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The DRAM, Vol.14(10) - Transcendental Meditation for Alcohol Use Disorder: A helpful treatment component?

This week, The DRAM reviews a study that assesses the feasibility and efficacy of incorporating Transcendental Meditation (TM) into an inpatient AUD treatment program. Read more →

The DRAM, Vol. 14(9) - More harm than good: Problems with parental supply of alcohol to children

This week, The DRAM reviews a study by Richard Mattick and colleagues examining how parental supply of alcohol to children predicts alcohol-related harms and future problem drinking. Read more →

The DRAM, Vol. 14(8) - Present bias in alcohol use disorder

This week, The DRAM reviews a study by Allen Bailey and colleagues that investigates whether people with alcohol use disorder (AUD) suffer from a strong present bias. Read more →

The DRAM, Vol. 14(7) - Exploring intersectionality and alcohol-related problems

This week, as part of our Special Series on Addiction in the LGBTQ community, The DRAM review a study by Daniel Demant and colleagues that explores how people with intersecting identities experience alcohol-related problems. Read more →

The DRAM, Vol.14(6) - Treating anger in alcohol use disorder

The DRAM reviews a study that investigates whether an online program can reduce hostile attribution bias in people with alcohol use disorder who also have elevated levels of anger, and if reducing this bias reduces drinking behavior. Read more →

The DRAM, Vol. 14(5) - The relationship between marriage and substance use behaviors

This week, DRAM reviews a study by Michael Windle and Rebecca Windle that explores how spouses might influence each other’s alcohol and marijuana use. Read more →

The DRAM, Vol. 14(4) - Pain, emotional responses, and alcohol-seeking

This week, the DRAM reviews a study by Dezarie Moskal and colleagues that explores how emotions might influence the relation between pain and alcohol-seeking cognitions. Read more →

The DRAM, Vol.14(3) - Taking stock: Decision-making ability in Alcohol Use Disorder and Gambling Disorder

This week, as part of our Special Series on Gambling Disorder, The DRAM reviews a study by Ildikó Kovács and her colleagues that summarizes what we know about the decision-making abilities of people with AUD or GD based on previous experiments. Read more →

The DRAM, Vol. 14(2) – Who’s Got the Influence? Youth friend and family influences on DUI behavior

This week, The DRAM reviews one of the first longitudinal studies of the effects of peer and family factors on DUI, conducted by William Pelham III and Thomas Dishion. Read more →

The DRAM, Vol.14(1) - A new treatment program for recently incarcerated homeless women

As part of our Special Series on Addiction and Homelessness, The DRAM reviews a study examining the efficacy of a DBT treatment program designed for to help this subpopulation of women abstain from alcohol and drug use. Read more →