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Clinician Screening and Treatment of Alcohol, Drug, and Mental Problems in Primary Care: Results from Healthcare for Communities — Jan 1, 2004

Only about half of individuals with an ADM disorder report being screened, and among this group, about 60% report receiving any treatment.

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Preventing Adolescent Drug Use: Long-Term Results of a Junior High Program — Jan 1, 2004

This paper reports results over a 6-year period for a multisite randomized trial that achieved reductions in drug use during the junior high school years.

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Response Times for the CAGE Short-MAST, AUDIT, and JELLINEK Alcohol Scales — Jan 1, 2004

Response Times for the CAGE Short-MAST, AUDIT, and JELLINEK Alcohol Scales

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Using the Chronic Care Model to Improve Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorders in Primary Care Settings — Jan 1, 2003

Work is needed on developing tools, self-management support resources and training strategies before the CCM can be evaluated in real world settings.

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Ten-year Prospective Study of Public Health Problems Associated with Early Drinking — Jan 1, 2003

To compare early nondrinkers, experimenters, and drinkers on the prevalence of problem behaviors at grades 7 and 12 and at age 23

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Drug and Alcohol Treatment Among Privately Insured Patients: Rate of Specialty Substance Abuse Treatment and Association with Cost-Sharing — Jan 1, 2003

Consideration should be given the potential impact of such changes on the treatment of individuals requiring specialty SA treatment.

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Predictors of Beer Advertising Awareness Among Eighth Graders — Jan 1, 2003

Boys are more likely to be aware of and remember beer marketing, and may be more likely to drink as a result of this awareness than girls.

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Employment Frustration and Alcohol Abuse/dependence Among Labor Migrants in California — Jan 1, 2003

Test whether or not labor market frustration is associated with clinical alcohol abuse/dependence diagnoses among labor migrants living in California.

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Drug and Alcohol Treatment Services Among Privately Insured Individuals in Managed Behavioral Health Care — Jan 1, 2003

Examines the effects of various kinds of private insurance for substance abuse.

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An Empirical Comparison of Substance and Alcohol Dependence Patterns in the Homeless in Madrid (Spain) and Los Angeles (CA, USA) — Jan 1, 2002

Alcohol and drug use continue to figure heavily in the experience of the contemporary homeless population.

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The Prevalence of Alcohol Consumption and Heavy Drinking Among People with HIV in the United States: Results from the HIV Cost and Services Utilization Study — Jan 1, 2002

Alcohol consumption is common among people in care for HIV, with rates of heavy drinking almost twice those found in the general population.

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The Population Consumption Model, Alcohol Control Practices, and Alcohol-Related Traffic Fatalities — Jan 1, 2002

More than 40% of urban traffic fatalities are alcohol related and the rate of such fatalities varies more than 10-fold across U.S. cities.

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Comparing the Alcohol-Related Problems Survey (ARPS) to Traditional Alcohol Screening Measures in Elderly Outpatients — Jan 1, 2002

Commonly used screening measures do not address alcohol's effects among persons with declining health and increased medication use.

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Beyond Alcoholism: Identifying Older, At-Risk Drinkers in Primary Care — Jan 1, 2002

Evaluates the validity and reliability of the Alcohol-Related Problems Survey and the Short ARPS which identify older persons whose use of alcohol alone or with their comorbidities may be placing them at risk for or causing them harm.

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Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Care for Uninsured and Insured Adults — Jan 1, 2002

To compare adults with different insurance coverage in care for alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health (ADM) problems.

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The Alcohol-Related Problems Survey: Identifying Hazardous and Harmful Drinking in Older Primary Care Patients — Jan 1, 2002

Physicians are urged to screen for alcohol-related problems in older persons.

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Adverse Selection and Generosity of Alcohol Treatment Benefits — Jan 1, 2002

Two potential avenues of adverse selection, namely biased enrollment into plans and biased exit from plans offered by employers between 1991 and 1997.

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Prospective Risk Factors for Alcohol Misuse in Late Adolescence — Jan 1, 2002

Prospective Risk Factors for Alcohol Misuse in Late Adolescence

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Vulnerability Factors for Homelessness Associated with Substance Dependence in a Community Sample of Homeless Adults — Jan 1, 2002

Homeless individuals with substance dependence have many vulnerabilities beyond their substance dependence that should be dealt with in treatment or other service settings before lasting housing can be achieved.

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Access to Inpatient or Residential Substance Abuse Treatment among Homeless Adults With Alcohol or Other Drug Use Disorders — Jan 1, 2002

Access to Inpatient or Residential Substance Abuse Treatment among Homeless Adults With Alcohol or Other Drug Use Disorders

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