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Peer-Reviewed Articles
Perceptions vs. Reality:
Measuring of Pleural Fluid pH in North Carolina
Mark R. Bowling, MD
Arjun Chatterjee, MD, MS
John Conforti, DO
Norman Adair, MD
Edward Haponik, MD
Robert Chin Jr, MD
Postpartum Glucose Tolerance Screening in Women with Gestational Diabetes in the State of North Carolina
Arthur M. Baker, MD
Seth C. Brody, MD, MPH
Kathryn Salisbury
Robin Schectman
Katherine E. Hartmann, MD, PhD
Health Reform in
North Carolina
Lessons from the Past
and Prospects for the Future
Thomas C. Ricketts III, PhD, MPH
Policy Forum:
Substance Abuse in
North Carolina
Introduction
Thomas C. Ricketts III, PhD, MPH
Christine Nielsen, MPH
Issue Brief:
Substance Abuse in North Carolina
Pam C. Silberman, JD, DrPH
Representative Verla Insko
Senator Martin L. Nesbitt Jr, JD
Dewayne Book, MD
Kimberly Alexander-Bratcher, MPH
Berkeley Yorkery, MPP
Jennifer Hastings, MS, MPH
Daniel Shive, MSPH
Jesse Lichstein, MSPH
Mark Holmes, PhD
Commentaries
Drug Addiction:
A Chronically Relapsing Brain Disease
David P. Friedman, PhD
Substance Abuse Screening and Brief Intervention in Primary Care
Sara McEwen, MD, MPH
Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care, the Culture of Recovery, and Recovery Support Services
Donna M. Cotter, MBA
Making the Public Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse System More Accessible:
An Invitation to Recovery
Flo Stein, MPH
The Emerging Role of Prevention and Community Coalitions:
Working for the Greater Good
Phillip W. Graham, DrPH, MPH
Phillip A. Mooring, MS, CSAPC, LCAS
Substance Use Treatment Needs Among Recent Veterans
A. Meade Eggleston, PhD
Kristy Straits-Troster, PhD
Harold Kudler, MD
Physician Health vs. Impairment:
The North Carolina Physicians Health Program
Warren Pendergast, MD
Jim Scarborough, MDiv
Substance Abuse Treatment Continuum in the North Carolina Department of Correction
Virgina Price
Drug Treatment Courts
Kirstin Frescoln
Substance Abuse Services and Issues in Community Offender Supervision
Robert Lee Guy
Timothy Moose
Catherine Smith
The Physician's Role in Treating Addiction as a Diagnosable and Treatable Illness
Dewayne Book, MD
Adequacy of the Substance Abuse Workforce
Anna Misenheimer
Oxford Houses and My Road to Recovery
Kathleen Gibson
Departments
Tarheel Footprints in Health Care
Philanthropy Profile
Running the Numbers
Spotlight on the Safety Net
Classified Ads
Index of Advertisers