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Parent’s Guide to the Teen Brain
TRI provides science behind engaging, interactive resource released by
the Partnership for a Drug Free America to help parents grasp teen behavior
and connect with their kids. Providing essential guidance for establishing
the “talking” connection with teens, future products will
specifically target drugs and alcohol. Read announcement.
Recurring
feature will preview upcoming issues of the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment.
Click here to read abstracts
appearing October 2008.
James
McKay, Ph.D. and the Treatment Research Center at UPenn win NIAAA grant
to establish Center
on Adaptive Treatments for Alcoholism. TRI will collaborate in work
to improve feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of adaptive treatment
designs for alcoholism.
Services for Legal Clients: RWJ funds “DARTS,” project to study program training Public Defenders to link clients to substance abuse, health and social services.
Continuous Recovery Management: More evidence that chronic disease model is clinically feasible in substance abuse treatment.
Treatment Services Review: TSR 7-, 14- and 28-day versions available for download.
Family Training Program: for those worried about a loved one using drugs or drinking too much.
Computer Assisted Treatment: Adam Brooks, Ph.D. will evaluate outpatient treatment supplemented with computer based skill learning. More.
Adolescent Brain Development: Short report discusses still-developing brain segments, implications for drug effects on teens.
Teams
from Tennessee, Colorado complete science-based policy development workshops
September 18-20 in Atlanta. More
TRI
releases web-based decision support tool for judges to help match drug-involved
offenders to appropriate placements. Read announcement
or visit the RANT™ web
site. 
