Importance Substance use disorders (SUDs) represent a pressing public health concern.
Combined behavioral and pharmacological interventions are considered best practices for …

The effects of drug dependence on social systems has helped shape the generally held
view that drug dependence is primarily a social problem, not a health problem. In turn …

Rationale: The notion that stress leads to drug abuse in vulnerable individuals and relapse
in addicts is not new. Most major theories of addiction postulate that stress plays an …

Objective: Despite significant advances in psychosocial treatments for substance use
disorders, the relative success of these approaches has not been well documented. In this …

In 1995 the Division 12 Task Force on Promotion and Dissemination of Psychological
Procedures published its report in this journal. A major focus of that report was increasing …

There has been little research on the effectiveness of different training strategies or the
impact of exposure to treatment manuals alone on clinicians' ability to effectively implement …

The past three decades have been marked by tremendous progress in behavioral therapies
for drug abuse and dependence, as well as advances in the conceptualization of …

Adolescents and young adults with substance use disorders (SUD) and attention
deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are increasingly presenting in clinical practice. The …

Drug addiction continues to be an important public health problem, with an estimated 22.6
million current illicit drug users in the United States alone. For many addictions, including …

The development of earlier versions of this manual was supported by several research
grants from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The current manual was written by Dr …