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Treatment Settings
Various treatment formats, either in a live-in facility or through regular visits to a clinic, are designed for ongoing support, to help maintain recovery, and to prevent relapse.
Effect of Intranasal vs Intramuscular Naloxone on Opioid Overdose: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Key Points
Question: Is 800 μg of naloxone hydrochloride administered intranasally as effective in reversing opioid overdose as the same dose administered intramuscularly?
Findings: In this double-blind, double-dummy randomized clinical...
Staff Perceptions of Prescription and Over-the-Counter Drug Dependence Services in England: A Qualitative Study
Abstract
Background
Dependence to prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs represents an increasing public health and clinical problem both in England and internationally. However, relatively little is known about those affected...
Helping to Support and Transform the Lives of People Affected by Alcohol
Drinking to excess takes a huge toll on individuals, families, communities and society as a whole.
Many adult problem drug users have long histories of substance misuse which often starts before the age of 18.
Providing well-funded...
Launch of 'Sobriety, Abstinence & Moderation' Research Cluster
With recent declines in drinking rates across parts of the world including Europe and Australia – particularly amongst younger people – and the rise of ‘positive sobriety’ movements, ‘dry months’ and online communities, further research...
Rights, Respect and Recovery: Action Plan
In 2018, the Scottish Government released the Rights, Respect and Recovery: Scotland's Alcohol and Drug Treatment Strategy.
Scotland's first drugs strategy for a decade focuses on treating the issue as a public health concern rather than a...
UNODC-WHO Joint Programme on Drug Dependence Treatment and Care
Both the WHO and UNODC strive to address the complex issues presented by drug use and dependence.
The vision: The effective and humane treatment for all people with drug use disorders. Nothing less than would be expected for any other...
A Further Look at Therapeutic Interventions for Suicide Attempts and Self-Harm in Adolescents: An Updated Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials
Background: Suicide attempts (SA) and other types of self-harm (SH) are strong predictors of death by suicide in adolescents, emphasizing the need to investigate therapeutic interventions in reduction of these and other symptoms. We...
Responding to Global Stimulant Use: Challenges and Opportunities
Stimulants drugs increase the activity of the central nervous system producing feelings of euphoria, increased confidence, sociability, energy, and wakefulness.
In a recent paper, published as part of the Lancet series on drug use...
Viet Nam - UNODC Discussing Cooperation in Drug Prevention and Treatment
Currently, relevant ministries and agencies in Vietnam are studying, supplementing and amending the Law on Drug Prevention and Control to meet the current situation and practical requirements, including the section on drug prevention and...
Newsletter SPYM
October Newsletter - SPYM
Look at the activities that were undertaken by SPYM in the month of October.
Six Days Training Workshop of UTC 5 & 8 for Addiction Professionals of Pakistan Organized by M A Jinnah Foundation, Nishan Rehab & ISSUP Pakistan
M A Jinnah Foundation(Regd), Sialkot in collaboration with Nishan Rehab Pakistan (an approved Education Provider by Colombo Plan DAP) organized six days training workshop on Universal Treatment Curriculum for Addiction Professional UTC 5...
Readiness to Change among Involuntarily and Voluntarily Admitted Patients with Substance Use Disorders
Abstract
Background
Health care workers in the addiction field have long emphasised the importance of a patient’s motivation on the outcome of treatments for substance use disorders (SUDs). Many patients entering treatment are not yet...
Sexual Risky Behavior, Cocaine and Alcohol Use among Substance Users in an Outpatient Facility: A Cross Section Study
Abstract
Background
Substance dependence is considered an international health issue and studies that access the characteristic of this population are required to develop public health programs for harm reduction. To this aim, we purpose...
O léčbě psychostimulancií a komorbidních psychiatrických a zdravotních poruch diskutují odborníci ze států Střední Asie
Ve dnech 4. a 8. listopadu 2019 se v uzbeckém Taškentu zúčastnilo 24 specialistů z center pro léčbu drogové závislosti, narcologických klinik a institucí Kazachstánu, Kyrgyzstánu, Tádžikistánu, Turkmenistánu a Uzbekistánu regionálního...
Cannabis Use and Associated Health Problems – What’s the Harm?
Abstract
Aim
Cannabis is the most widely used illegal drug in Ireland. We sought to describe the changing pattern of cannabis use and cannabis related health harms.
Methods
Data was collated from two national population surveys and...
UNODC pořádá školení o užívání psychoaktivních látek pro tvůrce politik
Úřad OSN pro drogy a kriminalitu (UNODC) uspořádal ve dnech 22. až 24. října 2019 v brazilské Brazílii školení pro účastníky na vysoké úrovni zaměřené na povahu a prevenci a léčbu poruch spojených s užíváním drog. Setkání se zúčastnilo asi...
Vietnamští politici se zúčastnili školení UNODC o povaze, prevenci a léčbě poruch spojených s užíváním drog
Více než třicet (30) vietnamských osob s rozhodovací pravomocí na vysoké úrovni z odboru prevence sociálních náměstků, ministerstva práce, invalidů a sociálních věcí (MOLISA), úřadu vlády (OOG), ministerstva zdravotnictví (MOH)...
Six Days Training of Pakistan's Addiction Treatment Professionals
The M A Jinnah Foundation ( Regd ), Sialkot is going to organize a six days Training of Pakistan's Addiction Treatment Professionals from 1-6 November, 2019 on Universal Treatment Curriculum 5 (Intake, Assessment, Screening, Treatment...
Recovery Month Celebration – “Join the Voices for Recovery: Together We Are Stronger”
Dhaka Ahsania Mission observed the Recovery Month on 22 September 2019 at Ahsnia Mission Female Drug Treatment Center (FDTC) first time in Bangladesh. The objective of celebrating the Recovery Month is to educate people that substance use...
Interventions to Integrate Care for People with Serious Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders: A Systematic Scoping Review Protocol
Abstract
Introduction: People with serious mental illness (SMI) and/or substance use disorders (SUDs) have an elevated risk of premature mortality compared with the general population. This has been attributed to higher rates of chronic...