ISAP News

The ISAP News is the free biannual newsletter highlighting the work of the UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs.

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Back issues of the ISAP News are available below.

2009 ISAP News Newsletters

December 2009

Mechanisms of Action in Alcoholism Treatment (Page 1)
Treatment Providers Improve Client Engagement and Retention with NIATx (Page 2)
START Study of Opioid-Dependence Therapies Completes Recruitment, Retention Study Begins (Page 3)
New Studies and Findings on Prison-Based Treatment for Substance-Abusing Offenders (Page 4)
SAMHSA-Funded ISAP Projects Foster New Collaborations Among Los Angeles County Agencies (Page 5)
Recent UCLA ISAP Publications (Page 6)
ISAP Provided Statewide Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral (SBIRT) Trainings to Primary Care Staff (Page 7)

July 2009

Disaster Planning for Methadone Treatment Programs (Page 1)
ISAP Provides COD Trainings for Orange County Mental Health Providers (Page 2)
Trial of Opioid-Dependence Therapies Reaches Recruitment Milestone but Faces Retention Differential (Page 3)
ISAP Awarded Grant to Study Implementation of Drug Treatment in the Criminal Justice System (Page 4)
ISAP Offers Advanced, Efficient, and Secure Data Capture and Management Services for Programs (Page 5)
Recent UCLA ISAP Publications (Page 6)
L.A. County Pilot Project Uses Performance-Based Measures to Improve Treatment Services, Outcomes (Page 7)

2008 ISAP News Newsletters:

December 2008

Meth Inside Out: A New Video-Based Curriculum (Page 1)
ISAP and Matrix Institute on Addictions Conduct Treatment Trainings in Vietnam (Page 2)
STAGE 12 Project to Test 12-Step Program Participation for Stimulant and Other Drug Users (Page 3)
Methamphetamine Use and HIV Risk in Offender Populations (Page 4)
ISAP to Evaluate Women Offenders Program, L.A. County Screening/Brief Intervention Project (Page 5)
Recent UCLA ISAP Publications (Page 6)
L.A. County Treatment Providers Celebrate Their Success in Improving Client Engagement/Retention (Page 7)

June 2008

Health Risk Reduction Projects Study Will Follow Children with HIV+ Mothers into Early Adolescence/Young Adulthood
(Page 1)
ISAP Releases 2008 Report on Latest Findings from Evaluation of California’s Proposition 36 (Page 2)
Updates on CTN Pacific Region Node Projects (Page 3)
Study Aims to Increase Aftercare for Parolees Who Received In-Prison Substance Abuse Treatment (Page 4)
UCLA ISAP Offers Comprehensive Evaluation Services
(Page 5)
Selected UCLA ISAP Publications (Page 6)
Experts on Performance and Outcome Measurement Give Advice on Improving Treatment in California (Page 7)

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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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