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Smoking Cessation After Diagnosis of Early-Stage Lung Cancer Improves Outcomes

It's never too late to stop smoking.

Extended Treatment with Transdermal Nicotine Is Effective

Abstinence from smoking was more likely with longer use of the patch.

Sudden Infant Death and Parental Psychopathology

Hospitalization of a parent is associated with elevated risk for SIDS in this study from Sweden.

Opioid Prescription for Chronic Pain and Risk for Overdose and Death

Risk is clear, but solutions are not.

Opioid Prescriptions and Overdose

Risk for overdose increases with increasing daily dose prescribed.

Smoking Cessation and Risk for Type 2 Diabetes

Excess diabetes risk in quitters is mediated partially by weight gain.

Substance Use Disorders and the Course of Bipolar Disorder

Comorbid substance use disorder increases the risk that a depressive episode will switch to mania or hypomania, but may have few effects on recovery.

Delivering Medical Care to Public Mental Health Patients

Medical case management in community mental health centers improves access and outcomes.

Smoking Cessation: The Benefits of Doing Your Best

In survivors of acute MI, quitting smoking improved mortality risk, and so did reducing the number of cigarettes smoked.

An Early Developmental Marker of Future Criminality?

Deficient fear conditioning at age 3 years may portend future criminality.

Could Combining Stimulants and Antidepressants Increase Substance Abuse Risk?

An animal study shows that methylphenidate and an SSRI act synergistically to mimic the effects of cocaine.

2009 Year in Review

A perspective on the most important research in the field from the past year

Reducing the Adverse Impacts of Substance Abuse

Neurobiology reveals the way to new treatments, but slowly.

Suicide — New Data on Causes and Cures

Careful assessment of suicidal thoughts and acts, awareness of traits associated with suicide, and vigorous treatment with medication and psychotherapy are essential for suicidal patients.

How to Reduce Medication Nonadherence in Heroin Dependence

Long-lasting naltrexone implants reduced relapse to regular heroin use, compared with naltrexone pills.

When Biology Meets Personal Choices

Risks for ischemic stroke and myocardial infarction were substantially higher in women with lupus anticoagulant who smoked or used oral contraceptives.

Intranasal Naloxone Is Effective for Opioid Overdose

Time from patient contact to clinical response was the same with intranasal and intravenous naloxone.

Varenicline Use and Risk for Self-Harm and Suicide

Patients who received varenicline, bupropion, or nicotine replacement all had similar risks.

Air Pollution and Smoking: Not-So-Distant Cousins

Even low-level exposure to secondhand smoke and air pollution increases cardiovascular risk.

Gabapentin for Alcohol Withdrawal

A high dose was at least as effective as lorazepam in outpatients with moderate withdrawal symptoms.

Clinical Management of Opioid Dependence in HIV

Here we present a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Various options for management are then presented, followed by the author's clinical recommendations.

Misuse of ADHD Meds: Epidemiologic Data

Such misuse is becoming more common and can have severe effects, but clinicians and parents might be able to moderate these trends.

Binge Drinking in Baby Boomers — and Beyond

Not just the young indulge in this risky behavior.

Combined Flumazenil and Gabapentin for Alcohol Dependence

A promising protocol, but only for those with more-severe alcohol withdrawal symptoms

Mental Health Burden of Veterans Returning from Iraq and Afghanistan

A large-scale study suggests that more than one third of returning veterans receive new psychiatric diagnoses.

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