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A Swedish Population-based Study of Adverse Birth Outcomes among Pregnant Women Treated with Buprenorphine or Methadone: Preliminary Findings
Conclusions: An increased frequency of the selected adverse birth outcomes was not observed with buprenorphine treatment during pregnancy. Twofold increased frequency of preterm birth 2.21 (1.11, 4,41) and congenital malformations 2.05 (1.08, 3.87) was observed in the methadone group, which may be partly explained by older average maternal age and differences in other measured and unmeasured confounders. (Source: Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment)
Source: Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment - September 14, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: Keele E. Wurst Barbara K. Zedler Andrew R. Joyce Maciek Sasinowski E. Lenn Murrelle Source Type: research

& ldquo;That & rsquo;s Where the Arguments Come in & rdquo;: A Qualitative Analysis of Booster Sessions Following a Brief Intervention for Drug Use and Intimate Partner Violence in the Emergency Department
Although booster phone calls have been used to enhance the impact of brief interventions in the emergency department, there has been less number of studies describing the content of these boosters. We conducted a qualitative analysis of booster calls occurring two weeks after an initial Web-based intervention for drug use and intimate partner violence (IPV) among women presenting for emergency care, with the objective of identifying the following: progress toward goals set during the initial emergency department visit, barriers to positive change, and additional resources and services needed in order to inform improvements...
Source: Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment - September 11, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: Esther K. Choo Chantal Tap é Kimberly M. Glerum Michael J. Mello Caron Zlotnick Kate Morrow Guthrie Source Type: research

Autism Spectrum Disorder and Co-occurring Substance Use Disorder & ndash; A Systematic Review
Conclusions: In most of the treatment settings studied, there were relatively few patients with co-occurring ASD and SUD, but due to differences in study samples it was difficult to establish a general prevalence rate. The one consistent finding was the lack of focused treatment studies. There is clearly a need for research on interventions that take account of the special needs of this patient group. (Source: Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment)
Source: Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment - August 16, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: Espen Ajo Arnevik Sissel Berge Helverschou Source Type: research

The Need for Psychosocial Interventions to Facilitate the Transition to Extended-Release Naltrexone (XR-NTX) Treatment for Opioid Dependence: A Concise Review of the Literature
This article provides a concise review of work in this area. Remission from opioid dependence can be very difficult to sustain, particularly in the absence of opioid replacement or opioid antagonist therapy. For those who wish to transition from opioid use or opioid replacement therapy to opioid antagonist therapy, a significant challenge can be the period of withdrawal symptoms that must be endured prior to the initiation of opioid antagonist therapy. Studies that have incorporated psychosocial interventions into detoxification protocols have found that they can result in improved treatment outcomes. Interventions based o...
Source: Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment - August 3, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: Susan E. Ramsey Dan Rounsaville Randall Hoskinson Tae Woo Park Evan G. Ames Victor D. Neirinckx Peter Friedmann Source Type: research

Breastfeeding and Opiate Substitution Therapy: Starting to Understand Infant Feeding Choices
Conclusions: Efforts are needed to increase the knowledge that women and health-care professionals have about the safety and benefits of breastfeeding. (Source: Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment)
Source: Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment - July 11, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: Lisa E. Graves Suzanne Turner Maya Nader Sucheta Sinha Source Type: research

Rural, Pregnant, and Opioid Dependent: A Systematic Review
The objective of this review is to describe the existing evidence for the management of substance use in pregnant women living in rural areas. A systematic review of the literature was conducted using PubMed, Embase, and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and the quality of the evidence was assessed using the GRADE system. Twenty-two articles that met the inclusion criteria were identified. Descriptive studies document high rates of smoking, marijuana, and polysubstance use among rural, substance-using pregnant women compared to their urban counterparts. Management of substance use disorders is limited by access ...
Source: Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment - June 19, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: Naana Afua Jumah Source Type: research

Developing and Testing Twelve-Step Facilitation for Adolescents with Substance Use Disorder: Manual Development and Preliminary Outcomes
This study describes the first systematic development of an outpatient adolescent TSF treatment. An integrated twelve-step facilitation (iTSF) treatment incorporated TSF, motivational enhancement therapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy elements and was developed in an iterative manner with weekly feedback provided by 36 adolescents (M age 17 years SD = 1.4; 52.8% white) with DSM-IV substance use disorder recruited from the community. Assessments were conducted at baseline and at three and six months. Participants completed 6 of 10 sessions on average (8 participants completed all 10). Notable treatment developments were ...
Source: Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment - June 12, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: John F. Kelly Julie D. Yeterian Julie V. Cristello Yifrah Kaminer Christopher W. Kahler Christine Timko Source Type: research

Inequalities in the Impact of National Reimbursement of Smoking Cessation Pharmacotherapy and the Influence of Injunctive Norms: An Explorative Study
In 2011, the Dutch government reimbursed smoking cessation pharmacotherapy with behavioral therapy for quitting smokers. We investigate whether inequalities in the use of pharmacotherapy change and, if not, whether this is due to a relatively positive injunctive norm in lower socioeconomic status (SES) groups. A total of 75,415 participants aged ≥15 years from the Dutch Continuous Survey of Smoking Habits, 2009–2012, were considered with the following measures: SES (education/income), injunctive norm (mostly acceptable/neutral/mostly unacceptable), period (2011/all other years), and pharmacotherapy use (yes/no). The pr...
Source: Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment - May 23, 2016 Category: Addiction Authors: Fiona E. Benson Gera E. Nagelhout Vera Nierkens Marc C. Willemsen and Karien Stronks Source Type: research