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December 1, 2011 | Program Result
Between 2006 and 2010, nine state-provider partnerships identified and removed barriers and changed administrative procedures in order to improve the quality of substance abuse services. RWJF supported two of the partnerships, in New York and Oklahoma.
December 1, 2011 | Program Result
Advancing Recovery: State and Provider Partnerships for Quality Addiction Care supported 12 partnerships that used process improvement to implement evidence-based practices, such as medication-assisted treatment, and spread them statewide.
November 22, 2011 | Program Result
West Virginia was one of 12 states participating in Advancing Recovery: State and Provider Partnerships for Quality Addiction Treatment. Four treatment providers expanded the use of medication-assisted treatment in helping people overcome addictions.
November 22, 2011 | Program Result
The goal was to increase the use of two medications approved for the treatment of moderate-to-severe alcoholism, naltrexone and acamprosate.
March 17, 2011 | Program Result
A national study of 2,582 smokers ages 16 to 24, provides insights into whether young smokers tried to quit, the methods they used in trying to quit and factors that would predict their quitting patterns and success rates.
July 23, 2009 | Story
Marlatt and colleagues conducted a study in a prison in Seattle in which inmates were given the opportunity to participate in a 10-day Vipassana meditation course.
July 23, 2009 | Story
DiClemente used his Innovators award to analyze factors that predict progress and relapse in substance abuse treatment. He studied substance abusers attending community-based treatment programs in Baltimore County to examine those factors.
March 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This study explores the issue of addiction among the physician population and the efficacy of certain programs designed to address it.
August 1, 2006 | Program Result
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs examined the costs and savings associated with three types of substance abuse treatment: outpatient, residential and methadone maintenance.
July 23, 2009 | Story
McLellan had a life-long interest in finding ways to persuade physicians to look for and treat substance abuse. But he often found that it was a hard sell.