Topics: Addiction | Free Articles

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.

Topics: Addiction | 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.

Topics: Addiction

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

Topics: Risk Management | Substance Abuse

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.

Topics: Addiction | Research Updates

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

Topics: Research Updates

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?

Topics: News of Note

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.

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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).