Featured Publications
Article Commentary: Beyond the 12 Steps: Integrating Chaplaincy Services into Veteran Affairs Substance use Specialty Care
Earl BSW, Klee A, Cooke JD, Edens EL. Article Commentary: Beyond the 12 Steps: Integrating Chaplaincy Services into Veteran Affairs Substance use Specialty Care. Substance Abuse 2019, 40: 444-452. PMID: 31206342, DOI: 10.1080/08897077.2019.1621243.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVeterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare SystemAddiction treatmentSpecialty care settingsMultiple health care disciplinesVeterans Health AdministrationNew clinical serviceSubstance use treatmentOutpatient addiction treatmentNew treatment settingsSUD clinicsHealth care disciplinesOutpatient settingPatient satisfactionSpecialty careCare settingsTreatment settingsHealth AdministrationClinical servicesUse treatmentCare disciplinesStaff satisfactionHealthcare systemChaplaincy servicesIndividual treatmentInterprofessional training
2014
Pilot results of a new model of addiction treatment: managing addiction as a chronic disease.
Edens EL, Donahue CA, Riordan CE. Pilot results of a new model of addiction treatment: managing addiction as a chronic disease. Connecticut Medicine 2014, 78: 487-91. PMID: 25314889.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubstance use disordersAddiction treatmentChronic diseasesDSM-5 substance use disordersMonths of treatmentConcept pilot studyOutpatient addiction treatmentRandom alcoholAddiction treatment systemPilot resultsSustained abstinenceUse disordersIllness modelPilot studyDrug testsResidential careCarePilot participantsDay programTreatmentCurrent standardDiseasePotential effectivenessParticipantsAddiction
2009
Novel Pharmacological Approaches to Drug Abuse Treatment
Edens E, Massa A, Petrakis I. Novel Pharmacological Approaches to Drug Abuse Treatment. Current Topics In Behavioral Neurosciences 2009, 3: 343-386. PMID: 21161760, DOI: 10.1007/7854_2009_29.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNovel pharmacological approachesPharmacological approachesAddiction treatmentDrug abuse treatmentDrugs of abuseWithdrawal discomfortDopaminergic tonePharmacologic researchRewarding effectsNeural pathwaysAbuse treatmentNeurobiological underpinningsTreatmentNicotineDrugsVaried treatmentsAdditional substancesComorbiditiesMedicationsOpiates