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Literature
Abstracts of Recent Publications by Category:
Substance Abuse Treatment Practices
Diamond, G.S., Liddle, H.A., Wintersteen, M.B., Dennis, M.L., Godley, S.H., & Tims, F.M. (2006). Early Therapeutic alliance as a predictor of treatment outcome for adolescent cannabis users in outpatient treatment. American Journal on Addictions, 15, 26-33.
Glover, E.D., Laflin, M.T., Schuh K.J., Schuh, L.M., Nides, M., Christen, A.G. Glover, P., Strnad, J.V. A randomized, controlled trial to assess the efficacy and safety of a transdermal delivery system of nicotine/mecamylamine in cigarette smokers. Addiction 102 (June 2007) 795-802.
O’Leary Tevyaw, T., Borsari, B., Colby, S., Monti, P. Peer Enhancement of a Brief Motivational Intervention with Mandated College Students. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors 21 (2007) 114-119.
Slesnick, N. Prestopnik, J.L., Meyers, R.J., Glassman, M. Treatment outcome for street-living, homeless youth. Addictive Behaviors 32 (June 2007) 1237-1251.
Stephens, R.S., Roffman, R.A., Fearer, S.A., Williams, C., Burke, R.S. The Marijuana Check-up: promoting change in ambivalent marijuana users. Addiction 102 (June 2007) 947-957.
Stern, S.A., Meredith, L.S., Gholson, J., Gore, P., D'Amico, E.J. Project CHAT: A brief motivational substance abuse intervention for teens in primary care. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment (Article in Press). (2006).
Strang, J., Manning, V., Mayet, S., Ridge, G., Best, D. Sheridan, J. Does prescribing for opiate addiction change after national guidelines? Methadone and buprenorphine prescribing to opiate addicts by general practitioners and hospital doctors in England, 1995-2005. Addiction 102 (June 2007) 761-770.
Walters, S.T., Miller, E., Chiauzzi, E. Wired for wellness: e-interventions for addressing college drinking. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 29 (2005) 139-145.
Substance Abuse Treatment Policy
French, M.T., Homer, J.F., Nielsen, A.L. Does america spend enough on addiction treatment? Results from public opinion surveys. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 31 (2006) 245-254.
Miller, W. R. Commentaries on Carroll & Rounsaville (this issue): Bring Addiction Treatment Out of the Closet. Addiction 102 (June 2007) 863-869.
Co-Ocurring Disorders
Apodaca, T.R., Abrantes, A.M., Strong, D.R., Ramsey, S.E., and Brown, R.A. Readiness to change smoking behavior in adolescents with psychiatric disorders. Addictive Behaviors 32 (June 2007) 119-1130.
Goodwin R.D., Wickramaratne, P., Nomura Y., Weissman, M. Familial Depression and Respiratory Illness in Children. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 161 (May 2007) 487-494.
Olshen, E., McVeigh, K.H., Wunsch-Hitzig R.A., Rickert, V. I. Dating violence, sexual assault, and suicide attempts among urban teenagers. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 161 (June 2007) 539-545.
General Substance Abuse
Arbeau, K.J., Galambos, S., Jansson M. Dating, sex, and substance use as correlates of adolescents’ subjective experience of age. Journal of Adolescence 30 (June 2007) 435-447.
Des Jarlais, D. C., Arasteh, K., Perlis, T., Hagan, H., Heckathorn D.D., McKnight, C., Bramson, H., Friedman, S.R. The transition from injection to non-injection drug use: long-term outcomes among heroin and cocaine users in Hew York City. Addiction 102 (May 2007) 778-785.
Fowler, T. Shelton, K., Lifford K., Rice, F., McBride, A., Nikolov, I., Neale, M., Harold, G., Thapar, A., van den Bree, M. Genetic and environmental influences on the relationship between peer alcohol use and own also use in adolescents. Addiction 102 (June 2007) 894-903.
Shiffman, S. Use of more nicotine lozenges leads to better success in quitting smoking. Addiction 102 (June 2007) 809-814.
Singh, S. Adolescent salvia substance abuse. Addiction 102 (June 2007) 823-824.
Measurement Instruments
Byrne, D.G., Davenport, S.C., Mazanov, J. Profiles of adolescent stress: The development of the adolescent stress questionnaire (ASQ). Journal of Adolescence 30 (June 2007) 393-416.
Other Literature:
Federation of Families for Childrens Mental Health and Keys for Networking Inc, have written a report that presents the findings of a two-year project intended
to document and summarize the experiences of youth with
co-occurring mental health and substance abuse problems and their
families. Click here for the full report.
Society for Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Effectiveness (SASATE) is a voluntary and informational network of researchers, evaluators, providers, and policymakers interested in pooling their knowledge and resources to improve the field. In doing so, SASATE maintains a website with Resources including Recent Articles important in the field.
SAMHSA Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), through the Knowledge Application Program (KAP), has compiled Technical Assistance Publications (TAPs) and Treatment Improvement Protcol Series (TIPs) which draws on experience and knowledge of clinical, research, and administrative experts to ensure that knowledge about best practices in the substance abuse treatment field is widespread.
Adolescent Substance Use: Developmental Considerations. Recent research has described the process of adolescence and how development factors affect trajectories that lead to substance abuse and addiction. This monograph addresses these issues through an overview of current research findings and offers suggestions for assessment and treatment strategies that are congruent within adolescent behavioral, biological, and social contexts.
The Relative Effectiveness of 10 Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Programs in the United States. This report may be of interest to professionals with an interest in substance abuse treatment effectiveness, treatment evaluation methods, and risk or case-mix adjustments. It extends RAND’s ongoing research on the effectiveness of community-based treatments for adolescents
Steroid Use Among Adolescents: Longitudinal Findings From Project EAT.
Committee on Substance Abuse and Council on School Health.
ADHD a Risk Factor for Alcoholism
A pair of new studies adds weight to the theory that children who suffer from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are at higher risk of problem drinking during adolescence and alcoholism later in life.
"Children with ADHD are believed to be at risk for alcoholism because of their impulsivity and distractibility, as well as other problems that often accompany ADHD such as school failure and behavior problems," said Brooke Molina of the University of Pittsburgh, corresponding author for both studies.
In one study, researchers found that 15- to 17-years olds with childhood ADHD reported being drunk an average of 14 times during the previous year, compared to 1.8 times for adolescents without ADHD. Fourteen percent of the ADHD group was classified as alcohol abusers or alcohol dependent, but none of the youths in the non-ADHD group were.
"It appears that one of the reasons for the past inconsistencies in research is that the ADHD-alcohol relationship does not become solid until at least mid-adolescence," said Stephen Hinshaw, professor and chair of the department of psychology at the University of California at Berkeley. "Later on, it may be that only a subset of kids with ADHD -- namely, those with more aggressive or antisocial behavior patterns -- are at risk by young adulthood."
Researchers added that parental alcoholism and family stress add to the alcoholism risk for children with ADHD. "One of the reasons that children with ADHD might be at risk for alcohol problems is that alcoholism and ADHD tend to run together in families," said Molina. "We found that parental alcoholism predicted heavy problem drinking among the teenagers, that the association was partly explained by higher rates of stress in these families, and these connections were stronger when the adolescent had ADHD in childhood. So, the bottom line is that when the child has ADHD and the parent has suffered from alcoholism, either currently or in the past, the child will have an increased risk for alcohol problems himself or herself."
References:
www.jointogether.org/news/research/summaries/2007/researchers-adhd-a-risk.html
Marshal, M.P. Molina, B.S.G., Pelham, W.E., Cheong, J. (2007) Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Moderates the Life Stress Pathway to Alcohol Problems in Children of Alcoholics. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 31(4): 564–574
Molina, B.S.G., et al. (2007) Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Risk for Heavy Drinking and Alcohol Use Disorder Is Age Specific. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 31(4): 643–654