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Psychoactive Substances
Psychoactive substances are natural or synthetic substances that act on the central nervous system and alter mental processes such as mood, perception, cognition, consciousness, and behaviour. These substances may be legally prescribed medications (e.g., pain medications or sedatives), legally available substances such as alcohol or caffeine, or controlled or illicit drugs. Psychoactive substances can be used for medical, social, cultural, or recreational purposes, but some carry risks of misuse, dependence, and health or social harms when used in harmful ways.
New Psychoactive Substances (NPS): Synthetic Hallucinogens/ Synthetic Depressants
The Second Webinar was hosted by ISSUP Pakistan and focus on Synthetic Hallucinogens/ Synthetic Depressants.
Awareness Lecture and Workshop on Risky Behaviors & Substance Use in an International Family Medicine Conference, Avari Hotel, Lahore Pakistan
Two days International Family Medicine Conference has been arranged at Avari Hotel in Lahore Pakistan on May 21 and 22, 2022. The organizers were the team members of WONCA SAR. The guest speaker/trainer invited to grace these initiatives...
Is fetal brain monoamine oxidase inhibition the missing link between maternal smoking and conduct disorders?
Abstract
Smoking is the leading cause of preventable illness in the world today. Prenatal cigarette smoke exposure (PCSE) is a particularly insidious form because so many of its associated health effects befall the unborn child and produce...
Intentions and Attempts to Quit Smoking Among Sexual Minoritized Adult Smokers After Exposure to the Tips From Former Smokers Campaign
Abstract
Importance Significant disparities exist in smoking behaviors by sexual minority status in the US.
Objective To examine potential differences in the associations between exposure to the Tips From Former Smokers (Tips) campaign...
Call for Papers- Drug Addiction Research in China
Drug addiction has been a major public health problem bringing a heavy burden to patients, families and society in China historically and contemporarily. In the recent two decades, animal and clinical research on mechanisms, trajectories...
Implementing Adolescent SBIRT
Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) is an evidence-based approach to early intervention of substance use.
This mixed-methods evaluation assessed the implementation of an adolescent SBIRT change package across...
Words Matter Language Guide
The need to change our language in relation to people who use drugs has become an increasing topic of discussion, but there is still a long way to go. People who use drugs are highly diverse and their relationship with drug use takes many...
Nové psychoaktivní látky (NPS): Syntetické stimulanty/syntetické kanabinoidy
ISSUP s potěšením představuje první webinář ze série o nových psychoaktivních látkách (NPS).
Fetal Exposure to Cannabis and Childhood Metabolic Outcomes: The Healthy Start Study
Abstract
Objective
To assess the impact of fetal exposure to cannabis on adiposity and glucose-insulin traits in early life.
Research Design and Methods
We leveraged a subsample of 103 mother-child pairs from Healthy Start, an...
Assessing the feasibility, usability and acceptability of the MySafeRx platform among individuals in outpatient buprenorphine treatment: Lessons learned from a pilot randomized controlled trial
Abstract
Background
Increasing buprenorphine/naloxone (B/N) access for opioid use disorder (OUD) is essential yet ensuring adherence and preventing diversion remains challenging. This study examines the feasibility, usability, and...
Neurofeedback for opioid dependent patients in an outpatient setting: a pilot feasibility study
Background
When used in combination with other therapies for drug use disorders, neurofeedback (NF) has been classified as "probably effective," according to recent research in the community of people with opioid use disorder. Despite...
Úloha specializovaných adiktologických sester v léčbě alkoholu
Nedávná studie zjistila, že začlenění specializovaných sester pro závislosti do týmů praktických lékařů může pomoci řešit problémy s alkoholem ve znevýhodněných oblastech.
V tomto blogu hlavní autorka Dr. Andrea Mohan zkoumá, proč je role...
Introduction of new methods and tools for drug use disorders diagnostics and treatment discussed in Kazakhstan
On April 15, 2022, the UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia in collaboration with the Republican Scientific and Practical Center for Mental Health held a “National Round Table Discussion on the application of new methods and tools of drug...
Association of Psychiatric Disorders With Incidence of SARS-CoV-2 Breakthrough Infection Among Vaccinated Adults
Abstract
Importance Psychiatric disorders may be associated with an increased risk for SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infection after vaccination, but no studies have tested this hypothesis.
Objective To evaluate whether past diagnoses of...
Pokroky v oblasti závislosti a zotavení
Advances in Addiction & Recovery, oficiální publikace NAADAC, je čtvrtletní digitální časopis zaměřený na poskytování užitečných, inovativních a včasných informací o trendech a osvědčených postupech v profesi, které jsou přínosné pro...
DAM Report of Recovery Get-Together 2022
Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) drug treatment centers celebrate Recovery Get-Together every year to support recoveries and help integration back into society. This year DAM arranged a “Recovery Get together” program on March 26, 2022, at Ahsania Mission Drug Treatment Center, Gazipur.
National Round Table Discussion on application of new methods and tools of drug use disorders diagnostics and treatment in Uzbekistan
On 25 March 2022 the UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia held a National Round Table Discussion on application of new methods and tools of drug use disorders’ diagnostics and treatment in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The meeting was attended by...
Úloha kvalitativního výzkumu ve vědě o závislostech
Přednášející: Dr. Richard Pates, konzultant klinický psycholog, šéfredaktor, Journal of Substance Use
MUP a bezdomovci / pouliční pijáci a poskytovatelé služeb
Podívejte se na video z prezentace webináře SHAAP/SARN "Alcohol Occasionals", který se konal na Zoomu dne 31. března 2022: "Minimální jednotkové ceny (#MUP): Kvalitativní studie zkušeností konzumentů bez domova, pouličních pijáků a...
Khan, M & Aslam, N. (2020). Prevalence of Caffeine Intake among Cigarette Smokers: Directing Caffeine Use Disorder among Pakistani Population, Pak J Med Res, 59 (1), 15-21.
Background: Caffeine is the most commonly used psychoactive drug, being widely enjoyed and open handedly taken all around the world. The use of tea, coffee, soft drinks, chocolates etc is quite common without any sort of consideration to...