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Research Suggests Changes to the Way Opioids Are Prescribed after Surgery Could Prevent Misuse
A team of researchers from Harvard Medical School in Boston has published a new study suggesting changes to the way opioids are prescribed after surgery could be a way to reduce misuse.
Featured in the British Medical Journal, the study Po...
e-Addictology: An Overview of New Technologies for Assessing and Intervening in Addictive Behaviors
Background: New technologies can profoundly change the way we understand psychiatric pathologies and addictive disorders. New concepts are emerging with the development of more accurate means of collecting live data, computerized...
Reported Theory Use by Digital Interventions for Hazardous and Harmful Alcohol Consumption, and Association with Effectiveness
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Background: Applying theory to the design and evaluation of interventions is likely to increase effectiveness and improve the evidence base from which future interventions are developed, though few interventions report this.
Obje...
Riziko násilí v centrech drogové rehabilitace
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V roce 2009 Mexiko reformovalo svůj zdravotní zákon tak, aby částečně dekriminalizovalo držení drog pro osobní potřebu a zvýšilo povinné předávání do certifikovaných center drogové rehabilitace namísto uvěznění. Současně...
Rozsah a vzorce užívání drog mezi osobami se zdravotním postižením v Keni
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Souvislosti: Ačkoli existovaly určité údaje, které naznačovaly, že v běžné populaci Keni existuje vysoká prevalence užívání drog, kdy 39–48 % osob ve věku 15–65 let užilo alkohol a alespoň jednu další látku, obecně chyběly...
Substance Abuse during Pregnancy: A 5-Year Follow-Up of Mothers and Children
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Introduction: The study investigates health and social conditions among pregnant substance abusers and the children that were born from these pregnancies, and analyses outcomes in relation to type of substance abuse.
Methods: Reg...
Existuje závislost na soli?
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Východiska: Konzumace soli aktivuje mozkový systém odměny, vyvolává chutě a hledání slaného jídla. Jeho nadměrný příjem je spojen s vysokým krevním tlakem a obezitou. Vysoké množství soli ve zpracovaných potravinách je s...
Trends in Mortality Rates Where Alcohol Was a Necessary Cause of Death in Brazil, 2000–2013
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[ABSTRACT]. Objective: To analyze trends in mortality due to diseases and conditions fully attributable to alcohol in Brazil. Methods: This was an ecological time-series study. Proportional, specific, and age-standardized...
Alcohol Outlet Availability and Excessive Alcohol Consumption in Breast Cancer Survivors
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Breast cancer survivors who consume alcohol excessively are at increased risk of recurrence and have worse prognosis. Because the environments in which people live shape many health behaviors, there has been increased...
Association of Cigarette, Cigar, and Pipe Use With Mortality Risk in the US Population
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Question: What is the association of cigar, pipe, and cigarette use with mortality risk in the US population?
Findings: In this nationally representative longitudinal cohort study of 357 420 participants comparing exclusive...
Reduced Orbitofrontal Gray Matter Concentration as a Marker of Premorbid Childhood Trauma in Cocaine Use Disorder
Background: Childhood trauma affects neurodevelopment and promotes vulnerability to impaired constraint, depression, and addiction. Reduced gray matter concentration (GMC) in the mesocorticolimbic regions implicated in reward processing and...
Cocaine Effects on Dopaminergic Transmission Depend on a Balance between Sigma-1 and Sigma-2 Receptor Expression
Sigma σ1 and σ2 receptors are targets of cocaine. Despite sharing a similar name, the two receptors are structurally unrelated and their physiological role is unknown. Cocaine increases the level of dopamine, a key neurotransmitter in CNS...
Dvojí poruchy u jedinců léčených jak pro alkohol, tak pro kokain
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Úvod: Popisné údaje o současném výskytu alkoholu a užívání kokainu jsou vzácné, a to i přes jeho významnou prevalenci. Duální poruchy vykazují vysokou prevalenci v klinických vzorcích a pacienti hlásí horší vývoj a potřebují...
Estimating Treatment Coverage for People with Substance Use Disorders: An Analysis of Data from the World Mental Health Surveys
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Substance use is a major cause of disability globally. This has been recognized in the recent United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in which treatment coverage for substance use disorders is identified as one of the...
The Reciprocal Lagged Effects of Substance Use and Recidivism in a Prisoner Reentry Context
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Much work has investigated the association between substance use, crime, and recidivism, yet little scholarship has examined these associations longitudinally among samples of recently released prisoners. We examine...
Anxiety and Depression in Drug-Dependent Patients with Cluster C Personality Disorders
Objective: Comorbidity between personality disorders (PD) and substance-use disorders (SUD) is one of the most common findings in the psychiatric field. The patients with Cluster C disorders present maladjustment traits often characterized...
Does Trait Mindfulness Level Affect Quitting Cannabis Use? A Six Week Follow-Up Study
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Background: Only 29% of cannabis dependent individuals seek treatment, yet significant decreases in cannabis use are seen in 31-36% of individuals that seek treatment. Follow-up studies have found that over 60% in substance use...
Ukazatele účinnosti čtyř metod v ambulantní léčbě závislostí
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Východiska: Pokud je nám známo, v Portugalsku neexistují žádné nedávné studie, které by hodnotily komparativní účinnost terapeutických modalit u problémů se závislostí s odkazem na holistický a psychosociální model účinnosti.
...Predicting Smoking Lapses in the First Week of Quitting: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study
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Objectives: This study focused on lapse shortly after an attempt to quit smoking. Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) studies have mapped real-time situational factors that induce lapses in everyday life. However, the possible...
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