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Helping People With Serious Mental Illness Quit Smoking
Dr. Eden Evins and colleagues recently published a study examining the efficacy of an 18-month community-based tobacco smoking cessation intervention. The intervention consisted of both pharmacologic (Varenicline, dual-form nicotine replacement, or their combination) and behavioral components (tailored individual and group counseling for motivational enhancement; smoking cessation and relapse prevention; weight management counseling and support for…MORE
Recent CAM/Johns Hopkins Medicine Collaboration Receiving Media Attention!
CAM staff Dr. Eden Evins and Dr. Corrine Cather recent research article, published in collaboration with Johns Hopkins Medicine, has been receiving media attention from various news outlets including US News, AJMC, and Drugs.com. You can read the articles through the links below. US News: Program Helps Folks Battling Mental Illness Beat Another Foe: Smoking…MORE
Center for Addiction Medicine and Johns Hopkins Medicine Collaboration
CAM staff Dr. Eden Evins and Dr. Corrine Cather, in collaboration with staff Johns Hopkins Medicine recently published an article examining the effect of a tobacco intervention incorporating weight management for adults with serious mental illness. This randomized clinical trial investigates if an 18-month tobacco-smoking cessation intervention including weight management is effective in adults with…MORE
Substance Use Disorders: A Comprehensive Review and Update
We invite you to join us at Disney’s BoardWalk Inn or Virtually February 19-21, 2024 Substance use disorders are complex and have a huge impact on patients, families and communities. They challenge even experienced health care professionals to stay current with evolving guidelines and they are seen and treated across all professions, disciplines and practice settings including…MORE
CAM Director Eden Evins Meets with the US Surgeon General
Center for Addiction Medicine Director Dr. Eden Evins recently met with Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, Senator Ed Marky, and Dr. Sue Gabrieli to discuss the Surgeon General Advisory Report on kids and mental health as well as discussing the current work being done in the center.
MGH Psychiatry Faculty To Direct 2024 Substance Use Disorder Conference
The MGH Psychiatry Academy faculty invite you to join us at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa for our annual Substance Use Disorder conference, held on February 19, 2024 to February 21, 2024. Substance use disorders are complex and have a huge impact on patients, families and communities. They challenge even experienced health care professionals…MORE
Publication Alert: Trial Assessing Provider Education and Community Health Worker Support for Tobacco Cessation
Psychiatric Services recently published results from CAM Director Dr. Eden Evins’s randomized clinical trial, finding that provider education (PE) and community health worker (CHW) support increased tobacco abstinence rates among adults with serious mental illness. The analysis found that community health workers, acting as community-based supports for people with serious mental illness and their physicians,…MORE
Tobacco and Substance Use Disorder Training at MGH/HMS
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School (HMS) offer an internship in Clinical Psychology to doctoral students in clinical, counseling, or school psychology programs. As a supplemental and optional training opportunity, interested individuals, in consult with their primary track mentors, can select from various substance use disorder (SUD) training opportunities (e.g., didactics, clinical service,…MORE
Dr. Jodi Gilman to Speak at 23rd International Council on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety (ICADTS) Conference
CAM Director of Neuroscience Dr. Jodi Gilman will be a keynote speaker at the 23rd International Council on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety (ICADTS) Conference, which will take place on August 28-31, 2022, in De Doelen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The conference brings together delegates from the areas of public health and safety, traffic, and transport psychology, public health,…MORE
CAM Medical Marijuana Study Receives Widespread News Coverage
CAM Director of Neuroscience Dr. Jodi Gilman’s medical marijuana study, which was published in JAMA Network Open, has received news coverage in 43 different outlets, ranging from the Boston Herald to U.S. News. The study found that acquisition of a medical marijuana card increased the incidence and severity of cannabis use disorder (CUD) and resulted in no significant…MORE