• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer
IRETA

IRETA

Institute for Research, Education & Training in Addictions

  • myIRETA
  • Contact Us
  • Who We Are
    • Who We Are
    • Our Organization
      • IRETA Staff
      • IRETA Board of Directors
      • Annual Reports & Financials
      • Partners and Clients
      • Staff Publications
      • Employment Opportunities
    • Addiction and Recovery
  • Consulting
    • IRETA Consulting
    • Performance Evaluation
    • Program Assistance
    • Healthcare Organizations
    • Addiction Treatment Providers
    • Criminal Justice System
  • Education & Training
    • Education & Training
    • Scaife Medical Student Fellowship in Substance Use Disorders
  • Webinars
  • Blog
  • Resource Library

Research Updates

Using Behavioral Economics to Understand Addiction

Written by IRETA | June 27, 2014

Why might individuals behave in ways that are known to have dire consequences for their long-term health and happiness?

Filed Under: Research Updates

Could collaborative documentation be the next big—and effective—thing in behavioral healthcare?

Written by IRETA | June 13, 2014

Transparency and sharing

Transparency is also expected from our health care providers. It’s what’s behind patient listservs and organizations that work to connect patients with each other and make health information accessible. Some say sharing session notes with patients improves the treatment of substance use disorders.

Filed Under: Addiction in the News, Evidence-Based and Best Practices, Research Updates

Hookah Use Growing Among Young Adults, Harms Underestimated

Written by IRETA | June 5, 2014

Hookah, after years of hiding in dark and smoky corners, is about to get pulled into the crossfire between two formidable forces: big tobacco and big government. Risks, regulation, and popular images of smoking waterpipes.

Filed Under: Addiction in the News, Research Updates

Infographic: Benzodiazepine Use and Medication-Assisted Treatment

Written by IRETA | April 10, 2014

Here at IRETA, we’ve been thinking about patient safety in medication-assisted treatment for a number of years, and have more recently zeroed in on the issue of benzodiazepine use among methadone and buprenorphine patients. Patient education about benzodiazepines is key.

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

Study finds methadone clinics don’t increase crime in Baltimore neighborhoods

Written by IRETA | February 13, 2014

Methadone is a federally-regulated medication that, by law, is dispensed only by licensed treatment settings when used to treat opioid addiction. It has been studied exhaustively and many of its benefits are undisputed in the research literature.

Filed Under: Addiction in the News, Research Updates

Dr. Westley Clark on Overdose

Written by IRETA | January 27, 2014

Prevention of prescription drug abuse can start with education about the risk of overdose death.

Filed Under: Addiction in the News, Evidence-Based and Best Practices, Research Updates

We know a lot about treating pregnant opioid users and we’re still losing ground

Written by IRETA | January 7, 2014

Many indicators show that drug use during pregnancy is trending upward. The lack of screening, access, and coordinated care hinders the implementation of effective treatment.

Filed Under: Addiction in the News, Evidence-Based and Best Practices, Pittsburgh, Research Updates, SBIRT

To improve public health, researchers “program a world”

Written by IRETA | December 5, 2013

Agent-based modeling simulates the interaction between people and the environment – and may offer valuable insights about preventing substance use-related harms.

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

Job Recovery

Written by IRETA | September 9, 2013

Bill White has long been a champion of making knowledge about addiction and recovery available and accessible to providers and individuals with substance use disorders.

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

The Extraordinary Science of Anti-Drug Vaccines

Written by IRETA | June 12, 2013

Let’s be clear: vaccines are seriously amazing. In the last century, they’ve all but eliminated wretched diseases like smallpox (nightmarish) and polio (dreadful). Here is how they work and what they might do.

Filed Under: Research Updates

  • « Go to Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • Page 2
  • Page 3
  • Page 4
  • Page 5
  • Go to Next Page »

Footer

IRETA

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.

Contact

611 William Penn Place
Suite 301
Pittsburgh, PA 15219

P: 412-258-8565
F: 412-391-2528

LinkedIn Twitter Facebook YouTube

Copyright © 2025 IRETA