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Research Updates

Characteristics of Doctor Shoppers and Ways for Healthcare Providers to Respond

Written by Jessica Williams | May 7, 2015

What’s a Doctor Shopper? The term “doctor shopping” refers to obtaining controlled substances from multiple health care practitioners, usually without the prescribers’ knowledge of the other prescriptions.

Filed Under: Research Updates, SBIRT

It’s a Pain to Research SBIRT

Written by Jessica Williams | April 23, 2015

Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment has a lot of moving parts. That makes measurement tricky.

Filed Under: Research Updates, SBIRT

Update Your Image of a Person with a Substance Use Disorder

Written by Jessica Williams | April 2, 2015

So we know that words like “junkie” and “alcoholic” evoke an inaccurate image of a person with a substance use disorder

Filed Under: Research Updates

Out of Sight, Out of Mind?

Written by Jessica Williams | November 27, 2014

SBIRT pushes healthcare integration, heightens awareness of behavioral health problems. We’ve got a chance to connect more substantially with the folks who are using SBIRT in northeast Ohio, including ONE Health Ohio CEO Ron Dwinnells.

Filed Under: Evidence-Based and Best Practices, Profiles, Research Updates, SBIRT

Completing the Program is Important…But it’s Just the First Step

Written by Jessica Williams | October 31, 2014

IRETA recently completed a program evaluation of the Level 3C Residential Drug and Alcohol Treatment Program at Renewal, Inc, a nonprofit providing alternative housing and community corrections services for individuals in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and Federal justice systems.

Filed Under: IRETA and Our Services, Pittsburgh, Research Updates

Campus recovery groups transform lives. Can they change the student body at large?

Written by Jessica Williams | October 23, 2014

“You were the first-ever president of the student recovery group at Penn State University. That meant you were one of the first people to talk publicly about your own addiction in a university with almost 100,000 undergraduate students. And you were only 21 years old. How did that feel?”

Filed Under: Evidence-Based and Best Practices, Research Updates

What is SBIRT and why might it fit well in mental health settings?

Written by Jessica Williams | October 10, 2014

Sort of amazingly, research on SBIRT for risky substance use in mental health settings is scant. That’s why we’re excited about a large randomized clinical trial that UCLA kicked off last year.

Filed Under: IRETA and Our Services, Research Updates, SBIRT

Recovery is Excelsior, Ever Upward

Written by Jessica Williams | September 19, 2014

our culture and language have described these issues as nearly impossible to tackle. We even have slogans like “once an addict, always an addict.” However, the evidence paints a different picture. Let’s expand the definition of recovery during National Recovery Month.

Filed Under: Evidence-Based and Best Practices, Research Updates

A Look at Treatment History: The Narcotic Farm

Written by Jessica Williams | September 11, 2014

The history of professional addiction treatment in the United States is fairly short and very complicated. Opened in 1935, the pastoral prison, rehab, and research center had a major impact on evidence-based practices today.

Filed Under: Profiles, Research Updates

The Divided Self

Written by Jessica Williams | August 18, 2014

We sometimes behave as if we had two selves. These two selves are in continual contest for control: indulgence for the immediate self, and prudence for the future one. Navigating conflicting preferences, our own and those of others.

Filed Under: Research Updates

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The Institute for Research, Education and Training in Addictions (IRETA) is an independent 501(c)3 nonprofit located in Pittsburgh, PA. Our mission is to help people respond effectively to substance use and related problems.

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