Best - Addiction and Recovery in the UK, 2013 - api.taylorfrancis.com
This article examines the academic sources and origins of the “recovery movement” in the
drugs field in the United Kingdom and considers a series of disparate evidence sources that …

Rasch model of the GAIN Substance Problem Scale among Canadian adults seeking residential and outpatient addiction treatment

C Kenaszchuk, TC Wild, BR Rush, K Urbanoski - Addictive Behaviors, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The GAIN Substance Problem Scale (SPS) measures alcohol and drug
problem severity within a DSM-IV-TR framework. This study builds on prior psychometric …

Substance abuse treatment readmission patterns of Asian Americans: comparisons with other ethnic groups

J Yu, LA Warner - The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Background and significance: According to New York statewide substance abuse treatment
and discharge data, Asians are a small minority who differ significantly from other racial …