The Center for Drug and Alcohol Programs (CDAP) has had a long history of involvement in research to advance knowledge in substance use disorders. Some of the most well known and respected leaders in the field of alcohol and chemical dependency research are conducting basic science and clinical research studies at CDAP. Examples of some of the interdisciplinary topics under study are cravings for alcohol or cocaine, treatment of withdrawal symptoms, characterization of the alcohol withdrawal phenomenon, alcohol and social anxiety, and mood disorders such as depression or bipolar disorder which coexist with substance use.

Within CDAP is the Charleston Alcohol Research Center  (ARC).  The ARC has the honor of being chosen by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to be a National Alcohol Research Center. The Center's research projects focus on alcohol treatment and treatment implications. The treatment research theme has its foundation in advances achieved by complementing clinical research with basic research in behavioral science. There are five interdisciplinary research components and three core components within the Charleston Alcohol Research Center.

The research effort at CDAP is an integrated "bench-to-clinic" strategy aimed at achieving and promoting effective treatment programs through the application of the most advanced research findings in the field of substance abuse and dependence.

To read more about CDAP research, please see highlights of CDAP faculty publications on alcohol and substance abuse. 

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