Psychiatric News (7/7) reports, “About 20 years ago, diabetes care changed when an organized effort was made to identify patients at risk of diabetes earlier and connect them with treatment,” and “a similar strategy could be used within the substance use disorder (SUD) field by using the term ‘preaddiction,’ advised A. Thomas McLellan, PhD, George F. Koob, PhD, and Nora D. Volkow, MD, in a Viewpoint piece” published online July 6 in JAMA Psychiatry. In the Viewpoint, the authors observed that “the transition from using a substance to developing a substance use disorder is usually slow and variable.”
Related Links:
— “Concept of ‘Preaddiction’ Could Lead to Early Intervention for Possible Substance Use Disorder, Psychiatric News, July 7, 2022