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Applying interventions designed to reduce and manage the symptoms of substance use disorders.
Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids: A Free Online Training Course
A free online training course from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is now available.
The course addresses the CDC recommendations with respect to the prescription of opioids for chronic pain as well as their treatment...
Adult Substance Misuse Statistics from the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS)
This report brings together information on people receiving specialist interventions for drug problems and for problem drinking in England, other than patients receiving this treatment in prison.
Analysed textually and pictorially through...
State HCV Incidence and Policies Related to HCV Preventive and Treatment Services for Persons Who Inject Drugs — United States, 2015–2016
Summary
What is already known about this topic?
The United States has experienced a sharp increase in hepatitis C virus (HCV) incidence that can be attributed to injection drug use. Some states have used public health laws and treatment...
ATTC White Paper: Preparing Students to Work in Integrated Health Care Systems
A recently published White Paper by the Addiction Technology Transfer Centre Newtork (ATTC) starts with the premise that the substance use disorder (SUD) prevention, treatment and recovery workforce is currently undergoing an evolution as a...
Extending the Reach of Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders into Rural Areas
A new study published in the Journal of Addiction Medicine suggests that a tele-psychiatric approach which uses video-link technology in combination with medicinal treatment in the form of buprenorphine could be as effective as the usual...
The Effects of Psychoactive Substances on Driving
The Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA) has released a new report detailing possible effects of psychoactive prescription drugs while driving. The study was carried out with the effort to inform policy decisions aimed at reducing the...
Now Available: European Facility Survey Questionnaire (EFSQ) Package
The European Facility Survey Questionnaire (EFSQ) can be used for data collection in any country by those looking to investigate facilities that provide interventions for drug users.
Its aim is to collect information on facilities in...
Aggression Linked to Substance Use
New Research published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry has found that people with intermittent explosive disorder (IED) – a condition with a significant genetic component characterised by regular outbursts of aggression, whether...
Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix Row 4: The Talking Route to Recovery
The Talking Route to Recovery
Time to consolidate the lessons of last five instalments of the online course on alcohol treatment research. Every treatment involves direct or indirect human interaction, but this row is about therapies in...
Co je třeba vědět o psychosociálních intervencích v léčbě drogové závislosti?
Psychosociální intervence jsou psychologické nebo sociální intervence používané k řešení problémů souvisejících se zneužíváním návykových látek a závislostí na chování. Mohou být použity k identifikaci a léčbě problémů, jakož i k pomoci s...
Globální míra kouření klesá díky opatřením ke snížení poptávky
Nový výzkum publikovaný v časopise The Lancet Public Health naznačuje, že celosvětová míra kouření se po zavedení globální smlouvy o kontrole tabáku snížila o 2,5 %. Smlouva zavazuje 180 zemí, které se k ní zavázaly, aby zavedly politiky...
Můžeme "vypnout" svou potřebu pít alkohol?
Nový výzkum vědců ze Scrippsova výzkumného institutu (TSRI) může vést k vývoji personalizované léčby závislosti na alkoholu. Studie hodnotila, jak se liší reakce lidí v mozku na různé terapeutické postupy. Výsledky budou publikovány v časop...
Kokain vyvolává autofágní cytotoxicitu prostřednictvím signalizační kaskády oxidu dusnatého a GAPDH
Abstraktní
Kokain uplatňuje své behaviorální stimulační účinky tím, že usnadňuje synaptické působení neurotransmiterů, jako je dopamin a serotonin. Je také neurotoxický a široce cytotoxický, což vede k úmrtím na předávkování. Ukazujeme, že...
New Evidence in Mice That Cocaine Makes Brain Cells Cannibalize Themselves
Working with mice, researchers at Johns Hopkins have contributed significant new evidence to support the idea that high doses of cocaine kill brain cells by triggering overactive autophagy, a process in which cells literally digest their...
ISSUP Mexico 2017
At the beginning of April ISSUP’s Deputy Executive Director, Joanna Travis-Roberts, headed to Cancún, Mexico to plan for this year’s Annual ISSUP Workshop.
Standardy a osvědčené postupy léčby EMCDDA
Zjistěte, co funguje (a co nefunguje) v oblasti protidrogové prevence, léčby a sociální reintegrace.
Effectiveness Bank Matrix Bite: Psychosocial Therapies in the Treatment System
This is one of 25 cells in the Alcohol Treatment Matrix. The cell discusses key research relating to the roles of psychosocial therapies in local treatment systems. In particular, their role in creating a cost-effective mix of services...
Should Opioid Dependent Patients Receive Immediate Access to Medical Treatment?
New research supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has found through a comparison of treatment approaches for opioid dependence that, in an emergency setting, combining the medication buprenorphine with on-going care is...
Can Abstaining from Alcohol Help to Fight the Spread of HIV?
Studies have shown that alcohol may play a role in more that 13% of deaths resulting from infectious diseases, including HIV.
Evidence suggests that alcohol consumption negatively affects the fight against HIV primarily by:
- Increasing...
Could LSD Have a Role in New Therapeutic Treatments?
New research published in the journal Translational Psychiatry has found that LSD reduces activity in the region of the brain responsible for negative emotions such as fear.
The researchers call this the drug’s ‘de-frightening effect’ and...