(2020) Alcohol, other drugs, and health: current evidence newsletter. Boston: Boston University School of Medicine/Boston Medical Center.
External website: http://www.bu.edu/aodhealth/index.html
Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Health: Current Evidence is a free online newsletter summarizing the latest clinically relevant research on alcohol, illicit drugs, and health. Through summaries of important alcohol and other drug research published in peer-reviewed journals, downloadable teaching presentations, and feature articles on substance use research ethics, the newsletter provides valuable information to improve clinical teaching, practice, and research. The newsletter also includes dedicated sections on prescription drugs and pain as well as HIV/HCV as they relate to alcohol and other drug use.
Published every two months, the newsletter includes the following features:
•Succinct and timely summaries of important alcohol and other drug research published in peer-reviewed journals; these summaries, which include commentary relevant to primary care practice, are written by physicians with clinical, research, and educational expertise in alcohol- and drug-related issues
•PowerPoint slide presentations that can be downloaded and used as teaching tools:
◦Update on Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Health, a "grand-rounds-like" presentation of the research summaries in the newsletter
◦Journal Club, which critically appraises a study highlighted in the newsletter using the User's Guides to the Medical Literature.
A Substance use and dependence > Effects or consequences
B Substances > Substances in general
HJ Treatment method > Substance disorder treatment method
HJ Treatment method > Substance disorder treatment method > Substance disorder drug therapy (pharmacological treatment)
HJ Treatment method > Psychosocial treatment method
HJ Treatment method > Treatment outcome
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and rehabilitation > Health services, substance use research
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and rehabilitation > Prevention outcome
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and rehabilitation > Health care administration > Health care quality control
VA Geographic area > International
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