Using the ATTC/NIDA Blending Products to Affect Change – Part 3 – MIA-Step

Using the ATTC/NIDA Blending Products to Affect Change – Part 3 – MIA-Step – Christine Higgins, MA, Dissemination Specialist for the Mid-Atlantic Node of Clinical Trials Network provides an Introduction to MIA-Step (Motivational Interviewing Assessment: Supervisory Tools for Enhancing Proficiency). This conference took place on July 13, 2012 in the Baltimore-Washington Metro area. It was sponsored by the Central East Addiction Technology Transfer Center (a program of the Danya Institute), and the Mid-Atlantic Node Clinical Trials Network. It featured presentations on the Blending Products which are a collaborative effort of the The National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network and the National Institute of Drug Abuse/Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administrations Blending Initiative to disseminate trestmernt and training products based on results conducted by the NIDA Clinical Trials Network. The audience was made up of practitioners in the Substance Abuse Treatment workforce -us tools in the Blending products suite and give them an opportunity to learn how to implement a particular evidence based practice. More information about the NIDA Blending Initiative and its products is available here: www.drugabuse.gov

Positive response from European regulatory procedure supports approval of …

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Treatment must be under the supervision of a specialist in childhood and/or adolescent behavioural disorders. Diagnosis should be made according to DSM-IV criteria or the guidelines in ICD-10 … Elvanse is not indicated in all children with ADHD and …
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Recreational pot regulation work begins in Colo.

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The group includes doctors, lawyers, drug addiction specialists, state lawmakers and marijuana users and growers. The job is daunting. With no … For example, should marijuana that is smoked be treated like marijuana that is eaten? Should recreational …
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Checking The Safety Net After Sandy Hook

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Uniformed School Resource Officers are assigned to all Loudoun high schools and middle schools, and the high schools have safety and security specialists who work with the SROs. The SROs are fully sworn, …. Loudoun is pretty good at supporting the …
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