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The range of medical, psychological, and social services designed to help individuals reduce or stop substance use and manage substance use disorders. Treatment may include assessment, counselling and behavioural therapies, medication-assisted treatment, withdrawal management, and support for co-occurring mental or physical health conditions. Effective treatment is typically person-centred and evidence-informed, and may be provided in outpatient, community, or residential settings. Treatment aims to improve health and functioning, reduce substance-related harms, and support individuals in moving toward recovery and long-term wellbeing.
Hazardous Alcohol Use among Patients with Schizophrenia and Depression
Harmful alcohol use is known to increase the risk of alcohol dependence as well as physical conditions such as hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and cirrhosis.
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a common co-occurring disorder in people with...
Assessing Prenatal Alcohol Exposure in a Study of Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a diagnostic term used to describe physical, neurodevelopmental, and cognitive impairments that have occurred following exposure to alcohol during pregnancy. The diagnosis of FASD requires a...
Centros de Integración Biblioteca Virtual En Adicciones
The Virtual Library in Addictions, developed by Centros de Integración Juvenil, allows access to resources and information services specialized in Addictions and related topics, serving users of different levels.
The aim of the library is...
Utilization of Addiction Treatment among U.S. Adults with History of Incarceration and Substance Use Disorders
Abstract
Background
The high prevalence of substance use disorders (SUDs) among incarcerated adults in the U.S. is well-known, but there has been less examination of SUD treatment and rates of incarceration among the population of adults...
Invitation to Participate: How do we support people with intellectual disability and addictive behaviours?: An exploratory study of addiction counsellors
This study is concerned with the experiences of professionals in the field of intellectual or developmental disability, and professionals in the field of addiction in working with people with learning and developmental disability who...
A revised checklist for writing up research reports
The Journal of Addiction has developed a checklist for helping potential contributors write up papers in the field of addiction.
#DontPinkMyDrink Campaign
After years of objectifying and sexualising women in their advertising, the alcohol industry is now targeting women more directly, linking their products to women's friendships, feminism and empowerment. However, women’s empowerment will...
Substance Use among Youth with Chronic Medical Conditions
Adolescence is generally associated with health, development and growth. However, a great number of adolescents are affected by chronic illness - defined as a disability interfering with normal life and/or demanding treatment. Substance use...
Volatile Substance Abuse
Volatile Substance Abuse (VSA) is the practice of inhaling volatile substances, which are often common household products, like glues, gases and aerosols in order to get high.
Glues, gases and aerosols contain volatile substances which...
Treatment of Cannabis-related Problems in the Nordic Countries
After alcohol, cannabis is the second most common intoxicant in the Nordics.
In Denmark cannabis is by far the principle issue among newcomers to drug treatment, in Iceland, more than one-third of all addiction patients have cannabis as a...
Efficacy of Monthly Buprenorphine Injections for Opioid Use Disorders
Opioid use disorder is a chronic, relapsing disease and a global health burden. Treatment for OUD tends to involve a combination of medication and behavioural intervention. It is recognised that buprenorphine can alleviate opioid withdrawal...
Časopis Adiktologie
Adiktologie je mezinárodní časopis věnovaný publikování recenzovaných, interdisciplinárních a transdisciplinárních vědeckých zpráv o užívání psychoaktivních látek, behaviorálních závislostech a souvisejících otázkách.
UNIATF: Call for Nominations for the Task Force Awards 2019
The UN Interagency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases (UNIATF) is calling for nominations for the UNIATF Award.
Inspire Freedom Campaign - IOGT International
The Inspire Freedom Campaign – Together for women and girls – every 25th is IOGT International’s flagship community campaign to promote the rights of girls and women and to end gender-based violence, by preventing alcohol violence.
The...
Xchange Prevention Registry
Xchange is an online registry of evidence-based prevention programmes. In its first phase, the registry will make available manualised interventions that European evaluation studies show have beneficial outcomes relating to substance use...
A Promising Alternative to Opioid Pain Medications
There is a growing problem of misuse of prescription opioids, opioid addiction, and overdose. This highlights the crucial need for finding an addiction-free alternative medication that can be used to treat severe pain.
Researchers are...
Infografika a zpráva o komorbiditě
Termín "komorbidita" popisuje dvě nebo více poruch nebo nemocí vyskytujících se u stejné osoby. Mohou se objevit současně nebo jeden po druhém. Komorbidita také znamená interakce mezi nemocemi, které mohou zhoršit průběh obou.
Mnoho...
Účinnost nového vícesložkového balíčku služeb pro odvykání kouření pro pacienty s hypertenzí a diabetem v severním Thajsku
Abstraktní
Pozadí
Odvykání kouření je dosažitelná změna chování, která snižuje riziko kardiovaskulárních onemocnění, rakoviny a onemocnění souvisejících s tabákem. Je zapotřebí účinné služby odvykání kouření v zemích s nízkými a středními...
Effectiveness Bank Analysis: UPDATED Long-Acting Buprenorphine an Advance on Daily Doses
*Updated with UK licensing information and advice released in February 2019 by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence*
What could prove a technical advance in the medication-based treatment of dependence on heroin and allied...
Prodloužený korigovaný QT interval vyvolaný léky u pacientů s předávkováním metadonem a opiem
Abstraktní
Pozadí
Írán je zemí s nejvyšší mírou závislosti na opiátech na světě. Nejčastěji používaným opioidem v Íránu je opium a metadon je na druhém místě. Trend užívání drog se od roku 2006 do roku 2011 změnil z opia na metadon...