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Analyses of articles in the journal Addiction published by our partner the Society for the Study of Addiction starting with the most recently published article, totalling today 84 documents.

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STUDY 2010 HTM file
Why target early adolescents and parents in alcohol prevention? The mediating effects of self-control, rules and attitudes about alcohol use

Koning I.M., van den Eijnden R.J.J.M., Engels R.C.M.E. et al.
Addiction: 2010, 106, p. 538–546.
In the Netherlands, allied with alcohol prevention lessons, addressing parental attitudes to and rule-setting about drinking by their adolescent children at routine parent meetings at the start of each school year led via these and other mechanisms to fewer pupils starting to drink regularly.

STUDY 2010 HTM file
Efficacy of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in alcohol dependence: a sham-controlled study

Mishra B.R., Nizamie S.H., Das B. et al.
Addiction: 2010, 105, p. 49–55.
In India the brains of alcohol dependent patients were repeatedly stimulated using a magnetic coil held close to the front right part of the skull. The result was to further reduce their craving for alcohol compared to a similar but inactive procedure.

STUDY 2010 HTM file
Randomized controlled trial of dexamphetamine maintenance for the treatment of methamphetamine dependence

Longo M., Wickes W., Smout M. et al.
Addiction: 2010, 105(1), p. 146–154.
Australian researchers trialled a new form of what is often seen as a 'controversial' treatment – prescribing (in this case, long-acting) amphetamine to stabilise amphetamine dependent patients. The patients stayed in treatment nearly twice as long and their dependence remitted more than when prescribed a placebo.

REVIEW 2010 HTM file
Computer-delivered interventions for alcohol and tobacco use: a meta-analysis

Rooke S., Thorsteinsson E., Karpin A. et al.
Addiction: 2010, 105, p. 1381–1390.
Computer-based and in particular internet-based therapies open doors to treatment for drinkers who cannot get or do not want face-to-face-help. This review finds they do curb drinking, but its sub-finding that they are as effective as alternative therapies should not be taken to mean computers can replace therapists.

STUDY 2010 HTM file
Challenges to antagonist blockade during sustained-release naltrexone treatment

Kunøe N., Lobmaier P.P., Vederhus J.K. et al.
Addiction: 2010, 105, p. 1633–1639.
Despite being motivated to sustain abstinence and implanted with a drug which should have blocked the effects of opiates, in Norwegian studies most opiate-dependent patients used opiates and about a quarter did so repeatedly.

STUDY 2010 HTM file
Changes in alcohol consumption and beverage preference among adolescents after the introduction of the alcopops tax in Germany

Müller S., Piontek D., Pabst A. et al.
Addiction: 2010, 105, p. 1205–1213.
Concern that sweetened alcoholic drinks ('alcopops') seduced adolescents to start drinking more and sooner led Germany to impose a tax rise nearly doubling their price. It dented their consumption among teenage drinkers, but switching to spirits and other products eroded the overall drop in alcohol consumption.

STUDY 2010 HTM file
Outcome of long-term heroin-assisted treatment offered to chronic, treatment-resistant heroin addicts in the Netherlands

Blanken P., Hendriks V.M., van Ree J.M. et al.
Addiction: 2010, 105(2), p. 300–308.
Unless there is a compelling medical or social contraindication, results of extended treatment in the Dutch heroin prescribing trials suggest treatment should be continued as long as possible for heroin-addicted patients who have been failed by methadone but benefit from being prescribed heroin.

REVIEW 2010 HTM file
Testing for cannabis in the work-place: a review of the evidence

Macdonald S., Hall W., Roman P. et al.
Addiction: 2010, 105, p. 408–416.
A review of 20 years of research on cannabis testing at work found that the patchy evidence permitted few strong conclusions about effectiveness. Given the lack of evidence, it seems wise for UK guidance to limit workplace testing to those who really warrant it because of their jobs, rather than advocating widespread testing as a deterrent.

STUDY 2010 HTM file
A brief alcohol intervention for hazardously drinking incarcerated women

Stein M.D, Caviness C.M, Anderson B.J. et al.
Addiction: 2010, 105(3), p. 466–475.
Could just two motivational interviewing sessions moderate the drinking of very heavy drinking US women prisoners? The surprise was not that there were few benefits, but that there were some, especially after the reinforcing session usually conducted after the prisoners' release.

STUDY 2010 HTM file
Were the changes to Sweden’s maintenance treatment policy 2000–06 related to changes in opiate-related mortality and morbidity?

Romelsjö A., Engdahl B., Stenbacka M. et al.
Addiction: 2010, 105, p. 1625–1632.
Ironically, the fact that opiate substitute prescribing has been opposed and limited in Sweden has meant that country has been able provide solid evidence of its lifesaving potential. This study concluded that easing the restrictions was associated with and may have led to fewer opiate-related deaths.


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