4] Featured Publications
Drugs, Brains, and Behavior - The Science of Addiction
Provides scientific information about the disease of drug addiction, including the many harmful consequences of drug abuse and the basic approaches that have been developed to prevent and treat the disease.



Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment:
A Research-Based Guide
Provides research-based information about addiction, drug treatment, and recovery for new patients undergoing treatment for addiction, and for their friends and families.


Principles of Drug Abuse Treatment for
Criminal Justice Populations
NIDA's research-based guide for treating drug abusers within criminal justice settings. Provides 13 essential treatment principles, and includes answers to frequently asked questions, and resource information.



Preventing Drug Use Among Children and Adolescents:
A Research-Based Guide for Parents, Educators, and
Community Leaders
The 16 fundamental prevention principles are outlined, Discussions include key factors that place youth at risk for drug abuse, gudiance for planning drug abuse prevention programs in the community, applying the prevention principles to programs, and describing the core elements of effective prevention programs.



NIDA Research Report Series: Comorbidity:
Addiction and Other Mental Illnesses
Comorbidity is a topic that stakeholders–– patients, family members, health care professionals, and others––frequently ask about. It is also a topic about which we have insufficient information, and so it remains a research priority for NIDA. This Research Report provides information on the state of the science in this area.
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