Original Article

Patient-Level Characteristics Associated with Tobacco Users and Nonusers at a Student-Run Free Clinic

Objectives: Many tobacco users are motivated to quit but lack the resources to do so. To date, studies characterizing tobacco users at student-run free clinics have used small sample sizes, which may not be large enough to detect differences across key variables. As such, we assessed sociodemographic differences between tobacco…

Posted in: addiction 5 tobacco cessation 2 tobacco use 4

Review Article

From the Neurobiologic Basis of Alcohol Dependency to Pharmacologic Treatment Strategies: Bridging the Knowledge Gap

Alcohol dependence (AD) is a complex disease involving biologic, psychosocial, and environmental factors. Increasing evidence shows that the development of AD involves changes in neurotransmitter function in the areas of the brain associated with alcohol craving and reward. Although AD is gaining acceptance as a medical disease, management of AD…

Posted in: addiction 5 alcohol 5 Treatment 22

Review Article

Substance Abuse: Medical And Slang Terminology

Substance abuse is among one of the major problems plaguing our society. It has come to the attention of several health-care professionals that a communication gap exists between themselves and substance abusers. Most of the time the substance abusers are only familiar with the slang terms of abused substances, a…

Posted in: addiction 5 Drugs 6 substance abuse 9
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