ISAP News
The ISAP News is the free biannual newsletter highlighting
the work of the UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs.
Hard copy and e-mail subscription information is available here.
Back issues of the ISAP News are available below.
2007 ISAP News newsletters:
- December 2007
- UCLA Program Screens Students for Substance Use (Page 1)
- Notable New Funding for ISAP Work (Page 2)
- ISAP’s Outpatient Clinical Research Center Tests Treatments for Prescription Opioid Users (Page 3)
- ISAP Investigator Joins State ‘Strike Team’ Charged with Improving Offender Rehabilitation (Page 4)
- ISAP to Host Iraqi Team as Part of ‘Iraq Training Initiative’ (Page 4)
- ISAP Expands Evaluation Efforts (Page 5)
- Selected ISAP Publications (Page 6)
- June 2007
- ISAP conducts needs assessment study on growing issue of problem gambling in California (Page 1)
- California trainings focus on how to increase clients’ motivation to change (Page 2)
- ISAP 25-year follow-up study of heroin users focuses on women as well as men (Page 3)
- ISAP researchers contribute to national survey on treatment for offenders (Page 4)
- Methamphetamine abuse: Symptoms and treatment (Page 5)
- Selected ISAP publications (Page 6)
- Recruitment rises in project studying safety of buprenorphine for opioid dependence (Page 7)
2006 ISAP News newsletters:
- December 2006
- ISAP initiates training program for UN Global Network of Drug Abuse Treatment Centers (Page 1)
- A fond farewell and best wishes to Beth Rutkowski, ISAP Associate Director of Training (Page 2)
- Studies on buprenorphine for opioid dependence, brief family therapy, safer sex continue (Page 3)
- Residential vs. intensive outpatient prison-based treatment (Page 4)
- Methamphetamine treatment admissions rise in Los Angeles County (Page 5)
- Selected ISAP publications (Page 6)
- Women, methamphetamine, and sex (Page 7)
- June 2006
- Proposition 36 saves taxpayers money (Page 1)
- Study examining the effects of buprenorphine and methadone on liver function begins in Washington (Page 2)
- In Memoriam: Douglas Y. Longshore, ISAP Associate Director (Page 3)
- Web resources for tracking offenders for follow-up interviews (Page 4)
- Site reports provide outcome data from LA County treatment providers (Page 5)
- Selected ISAP publications (Page 6)
- ISAP to lead UN global capacity building effort in substance abuse treatment (Page 7)
2005 ISAP News newsletters:
- December 2005
- NIDA-funded Center for Advancing Longitudinal Drug Abuse Research (CALDAR) to serve as national resource (Page 1)
- ISAP director to lead study comparing effects of buprenorphine vs. methadone on the liver (Page 2)
- PSAATC to address meth, treatment wait time, infectious diseases in 2006 (Page 3)
- ISAP’s Project BRITE to assess behavioral reinforcement in prison-based treatment (Page 4)
- LACES adds clinical narrative report, quarterly site report to evaluation (Page 5)
- Selected ISAP publications (Page 6)
- UCLA promotes peace by convening nations to address common foe: drug addiction (Page 7)
- September 2005
- 2nd Annual Western Conference on Addictions: Improving Treatment with Scientific Knowledge (Page 1)
- ISAP awarded 5-year renewal to operate Pacific Region Node of Clinical Trials Network (Page 2)
- ISAP’s predoctoral/postdoctoral training program begins 15th year (Page 3)
- ISAP to study children exposed to the manufacture and use of methamphetamine (Page 4)
- Access to Care project to address substance abuse among UCLA students (Page 5)
- Selected ISAP publications (Page 6)
- Project Flow to track drug-facilitated sexual transmission of HIV, other STIs (Page 7)
- ISAP Associate Director M. Douglas Anglin ranks in top 2% of NIH grant awardees for amount of funds received (Page 8)
- National Institute of Justice Journal features Forever Free program (Page 8)
- June 2005
- The state of methamphetamine research (Page 1)
- ISAP’s Jeffrey Annon to chair NIDA subcommittee on data management, analysis (Page 2)
- PSATTC surveys Southwest substance abuse treatment staff (Page 3)
- ISAP and partners to develop, test aftercare placement tool for inmates (Page 4)
- A profile of Desirée Crèvecoeur, Project Director of LACES (Page 5)
- Selected ISAP publications (Page 6)
- UCLA Addiction Clinic offers training, information on substance
abuse (Page 7)
- March 2005
- Developing new treatments for drug abuse (Page 1)
- New NIDA-CTN study to address growing dependence on prescription analgesics (Page 2)
- A profile of Beth Finnerty, ISAP Associate Director of Training (Page 3)
- Improving the transition from prison to community life and treatment engagement (Page 4)
- 2005 ADPA Lecture Series focuses on meth, Prop. 36, prevention, youth (Page 5)
- Selected ISAP Publications (Page 6)
- ISAP Data Management Center offers the latest in data collection technologies (Page 7)
2004 ISAP News newsletters:
- December 2004
- Buprenorphine research: Where are we today? (Page 1)
- ISAP submits proposal to continue as CTN Pacific Node Research & Training Center (Page 2)
- NIDA’s Blending Initiative promotes buprenorphine as opiate treatment (Page 3)
- Special issue of Prison Journal presents treatment outcomes in CA prisons (Page 4)
- Does treatment work for alcohol and drug abuse/dependence? (Page 5)
- Selected ISAP publications (Page 6)
- ISAP evaluates efforts of five CA counties to retain Prop. 36 clients (Page 7)
- September 2004
- Western Conference on Addictions: Best Practices in Treatment and Community Interventions
- Study explores handling of sexually transmitted infections by substance abuse treatment programs (Page 2)
- Western Conference on Addictions convenes Nov. 11-14 in Universal City
- LAPIC comes to a close: Looking back and looking forward (Page 4)
- LACES begins Phase II of evaluation of LA County treatment providers (Page 5)
- Selected ISAP publications (Page 6)
- Brain imaging studies reveal damage from methamphetamine abuse (Page 7)
- California Addiction Training and Education Series (CATES): engagement and retention (Page 8)
- June 2004
- ISAP researchers pursue unique angle on HIV research (Page 1)
- Community treatment programs wanted to participate in the NIDA Clinical Trials Network (Page 2)
- Upcoming conferences to present latest research and clinical tools (Page 3)
- Church volunteers use Matrix Model tools in early phase of recovery work (Page 4)
- LA County treatment centers show promising short-term outcomes (Page 5)
- Selected ISAP publications (Page 6)
- Using meta-analysis to assess substance abuse treatment (Page 7)
- February 2004
- ISAP helps the media change views on substance abuse
- Bay Area Addiction Research and Treatment, Inc., joins the Clinical Trials Network (Page 2)
- PSATTC offers best practices training across Southwest region (Page 3)
- ISAP and California Area Indian Health Service to screen American Indians (Page 4)
- LACES report shows promising results of alcohol, drug treatment (Page 5)
- Selected ISAP publications (Page 6)
- Helping substance-abusing women parolees reintegrate into the community (Page 7)
2003 ISAP News newsletters:
- November 2003
- ISAP publishes first-year evaluation of Prop. 36 (Page 1)
- ISAP compares outpatient retention in trials of buprenorphine and clonidine for heroin addiction (Page 2)
- Introducing the PSATTC directors (Page 3)
- Lecture series helps keep LA substance abuse field up to date (Page 4)
- LA Info provides county and national substance abuse trends (Page 5)
- Selected ISAP publications (Page 6)
- ISAP responds to methamphetamine epidemic with diverse research program (Page 7)
- August 2003
- ISAP-led Pacific Coast Research Center to test integrated treatment models for offenders, parolees (Page 1)
- CTN to test smoking cessation protocol (Page 2)
- Conference on co-occurring disorders attracts 800 attendees (page 3)
- LAPIC initiates service exchange project in South Los Angeles (Page 4)
- Lessons learned from the LACES countywide evaluation (Page 5)
- Selected ISAP publications (Page 6)
- ISAP offers research staff trainings, pre- and postdoctoral fellowships (Page 7)
- May 2003
- Welcome to the ISAP News (Page 1)
- Testing treatments in ‘real world’ sites (Page 2)
- Fostering best practices, knowledge sharing, training (Page 3)
- Integrating science and service to improve treatment (Page 4)
- Evaluating treatment services and modalities in LA County (Page 5)
- Selected ISAP publications (Page 6)
- ISAP’s international efforts (Page 7)
- Substance abuse trends in California (Page 8)