Importance Mortality among people with opioid dependence is higher than that of the
general population. Opioid agonist treatment (OAT) is an effective treatment for opioid …

Alternatives to criminalization for the simple possession of illicit drugs are increasingly of
interest to policy makers. But there is no existing theoretically based, empirically tested …

We examined whether a 9-item scale based on the theory of planned behavior (TPB)
predicted substance abuse treatment completion. Data were collected at a public, outpatient …

Background Women are underrepresented in substance use disorder (SUD) treatment.
Interpersonal and structural factors affect women's access to SUD treatment, but limited …

Given the high rates of co-occurring mental health conditions among clients of D&A
treatment services, it is essential that routine screening and assessment be undertaken for …

The prevalence of substance use disorders (SUD) and aspects of the help-seeking process
among a high-risk sample of 946 students at one large public university were assessed in …

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to use pretreatment and treatment factors to predict
dropout from residential substance use disorder program and to examine how the treatment …

Three fundamental clinical issues are consistently associated with treatment engagement
and outcomes in substance using populations; coercion, motivation and therapeutic …

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: This study aims to examine how internalized stigma differs in
opioid use disorder (OUD) based on sociodemographic and clinical variables, and to what …

This study examines whether there is variability between the effects of three different drug
rehabilitation programs operating in the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) on completers' …