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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.
World “NO Tobacco Day”, Youth of Allied Health Sciences Presented A Variety Of Projects At The University Of Lahore
On May 31, 2022, the world celebrates “NO Tobacco Day”. To honor this day, many events take place every year. The effects of smoking tobacco and the millions of deaths that take place, as a result, are widely known. Cancer, stroke...
Webinar on psychological flexibility for addictive behaviours
On June 3 Friday evening, 2022, a webinar was held to educate youth, students and professionals about a new clinical construct called Psychological Flexibility. The importance of this ability was elaborated in the context of managing...
Addiction Severity Index (ASI) Assessment Interview Learning Video (Part III).
ASI Interview Part III
This video is intended as a learning tool for practicing assessment interview skills by using ASI adapted from UTC on course 5: Intake, Screening Assessment, Treatment Plan, and Documentation for Addiction...
The influence of poly-drug use patterns on the association between opioid agonist treatment engagement and injecting initiation assistance
Abstract
Background
Evidence suggests people who inject drugs (PWID) prescribed opioid agonist treatment (OAT) are less likely to provide injection drug use (IDU) initiation assistance. We investigated the association between OAT...
Anticancer effects of disulfiram: a systematic review of in vitro, animal, and human studies
Abstract
Background and objectives
Cancer morbidity and mortality rates remain high, and thus, at present, considerable efforts are focused on finding drugs with higher sensitivity against tumor cells and fewer side effects. Disulfiram...
Modeling the evolution of the US opioid crisis for national policy development
Abstract
The opioid crisis is a major public health challenge in the United States, killing about 70,000 people in 2020 alone. Long delays and feedbacks between policy actions and their effects on drug-use behavior create dynamic...
Granty pro soukromá centra pro léčbu drogové závislosti a rehabilitační centra v Bangladéši
Aby se zlepšila kvalita protidrogové léčby a rehabilitačních služeb, bangladéšská vláda již potřetí poskytla granty soukromým léčebným a rehabilitačním centrům po celé zemi.
Vláda navíc podnikla kroky ke zvýšení programů snižování poptávky...
Drug treatment management and mental health care training manual review workshop held
Proper guidelines for professionals are essential in providing quality services. With this in mind, Dhaka Ahsania Mission Health Sector organized a day-long consultation workshop on June 2, 2022, under the JPRPHRPC project supported by GIZ...
Comparison of Medical Cannabis Use Reported on a Confidential Survey vs Documented in the Electronic Health Record Among Primary Care Patients
Abstract
Importance Patients who use cannabis for medical reasons may benefit from discussions with clinicians about health risks of cannabis and evidence-based treatment alternatives. However, little is known about the prevalence of...
Souvislost mezi kuřáckou anamnézou a celkovým přežitím u pacientů léčených pembrolizumabem v první linii léčby pokročilého nemalobuněčného karcinomu plic
Abstraktní
Důležitost : Je třeba přizpůsobit léčbu pacientům, u nichž je největší pravděpodobnost, že z ní budou mít největší prospěch, aby se zlepšily výsledky léčby pacientů a zvýšila se nákladová efektivita léčby rakoviny.
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Variations in national availability of waivered buprenorphine prescribers by racial and ethnic composition of zip codes
Background
Opioid overdose remains a public health crisis in diverse communities. Between 2019 and 2020, there was an almost 40% increase in drug fatalities primarily due to opioid analogues of both stimulants and opioids. Medications for...
Pohledy pacientů na depotní léčbu závislosti na opioidech buprenorfinem – kvalitativní studie rozhovoru
Pozadí
Nedávno vyvinuté injekce buprenorfinového depa mají potenciál snížit riziko odklonu a nesprávného použití a zvýšit adherenci s menším počtem návštěv pro kontrolovaný příjem. Není však jasné, jak pacienti vnímají tuto novou formu...
A qualitative study exploring how young people perceive and experience substance use services in British Columbia, Canada
Background
Substance use among youth (ages 12–24) is troublesome given the increasing risk of harms associated. Even more so, substance use services are largely under utilised among youth, most only accessing support when in crisis. Few...
Clearing the Smoke on Cannabis: Cannabis Use During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
This report presents the latest clinical evidence on how cannabis use during pregnancy and breastfeeding can affect a developing fetus and infant.
Key points include: the effects of cannabis can be passed onto the fetus through the...
Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Substance Use Disorders: From Theory to Practice
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) has been found to be effective for treating a variety of Substance Use Disorders (SUDs). This webinar will review the CBT model of substance use, as well as practical treatment strategies and tools in...
Stimulanty: Zaměření na účinné léčebné intervence a podporu zotavení
Během tohoto webináře se naučíte:
-Diskutovat o výsledcích výzkumu souvisejících s regenerací mozku po použití stimulantů.
-Vzpomeňte si na behaviorální intervence založené na důkazech, které byly shledány účinnými při léčbě lidí s...
Stres, vztahy a poruchy užívání návykových látek Úvod do neurovědního informovaného poradenství
Během tohoto webináře se naučíte:
- Diskutujte o základech začlenění neurověd do klinické praxe
- Popište neurovědně informovaný model léčby SUD
- Použití modelu stresu, vztahu a SUD
Stress, Relationships, and Substance Use Disorders Clinical Applications
This workshop is Part 2 of a set of presentations on the integration of neuroscience with SUD treatment. Part 1 laid a foundation for ethical practice. Part 2 describes the application of a metaphoric model of neuroscience-informed...
Real-world effectiveness of pharmacological treatments of opioid use disorder in a national cohort
Abstract
Aim
To investigate the real-world effectiveness of pharmacological treatments (buprenorphine, methadone) of opioid use disorder (OUD).
Design
A nation-wide, register-based cohort study.
Setting
Sweden.
Participants
All...
Toward a Theory of Motivational Interviewing
Abstract
The widely-disseminated clinical method of motivational interviewing (MI) arose through a convergence of science and practice. Beyond a large base of clinical trials, advances have been made toward “looking under the hood” of MI...