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Current Issue: January 2010, Vol. 3, No. 1

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Methadone Maintenance Reduces Illicit Opioid Use and Improves Treatment Retention in Patients with Opioid Dependence
Cochrane Collaboration researchers performed a meta-analysis of the effectiveness of methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) compared with no treatment or treatment without the use of agonist therapy in patients with opioid dependence.

Improving Entry into Post-Detoxification Treatment
Although inpatient detoxification for substance use disorders improves outcomes in the short term, long-term outcomes are poor. This study describes outcomes for the Intensive Treatment Unit (ITU), a brief inpatient detoxification program that includes linking patients with treatment.

Relationship between Anxiety, Depression, and Trauma Exposure and Relapse to Substance Use following Residential Treatment
Researchers examined the relationship between lifetime and past-year anxiety symptoms, depressive symptoms, and trauma exposure and a return to substance use in men and women recruited from residential substance abuse treatment programs.

Treatment of Hepatitis C within a Methadone Maintenance Program Yields Results Comparable to Treatment via Other Models of Care
This retrospective study investigated outcomes in patients with co-occurring Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and opioid dependence treated for HCV within an ongoing methadone maintenance program.

Alcohol Consumption Limits and Alcohol-Related Problems in Older Adults
This community-based cohort study examined the association between drinking and alcohol problems among adult drinkers aged 55 to 65 years at baseline and followed for 20 years.