Addiction Science & Clinical Practice March-September 2012

This book contains open access research articles from March-September of 2012 published in Addiction Science & Clinical Practice. Topics include: Patient preferences for emergency department-initiated tobacco interventions: a multicenter cross-sectional study of current smokers; Comment on the case for considering quality of life in addiction research and clinical practice; Return to drug use and overdose after release from prison: a qualitative study of risk and protective factors; Science to improve care for people affected by unhealthy alcohol and other drug use; Prevalence and co-use of marijuana among young adult cigarette smokers: An anonymous online national survey; Risk of future trauma based on alcohol screening scores: A two-year prospective cohort study among US veterans; A qualitative study of anticipated barriers and facilitators to the implementation of nurse-delivered alcohol screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment for hospitalized patients in a Veterans Affairs medical center; A randomized trial evaluating an mHealth system to monitor and enhance adherence to pharmacotherapy for alcohol use disorders; Motivation rulers for smoking cessation: a prospective observational examination of construct and predictive validity; Just call it “treatment”; Testing for amphetamine-type stimulant (ATS) use to ascertain validity of self-reported ATS use among young female sex workers in Cambodia; Pellagrous encephalopathy presenting as alcohol withdrawal delirium: A case series and literature review; Screening for adolescent alcohol and drug use in pediatric health-care settings: predictors and implications for practice and policy; Feedback from recently returned veterans on an anonymous web-based brief alcohol intervention; Study design to examine the potential role of assessment reactivity in the Screening, Motivational Assessment, Referral, and Treatment in Emergency Departments (SMART-ED) protocol; Screening and brief intervention (SBI): has it hit the tipping point?; Can screening and brief intervention lead to population-level reductions in alcohol-related harm?; Performance measures for substance use disorders – what research is needed?; Levamisole-induced leukocytoclastic vasculitis and neutropenia in a patient with cocaine use: An extensive case with necrosis of skin, soft tissue, and cartilage; Early data from project engage: a program to identify and transition medically hospitalized patients into addictions treatment.