Interventions for Substance Abuse; Mental Health — Abstract Session 3

Interventions for Substance Abuse; Mental Health — Abstract Session 3 – Moderators’ introduction by Drs. David Vlahov and Elise Riley “Consumer Perspectives on Alcohol Use among HIV-positive African Americans” by Dr. E. Maxwell Davis “Creating a Model Prevention and Education Program for Young Adult Injection Drug Users (IDU)” by Pamela DeCarlo “Differences in Substance-related Risk Behavior between Dual and Triple Diagnosed Severely Mentally Ill Adults” by Dr. Michelle Hampton “Seeking Safety Group Therapy for Co-occurring PTSD and Substance Use Disorder in HIV-positive Transgender Women: A Feasibility Study” by Susannah Empsom “Addressing Disparities and Social Stigma: Health Promotion with Crack Smokers” by Allison Kraus and Paul Harkin “Does Expressive Writing in Group Therapy Settings Decrease Symptoms of Depression in HIV-positive Minority Cohorts?” by Peter Marcus www.hivforum.org

Mood Drugs and Violence

Filed under: drug abuse articles

In a recent article on the Natural News website, the psychiatrist Dr. Peter Breggin highlighted a 2010 scientific review in the journal PLOS ONE looking at violence associated with prescription drug use. Pulling … For the purposes of the study …
Read more on Huffington Post

Legalize, tax marijuana; it's not like other drugs

Filed under: drug abuse articles

There are many real issues with drug abuse in our communities, and inaccurately portraying a safe substance like marijuana as being on par with heroin reduces the public perception of the seriousness of actual drug abuse. DART should support efforts to …
Read more on Asbury Park Press