Interventions to Prevent and Treat Addictions Study Section – IPTA
The Interventions to Prevent and Treat Addictions (IPTA) study section reviews clinical applications at the individual level aimed at developing, modifying, adapting, piloting or testing interventions to prevent the onset of addictive and related problem behaviors, preventing the progression of substance use to abuse, curtailing the progression of substance abuse to dependence, preventing relapse, and treating substance use disorders and other addictive behaviors.
Prevention and treatment interventions tested under both controlled (efficacy) and real-world (effectiveness) conditions are included. All studies are in human populations. Applications with a strong biological, basic science, or animal model focus are reviewed in other study sections.
Review Dates
Topics
- Interventions to prevent substance use and progression toward addiction during critical developmental periods (e.g., adolescence, emerging adulthood) and across the lifespan.
- Interventions to treat abuse of illicit drugs (including cocaine, heroin, marijuana, methamphetamine, new and emerging drugs) and alcohol, and related problems (e.g., substance-related violence and victimization); prescription drug misuse; nicotine dependence and use of alternative tobacco products. Interventions to treat other addictive behaviors (e.g., gambling disorder, internet addiction).
- Pharmacotherapies and behavioral interventions.
- Interventions among individuals with co-morbidity of addictions and other behavioral, medical, and psychological conditions.
- Feasibility/pilot intervention trials, randomized controlled trials, and adaptive trial designs.
- Trials examining the efficacy of interventions under controlled conditions and the effectiveness of efficacious interventions delivered in less controlled or uncontrolled situations or service settings.
- Testing of new technologies or other methods for administering interventions.
Shared Interests and Overlaps
CCHI/Health Promotion in Communities (HPC).There are shared interests between HPC and Interventions to Prevent and Treat Addiction (IPTA) in preventing addictive health risks. Applications that focus on community-level interventions to prevent addictive behaviors using community-based participatory approaches are reviewed in HPC. Interventions that focus on preventing and treating addiction at the individual level are reviewed in IPTA.
CCHI / Addiction Risks and Mechanisms (ARM): IPTA and ARM have a shared interest in substance use, addiction, and addictive behaviors. Applications focused on intervening at the individual level to prevent and treat addictive behaviors are reviewed in IPTA; applications focused on understanding the individual-level behaviors and mechanisms underlying substance use and abuse are reviewed in ARM, including biological, environmental, psychological, and neurocognitive factors that influence or predict the onset or trajectory of addictive behaviors.
CCHI / Psychosocial Development, Risk, and Prevention (PDRP): IPTA and PDRP have a shared interest in substance use interventions in adolescents. Applications focused broadly on addiction treatment are reviewed in IPTA; applications focused on interventions specifically related to social and developmental aspects are reviewed in PDRP.
CCHI / Biobehavioral Medicine and Health Outcomes (BMHO): IPTA and BMHO have a shared interest in pain management and opioid use. Applications focused on pain management in the context of opioid use disorder or the prevention of opioid misuse are reviewed in IPTA. Applications focused on the clinical use of prescribed opioids for pain management are reviewed in BMHO.
CCHI/Neurobiology of Motivated Behavior (NMB). Applications related to motivated behaviors, such as mediation of drug and other types of reward, mechanisms of tolerance, dependence, withdrawal, and sensitization primarily in animal models may be reviewed by the Neurobiology of Motivated Behavior (NMB) study section. Human focused interventions at the individual level to prevent and treat addictive behaviors in the context of opioid use disorder, or the prevention of opioid misuse are reviewed in IPTA.
CCHI / Biobehavioral Medicine and Health Outcomes (BMHO): IPTA and BMHO have a shared interest in pain management and opioid use. Applications focused on pain management in the context of opioid use disorder or the prevention of opioid misuse are reviewed in IPTA. Applications focused on the clinical use of prescribed opioids for pain management are reviewed in BMHO.
