Date of Issue: 09/01/2020 | Volume: 8 | Number: 6
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Substance use disorders occur in social contexts. In this issue, we explore how loneliness and faith impact the risk of addiction, and examine how the COVID-19 pandemic may drive unhealthy gambling and shopping behaviors. Plus, new data on the effectiveness of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Date of Issue: 07/01/2020 | Volume: 8 | Number: 5
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The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has posed challenges—and opportunities—for the management of opioid use disorder. This issue highlights three recent developments: parenteral formulations of buprenorphine, expansion of telemedicine approaches, and new society guidelines for the management of opioid use disorder. Plus: can varenicline treat alcohol use disorder?
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is one of the most widely used psychotherapies. It was developed in the 1960s by Aaron Beck specifically for the treatment of depression, but its core principles were quickly adapted and applied to a variety of...
The words we use in discussing addiction shape the way our patients, fellow clinicians, and communities think about substance use disorders. Addiction has long been viewed as a moral failing, and the terminology of addiction has reinforced this belief. Here,...
Originally marketed as safer alternatives to benzodiazepines, the Z-drugs—eszopiclone (Lunesta), zaleplon (Sonata), and zolpidem (Ambien)—were considered devoid of misuse potential. But recent data and FDA warnings suggest we’ve been hitting the snooze on them for too long. Here, we review...
As is frequently the case with chronic diseases, cure is often neither possible nor an appropriate goal in addiction treatment. That’s where the concept of “harm reduction” comes in. Such strategies can help prevent death, serious injury, or other negative...
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