A relapsing-remitting course is very common in patients with an Alcohol Use Disorder
(AUD). Understanding the determinants associated with alcohol resumption remains a …

Background: A recommendation in original descriptions of motivational interviewing (MI)
was to “explore ambivalence”. Contrasting procedures for doing so have been clarified …

Public health research and practice have been guided by a cognitive, rational paradigm
where inputs produce linear, predictable changes in outputs. However, the conceptual and …

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have discovered numerous genetic variants
associated with human behavioural traits. However, behavioural traits are subject to …

Aims A substantial literature demonstrates that natural recoveries from substance use
disorders not only occur but are a common pathway to recovery. This article reviews …

Background The study of health behavior change, including nutrition and physical activity
behaviors, has been rooted in a cognitive-rational paradigm. Change is conceptualized as a …

Substance abuse research among racial, ethnic, and sexual minority populations historically
has lagged behind that conducted with majority samples. However, interesting and …

Abstract Aims The US V eterans H ealth A dministration [Veterans Affairs (VA)] used
performance measures and electronic clinical reminders to implement brief intervention for …

Background: Narcotics Anonymous is a worldwide fellowship that employs the Twelve-Step
model for members dependent on drugs of abuse. The spiritual orientation of its program of …

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is a spiritual program and involvement in it has been associated
with increases in spirituality. Some who pursue recovery outside AA also use spirituality for …