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Coverage from the

American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP) 29th Annual Meeting

December 06 - 09, 2018; Bonita Springs, Florida

December 06 - 09, 2018 Bonita Springs, Florida

AAAP 2018 Alcohol Abuse After Bariatric Surgery Common, Concerning Bariatric surgery, particularly Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, significantly increases the risk of developing alcohol use disorder.
Medscape Medical News, December 17, 2018
AAAP 2018 Pilot Walk-in Clinic Improves Access to Mental Health Care The ability to walk into a clinic without an appointment helps patients with mental illness get needed psychopharmacology, stay in treatment, and even reduce future emergency department visits.
Medscape Medical News, December 10, 2018
AAAP 2018 New Digital Therapeutic Shows Promise for Opioid Addiction A prescription digital therapeutic that can be downloaded to a smartphone is a promising treatment option for opioid addiction when used as an adjunct to usual care.
Medscape Medical News, December 10, 2018

Conference News

AAAP 2018 Alcohol Abuse After Bariatric Surgery Common, Concerning
Medscape Medical News, December 17, 2018
AAAP 2018 Electrical Stimulation May Prevent Opioid-Overdose Death
Medscape Medical News, December 17, 2018
AAAP 2018 Sleep Disorder Drug May Be Effective for Stimulant Abuse
Medscape Medical News, December 14, 2018
AAAP 2018 Real-Time Remote Therapies Effective for Smoking Cessation
Medscape Medical News, December 11, 2018

AAAP 2018 Pilot Walk-in Clinic Improves Access to Mental Health Care
Medscape Medical News, December 10, 2018
AAAP 2018 New Digital Therapeutic Shows Promise for Opioid Addiction
Medscape Medical News, December 10, 2018
AAAP 2018 Overdose Risk Factors in Addicted Youth Identified
Medscape Medical News, December 10, 2018

Popular News from AAAP 2017

Smoking Cessation Treatment in Mental Illness Effective Headway is being made in the treatment of tobacco dependence in psychiatric and substance abuse patients, owing to a better understanding of the safety and efficacy of therapeutic strategies.
Medscape Medical News, Dec 12, 2017
Psychotherapy May Up Buprenorphine Adherence Psychotherapy as an adjunct to buprenorphine maintenance treatment significantly improves long-term treatment retention rates compared with standard counseling provided by prescribing physicians.
Medscape Medical News, Dec 12, 2017
Alcohol Abuse: Craving Scores Predict Relapse Risk Scores on an alcohol craving assessment scale, combined with early-age drinking, are reliable predictors of long-term relapse risk after discharge from an alcohol addiction treatment program.
Medscape Medical News, Dec 14, 2017

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