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Sahker, Ethan; Acion, Laura; Arndt, Stephan – Journal of American College Health, 2015
Objective: To discover differences between student and nonstudent substance abuse treatment demographics, treatment characteristics, and outcomes. Participants: Conducted February 2014, clients without prior treatment admissions, aged 18-24, not in methadone maintenance therapy, and in nonintensive and ambulatory intensive outpatient treatment…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Outcomes of Treatment, Prediction, Risk
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Barral, Carmen; Eiroa-Orosa, Francisco Jose; Navarro-Marfisis, Maria Cecilia; Roncero, Carlos; Casas, Miguel – Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 2015
Aims: Addiction treatment training has been recognized to be an essential part of the curriculum in psychiatry and general medicine. Our objective in this study was to measure the knowledge and attitudes towards addictions among medical residents of a general hospital in Catalonia, Spain. Methods: Within a sample of medical residents, we…
Descriptors: Hospitals, Graduate Medical Education, Addictive Behavior, Drug Rehabilitation
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Albright, Brittany; Skipper, Betty; Riley, Shawne; Wilhelm, Peggy; Rayburn, William F. – Academic Psychiatry, 2012
Objective: The study objective was to determine whether medical students' attendance at a rehabilitation residence for pregnant women with substance-use disorders yielded changes in their attitudes and comfort levels in providing care to this population. Methods: This randomized educational trial involved 96 consecutive medical students during…
Descriptors: Pregnancy, Females, Substance Abuse, Student Attitudes
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Notley, Caitlin; Goodair, Christine; Chaytor, Andrew; Carroll, Janine; Ghodse, Hamid; Kopelman, Peter – Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 2014
Introduction: This article reports on a Department of Health UK funded project to implement consensus substance misuse teaching in undergraduate curricula in medical schools in England. The aim was to better equip practising doctors of the future to deal with substance misuse issues. Method: A project coordinator worked with local curriculum…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Medical Education, Drug Addiction, Foreign Countries
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Stein, Melissa R.; Arnsten, Julia H.; Parish, Sharon J.; Kunins, Hillary V. – Substance Abuse, 2011
Teaching about diagnosis, treatment, and sequelae of substance use disorders (SUDs) is insufficient in most Internal Medicine residency programs. To address this, the authors developed, implemented, and evaluated a novel and comprehensive SUD curriculum for first year residents (interns) in Internal Medicine, which anchors the ensuing 3-year…
Descriptors: Graduate Medical Education, Substance Abuse, Physicians, Internal Medicine
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Krohn, Elise – Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, 2011
The Northwest Indian Treatment Center runs a 45-day inpatient treatment program in Elma, Washington. The Squaxin Island Tribe created the program to address an unmet need for culturally based drug and alcohol treatment centers for Indian people who grew up on reservations. The program specializes in treating people with chronic relapse patterns…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Patients, Clinics, American Indians