Mental Health Research Links
Addiction Medicine & Behavioral Science

Research is ongoing in the field of addiction medicine, and a number of online magazines, forums, databases, and research institutes have material that can help you understand current thinking, and directions for future research. Immediate phone consultation is available for answers to urgent questions about addiction. Families, employers, and friends can help save loved ones lives with appropriately planned interventions.

American Society of Addiction Medicine
The nation’s medical specialty society dedicated to educating physicians and improving the treatment of individuals suffering formal alcoholism or other addictions.

Addiction Research.com
The information provided on addictionsearch.com is designed to support, not replace, the relationship that exists between a patient/site visitor and his/her psychologist, mental health counselor, physician or rehabilitation treatment center professional counselor.

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The Association for Contextual Behavioral Science
By reviewing ACBS, you will be participating in a world wide community that is dedicated to the development of a progressive psychology and related behavioral sciences more adequate to the challenge of the human condition. We are attempting to do this by fostering an open and responsible scientific culture that is non-hierarchical, self-critical, and that makes it easy for everyone to play a role. Our work is based on a scientific approach to studying psychological and other behavioral phenomena that emphasizes their interactive and holistic nature, and analyzes them by considering their current and historical context, linked to a pragmatic approach to truth.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Developed within a coherent theoretical and philosophical framework, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a unique empirically based psychological intervention that uses acceptance and mindfulness strategies, together with commitment and behavior change strategies, to increase psychological flexibility. Psychological flexibility means contacting the present moment fully as a conscious human being, and based on what the situation affords, changing or persisting in behavior in the service of chosen values.

Value Science or Magic: Thoughts on Addiction
Learning and communicating how humans can evolve our understanding of value, of science, and of their relationship to further common good. We work in a radical, integrated, and evidence-based way to reduce human suffering. By “radical” we mean that we go to the root of suffering: misinformation about what people want, how to get it, and –most importantly– how we can know these things. By “integrated” we mean that we aim simultaneously to cultivate individual health and awareness, promote social justice, peace, and freedom, and protect environmental quality. By “evidence-based” we mean that we apply scientific methods and principles.

The Ibogaine Dossier: Opioid Withdrawal
Selected Abstracts of Original Research Papers in Ibogaine, an experimental antiaddictive medication, and related subjects.

Hazelden Research Library and Museum of Addiction & Recovery.
Where Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Began.

Executive Addictive Disease Programs Inc.
Confidential services for chemical dependency and related mental health conditions

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration
(SAMHSA) A United States Department of Health site dedicated to mental health. Related sites:

• The SAMHSA Center For Mental Health Services
• The SAMHSA Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
• The SAMHSA Center for Substance Abuse Recovery Support

Prevention and Treatment
A Peer Reviewed Electronic Journal Published by the American Psychological Association

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Alcohol Related Problems: Recognition and Intervention
A Summary Article Published by The American Academy of Family Physicians

The Coalition Against Drug Abuse | How to Help an Addict

Internet Mental Health
“Our goal is to improve understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of mental illness throughout the world.”