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Family-School Intervention Can Reduce Adolescent Alcohol Use

Australian researchers recently reported data on the impact of a program called Resilient Families—an intervention aimed at preventing early use of alcohol, as well as frequent and heavy alcohol use, among adolescents in secondary schools in Melbourne. Read More

Addiction in Sexual Minorities

Women and minorities are often underrepresented in addiction studies. This has lead to many unanswered questions about disease prevalence and treatment outcomes. Read More

Coffee Consumption and Suicide Risk

Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States. Could something as simple as drinking caffeinated coffee, which might have a positive effect on mood, prevent it? Read More

Work Program Pays in Beer

Amsterdam is putting alcoholics back to work—paying them in part with cans of beer to clean litter from the city’s streets, according to a December report in the New York Times. Read More

Ecstasy-Related ED Visits Up 128%

The street drug commonly known as Ecstasy or Molly is landing more young people in the emergency department (ED), according to a report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Read More

Treating Cocaine Addiction and ADHD

Cocaine addiction involves a host of maddening issues related to psychiatric comorbidity. Perhaps none is more vexing than co-occurring attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), whether real, misdiagnosed, or malingered. Read More

Cocaine Addiction: Tough to Overcome

Dr Thomas Newton explains the facts behind why cocaine is so hard for people to quit. Read More

Treatment Interventions for Cocaine Addiction

About 1.6 million Americans use cocaine every year, and roughly one-quarter of them meet diagnostic criteria for a cocaine use disorder (CUD) under DSM-5 criteria. Fortunately, CUD responds to many of the same psychosocial interventions as other substance use disorders. Read More