Topics: Free Articles | Practice Tools and Tips

The ASAM Criteria—the American Society of Addiction Medicine’s guidelines for addiction treatment—are not just a tool for program administrators and insurance bureaucrats. They provide a useful conceptual framework for thinking about your patients and what kind of care they need.

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Find out what the FDA’s Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) program focusing on extended-release and long-acting opioid analgesic medications is all about, in an interview with Edwin A. Salsitz, MD.

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Learn how you can use The ASAM Criteria to determine what kind of care a patient with an addiction needs and help ensure funding for that treatment, in an interview with David Mee-Lee, MD.

Topics: Research Updates | Substance Abuse

Addiction and violence are often linked. Despite this, few studies have looked at whether substance abuse treatment reduces aggressive behavior.