A new study indicates that addiction needs to be properly assessed and the level of assessment is key to an effective treatment being proposed. For this, researchers argue, a multi-faceted new tool is ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

In a recent systematic review published in the journal JAMA, researchers evaluated the diagnostic accuracies of screening tools for alcohol usage disorder (AUD) using the Diagnostic and Statistical ...

A quantitative alcohol history should be recorded for all patients, because alcohol use contributes to many physical and mental disorders. A person-centered, nonjudgmental approach should be adopted.

Cannabix Technologies Inc. (the “Company or Cannabix”) developer of marijuana and alcohol breath testing devices, is pleased ...

The AUDIT questionnaire is designed to help in the self-assessment of alcohol consumption and to identify any implications for the person's health and wellbeing, now and in the future. It consists of ...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, in collaboration with the management of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital ...

Alcohol abstinence alters brain activity in ways that may drive someone with alcohol use disorder to relapse, new research in ...