Welcome to my INVESTing log. INVEST is the International Visiting Scientists & Technical Exchange Program for drug abuse research sponsored by
Doing research with busy doctors – an open space world
Family doctors are notoriously busy. Lack of their time is the number #1 barrier of doing anything outside their patient workload, including research.
Relationships of drug users change, but slowly
Are social relationships sensitive to therapeutic change? The ‘‘Phase Model of Change’’ - a famous model in psychotherapy - says that change in
Honor pot: testing doctors’ drug counselling skills in a new pilot study in Ireland
In our new new paper, we outline plans for doing a study which should tell us whether doctors and agonist patients accept psychological interventions
Helping agonist patients with alcohol problems: A NEW guide for primary care staff
What should doctors do differently when screening for alcohol use and delivering brief interventions for agonist patients in primary care? General
Pedicabs, Cochrane & Drugs Conference in San Diego
I was in San Diego (CA) 9 years ago. We went there with my wife, then a girlfriend, on a J1 Student work & travel programme. We worked as pedicab
What agonist patients think about alcohol #SBIRT? A new paper out now
What do patients attending family physicians for methadone treatment think of screening and brief interventions for alcohol problems? Except for being
My itinerary for the Conference – College on Problems of Drug Dependence, San Diego, June 15-20
75th Annual Meeting - College on Problems of Drug Dependence - June 15-20, 2013Hilton Bayfront Hotel, San Diego, CAhttp://www.cpdd.vcu.edu/index.html
Cochrane wins the best paper award in the General Practice category at the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland (#Cochrane)
Last night, our Cochrane review about Psychosocial interventions to reduce alcohol consumption in concurrent problem alcohol and illicit drug