& Student and Professional Education Resources |
 | GW SPHHS "Topics" course - Substance Abuse: Prevention, Intervention & Public Health / WebLink |
 | 2Create Blog by Dr. Alan Trachtenberg (http://2createyourmd.blogspot.com/) / WebLink |
NEWEST Items |
 | Drug and Alcohol Findings (UK): bridges the divide between research on the effectiveness of responses to drug and alcohol problems and the practitioners who provide those interventions (http://findings.org.uk) / WebLink |
 | Assessing Drug Abuse Within and Across Communities: Community Epidemiology Surveillance Networks on Drug Abuse (http://www.drugabuse.gov/pubs/assessing/) / WebLink |
 | Urban Institute Report on Drug Courts:Evidence on the Prospects of Expanding Treatment to Drug-Involved Offenders (http://www.urban.org/publications/411645.html) / WebLink |
 | Child Welfare Information Gateway Page on Substance Abuse (http://www.childwelfare.gov/systemwide/service_array/substance/overview/) / WebLink |
 | Alcohol and Other Drug Problems among Hospitalized Trauma Patients: Controlling Complications, Mortality, and Trauma Recidivism-Conference Proceedings (http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/Spotlight/JrnTraumaSupl.htm) / WebLink |
 | CSAP's National Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies Resources for Evidence-Based Prevention Programs (http://captus.samhsa.gov/national/resources/evidence_based.cfm) / WebLink |
Selected Publications from Alan Trachtenberg |
 | Alternative Health Practices In Mental Health / (Plain Text) Kiresuk TJ, Trachtenberg AI. |
 | Alternative Health Practices In Mental Health / (PDF file) Kiresuk TJ, Trachtenberg AI. |
 | ALTERNATIVE HEALTH PRACTICES IN ADDICTION TREATMNT / Boucher, Kiresuk, & Trachtenberg |
 | Medicolegal Death Investigation System: IOM Workshop-8/22/03: Toxicology Issues and Infrastructure (http://www.iom.edu/CMS/3793/4937/6360.aspx) / WebLink |
 | National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) Local 286 Website (maintained as a public service by Dr. Trachtenberg at http://www.nteu286.medem.com/) / WebLink |
 | Skin Lesions of Injection Drug Users / Cagle et al, Implemented as Govt. Pub by Dr. T |
 | Methadone-Associated Mortality: Report of a National Assessment and Background Briefing Paper by A. Trachtenberg & S. Leavitt (http://www.dpt.samhsa.gov/medications/methreports.htm) / WebLink |
 | Methadone Associated Mortality (SAMHSA publication, Local Copy) / WebLink |
 | Bibliography prepared for the NIH Consensus Development Conference on Acupuncture, in Bethesda, MD, November 3-5, 1997 (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/archive/20040823/pubs/cbm/acupuncture.html) / WebLink |
 | Acupuncture. NIH Consensus Statement 1997 Nov 3-5; 15(5):1-34 (http://consensus.nih.gov/1997/1997Acupuncture107html.htm) / WebLink |
 | Hepatitis in Opioid Addiction Treatment: Medical Management of Hepatitis Infection and Pharmacologic Therapy for Substance Abuse (http://www.dpt.samhsa.gov/pdf/HepC_draft_monograph_5-8-2006.pdf) / WebLink |
 | Hepatitis in Opioid Addiction Treatment: / (Local Copy) Trachtenberg, Leavitt, et al |
 | Acupuncture, Ch 49 in Lowinson Addiction Text 2004 / Han, Trachtenberg & Lowinson |
 | Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) Model Policy Guidelines for Opioid Addiction Treatment in the Medical Office (http://buprenorphine.samhsa.gov/model.html) / WebLink |
Selected Publications by Duchy Trachtenberg |
 | Am J Pub Health: Alternative Health Practices / Crisis OR Opportunity? by Duchy Trachtenberg, MSW |
 | Role of CAM in Public Health Practice & Training / BURKE, GINZBURG, COLLIE, TRACHTENBERG & MUHAMMAD |
 | Alternative Therapies and Public Health: Crisis or Opportunity? by Duchy Trachtenberg-AJPH 2002 October; 92(10):1566-67 (http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1447279) / WebLink |
Opioid Agonist Treatment (Methadone/LAAM/Bup) |
 | 42CFR8 (OTP or "Methadone" Regulations - http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/05dec20031700/edocket.access.gpo.gov/cfr_2003/octqtr/42cfr8.12.htm) / WebLink |
 | FOR CREDIT: AAAP 8 Hour Buprenorphine Course for Qualification under the Drug Addiction Treatment Act (DATA) of 2000 / WebLink |
 | New in Annals of Int Med from Krantz et al: Torsade de Pointes [a dangerous ventricular (heart) arhythmia] Associated with Very-High-Dose Methadone. Note: This is probably a very rare, dose-related complication / WebLink |
 | Consent to Release of Information Under 42CFR2 / Buprenorphine Patient |
 | Facilities Providing Methadone/LAAM Treatment / SAMHSA Office of Applied Studies (12/06/2002) |
 | 42CFR2 Release Consent for Suboxone Rx / FDA Approved Information for MD's (Product Label) |
 | Methadone Overdoses, Deaths on Rise in U.S. / NY Times 2/2/2003 |
 | 2/9/2003 NY Times on Methadone / NY Times |
 | AJE article on NM opioid OD Deaths / Nolte et al. |
 | Methadone, QTp & Torsades de Pointes / Krantz et al |
 | ARCOS: the DEA's Automation of Reports and Consolidated Orders System / WebLink |
 | LAAM: Gone but not Forgotten / Roxane Laboratories |
 | Methadone Mortality Final Report (local copy) / SAMHSA Consensus Group (Trachtenberg et al) |
 | Methadone Mortality Final Report - SAMHSA 2004 (http://www.dpt.samhsa.gov/medications/methreports.htm) / WebLink |
 | Excellent & FREE Web-based CME for Primary Care Providers on Addiction Treatment (http://www.addictioncme.com) / WebLink |
 | Confusion between methylphenidate and methadone / FDA |
 | Hepatitis C infection and injection drug use: / Thomas F. Kresina, Leonard B Seeff, Henry Francis |
 | New, useful Methadone label (http://www.fda.gov/cder/foi/label/2006/006134s028lbl.pdf) / WebLink |
 | Fatal Heroin 'Overdose': A Review by Darke, S and Zador, Deborah - Addiction. 1996; 91(12): pp. 1765-1772. (http://www.drugpolicy.org/library/darke2.cfm) / WebLink |
 | Methadone Mortality ? A Reassessment - Friday, July 20, 2007 ? Washington, DC (http://www.dcprovidersonline.com/catalog.php?event_id=SAMHSA1 ; key= sdfh8h) / WebLink |
 | Detailed Historical Timline for Opioids (http://opioids.com/timeline/index.html) / WebLink |
 | FDA: Avoiding Accidental Overdoses when Methadone is Prescribed for Pain (http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/psn/transcript.cfm?show=72#3) / WebLink |
General Addiction Medicine |
 | Drug & Alcohol Problem Assessment Screening System (Danya International) / WebLink |
 | Other Drug & Alcohol Screening Instruments / WebLink |
 | Table of Commonly Abused Drugs / NIDA |
 | New Ibogaine Program in Mexico / WebLink |
 | Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Ontario, CA) Resources / WebLink |
 | Website of Elizabeth F. Howell, MD, President-Elect , ASAM / WebLink |
 | A CONVERSATION WITH | NORA VOLKOW (NIDA Director): NY Tmes 8/19/ 2003 Science Section / WebLink |
 | UN Report on Terminology and Definitions of Drugs & Abuse: http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/report_1998-10-01_1.html / WebLink |
 | Controlled Substance Schedules & DEA info (http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/schedules/index.html) / WebLink |
 | AAFP/NIDA Monograph on Diagnosis & Treatment of Drug Abuse in Family Practice (http://www.nida.nih.gov/Diagnosis-Treatment/diagnosis.html) - by Trachtenberg & Fleming / WebLink |
 | (LOCAL COPY) / WebLink |
 | World Health Organization > (WHO) sites > Substance abuse home (http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/en/) / WebLink |
 | WHO > Substance abuse home > Publications (http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/publications/psychoactives/en/) / WebLink |
 | NIDA Meeting Summary: Psychoactive Botanical Products Workshop: (http://www.drugabuse.gov/whatsnew/meetings/psychoactivemtgsumm.html) / WebLink |
 | Research on Anti-Drug Advertisements (http://www.utexas.edu/features/archive/2004/anti_drug_ads.html) / WebLink |
 | Legal Issues for Outpatient Drug Treatment (TIP 8; Ch 7 - http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/govpubs/bkd139/8i.aspx) / WebLink |
 | Skin Lesions of Drug Injection / CSAT (local Copy) |
 | Treatment Principles and Alternatives / APA |
 | Prescription Drug Addiction ( from the Primary care Network at: http://www.primarycarenet.org/issues/04-July2004%20PI.pdf) / WebLink |
 | MEDICAL CONSEQUENCES OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE / Stein, MD. Psych Clin Nor Amer 1999. 22; 351-70. |
 | SAMHSA/CSAP Medical Review Officer Manual (http://dwp.samhsa.gov/DrugTesting/Level_1_Pages/HHS%20MRO%20Manual%20(Effective%20November%201,%202004).aspx) / WebLink |
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