Annual Review of Addiction Medicine: Highest Impact Publications from 2021-2022

This Focus Session is a recurring annual review of the highest impact peer-reviewed publications and newsmaker events across the field of Addiction Medicine for 2021-2022. The goal of this session is to provide the learner with concise, critical summaries of the most important peer-reviewed publications and newsmaker events of the past year. Topics are organized by ASAM Principles of Addiction Medicine Chapters: neurobiology, epidemiology, pharmacology, intoxication and withdrawal syndromes, screening and diagnosis, mutual help, harm reduction, criminal legal, dual diagnoses, and pharmacologic and behavioral interventions. Articles are selected and ranked using publication metrics (Journal Impact Factor, Most Downloaded and Most Viewed rankings by journal, Altmetric scores), expert opinion, and topic focus. Articles will cover key events and topics in Addiction Medicine from 2021 including: COVID-19’s lasting effects on drug use and addiction, record national opioid and stimulant overdose rates, telehealth, the boom in psychedelics, and evolving e-Cig science.This busy, rapid-fire session consists of brief journal club presentations of 30-40 of the highest impact addiction medicine peer-reviewed manuscripts and notable publications from 2021 and early 2022. 1-2 slides per article summarize the key methodology and results. Relevant to the busy clinician and downloadable as teaching material, this session’s outline follows the ASAM Principles of Addiction Medicine chapter index. Presenters critically review the recent biggest articles spanning neurobiology, pharmacology, intoxication and withdrawal, screening and diagnosis, treatment, mutual help, and special topics and populations. Media coverage, tweets and shares, and downloads and citation metrics help define the most widely read and likely most influential findings.