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Is There a Link Between a Father's Environment and Drug Tolerance in Children?
A new study published in the journal eLife suggest that a father’s nicotine use could have an effect on children’s risk of some diseases. The investigation found that the offspring of mice routinely exposed to nicotine developed chemical...
Does AA Really Help Drinkers Stop?
12-step fellowships offer a way to reconcile shrunken resources with the desire to get more patients safely out of treatment. Accounting for the self-selection bias which has obscured AA’s impacts, this synthesis of US trials finds that...
Závislost na kokainu vede k hromadění železa v mozku
Podle nové studie může závislost na kokainu změnit způsob, jakým tělo zpracovává železo.
Drugs on the Brain: Neurological Scans Predict Future Substance Use
A new study published in the journal Nature has found that brain scans can predict whether or not teenagers will develop drug taking behaviours later in life.
A sample of 14-year-olds was assessed. The investigation reports that, from an...
Better Working Memory, Less Temptation: Substance Abuse and Neuro-Mechanisms
New research published in the journal Addiction suggests that poor working memory and the inability to control impulses during adolescence are key predictors for future substance abuse. ‘Working memory’ refers to one’s capacity to...
Zneužívání návykových látek a riziko schizofrenie
Řada studií se zabývala vztahem mezi schizofrenií a zneužíváním návykových látek. Mnohé z nich však obsahují různá metodologická omezení. Nejistoty tedy stále existují.
Nové šetření publikované v časopise Psychological Medicine zkoumalo...
Problém Paňdžábu: Užívání drog v jednom z nejbohatších regionů Indie
Podle BBC nedávné vládou provedené vyšetřování naznačuje, že více než 860 000 mladých mužů (15–35 let) v indickém paňdžábském regionu užívá drogy. To je trojnásobek celostátního průměru. Heroin užívá 53 % všech závislých, přičemž...
Tisíce lidí umírají bez přístupu k léčbě alkoholu
BBC uvádí, že téměř 8 000 vysoce rizikových pijáků zemřelo ve Walesu ve Velké Británii v letech 2005 až 2014 z příčin souvisejících s alkoholem, aniž by podstoupili léčbu závislosti na alkoholu. A to navzdory opakovaným hospitalizacím a...
Guidelines for the Identification and Management of Substance Use and Substance Use Disorders in Pregnancy
These guidelines contain recommendations on the identification and management of substance use and substance use disorders for health care services which assist women who are pregnant, or have recently had a child, and who use alcohol or...
Whole Family Recovery
This document provides an overview of themes that emerged from the Adfam’s Whole Family Recovery and Alcohol Focus Groups and interviews. This research was conducted to scope the impacts of the recovery of someone with an alcohol problem on...
Supporting Families Affected by Substance Use and Domestic Violence
This research report analyses how domestic violence and abuse is more likely than not to occur within intimate partner relationships where one partner has a problem with alcohol or drugs. The aims of this research project were:
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Validity and Reliability of the Alcohol, Smoking, and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) in University Students
The Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST), developed by the World Health Organization (WHO), has been used successfully in many countries, but there are few studies of its validity and reliability for the...
Drug and Alcohol Related Bereavement - Scoping Review
Adfam and Cruse Bereavement Care carried out a four year drug and alcohol related bereavement project funded by the Big Lottery and running from 2010-14. The purpose of this review is to create a solid evidence-base from which the project...
Consultation Findings for the BEAD Project
Adfam and Cruse Bereavement Care undertook an exploration of the experiences of families and friends bereaved through drug and/ or alcohol use, with the aim of developing a range of peer support services and targeted information...
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: How Parents Deal with Children Who Use Substances and Perpetrate Abuse
This report has been written by Adfam and Against Violence and Abuse (AVA) and covers the processes and findings of a joint project carried out by the two organisations in 2011/12 on child to parent violence and abuse. It reveals that every...
Psychometrické a diagnostické vlastnosti screeningového testu zneužívání drog (DAST): Porovnání DAST-20 vs. DAST-10
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Východiska: Použití spolehlivých a platných dotazníků pro vlastní hlášení k identifikaci poruch užívání drog (DUD) je strategií, která prokázala užitečnost pro screening. Jedním z nástrojů, které se více používají k detekci, je...
Medications in Drug Treatment: Tackling the Risks to Children – One Year on
This ‘One Year On’ report expands upon the findings and recommendations of Adfam’s Medications in Drug Treatment: Tackling the risks to children, published in 2014, and further contributes to the debate on reducing the risks to children...
Medications in Drug Treatment – Tackling the Risks to Children
This report examines cases where children have died or come to harm from ingesting Opioid Substitution Treatment (OST) medicines prescribed to help people overcome drug addiction. There have been 17 Serious Case Reviews involving the...
Families, Drugs and Alcohol - Policy and Research since 1984
The past 30 years has seen a huge amount of change in the policy, practice and politics around both families and drug/alcohol (‘substance’) use. Laws, behaviours and public perceptions have all altered substantially. As part of Adfam’s 30th...
Předávkování fentanylem - New Haven, Connecticut, 23. června 2016
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Fentanyl a jeho analogy byly nahrazeny heroinem a jinými opioidy a jsou obvykle uváděny na trh osobám vyhledávajícím opiáty. Vzhledem k vysoké účinnosti fentanylu ve srovnání s heroinem, metadonem a...