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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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Co je již o tomto tématu známo?
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...
Enzymy podílející se na metabolismu kokainu: nový farmakologický přístup k léčbě předávkování kokainem
Abstrakt angličtina/španělština
Úvod: Byly vyvinuty nové terapeutické strategie proti toxicitě předávkování kokainem. Tyto nové přístupy jsou založeny na návrhu a syntéze proteinů, které se podílejí na destrukci kokainu dříve, než má šanci...
Reviewing England's Drug Misuse Treatment System
Public Health England’s recently published review reveals that the country’s drug misuse treatment system is performing well. However, there are still several areas that call for improvements.
Amongst the report’s findings, notable are:
- ...
Parental Socioeconomic Status and Teenage Smoking Rates: What's the Link?

In what way is parental socioeconomic status associated with nicotine dependence in children?
This is the question a new study conducted in Norway aimed to find out. The study measured parental socioeconomic status by looking at their...
Léčba závislosti na alkoholu s pozitivními vztahy
"Terapeutická aliance", nebo jinými slovy, pozitivní a důvěryhodný vztah mezi poradcem a pacientem, by podle nové studie mohla být klíčem k úspěšné léčbě závislosti na alkoholu. Pacienti, kteří hlásili pozitivnější vztah se svým poradcem...
ESPAD Report 2015
The European Schools Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD) collects comparable data on substance use among 15- to 16-year-old students. It monitors drug usage trends within, as well as, between European countries.
The latest...
Revealed: The Global Cost of Smoking
Smoking and its related harms cost the world more than $1 trillion and claim the lives of around 6 million people each year, according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the National Cancer Institute.
$1 trillion...
Mnohočetné zdravotní účinky užívání marihuany
Ve své první zprávě za téměř 20 let Národní akademie věd (NAS) zjistila, že užívání marihuany se zdá být zvláště spojeno s:
- Problémy s dýcháním
- Problémy duševního zdraví, jako je psychóza, sociální úzkost a sebevražedné myšlenky
- Rozvoj...
Neural Processing, Risky Behaviour and Cocaine Use
According to new research published in the journal Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuro-science and Neuroimaging, compared to people without a drug problem, cocaine addicts tend to make riskier choices after losing out on a potential...
The Regulation of Alcohol Marketing: From Research to Public Health Policy
A series of reports in a supplement to the scientific journal Addiction presents the latest evidence on alcohol marketing and its impact on children. Key findings from the collection of peer-reviewed manuscripts include:
- Exposure to...
Australian Smoking Habits
Smoking is a serious health issue worldwide. Prevalence, however, has steadily declined across Australia over the last several decades thanks to a number of successful public health campaigns. The number of smokers in the country is now...
Key Points from EMCDDA’s 2016 European Drug Report
As we welcome in the New Year it seems an ideal time to take stock and present the key points from the 2016 European Drug Report (EDR), the European Monitoring Centre for Drug and Addiction’s (EMCDDA) annual review of the European drug...
Inside a Killer Drug Epidemic: A Look at America’s Opioid Crisis
The New York Times article traces the impact of America's opioid epidemic on Americans of all backgrounds throughout the country. Photos depict the human face of a tragedy that is taking too many lives.
Týrání a užívání marihuany
Je týrání dětí spojeno s užíváním marihuany v pozdějším věku? Jsou problémy s chováním a konzumace tabáku a alkoholu během dospívání spojeny s kouřením marihuany?
To jsou otázky, na které se snaží odpovědět australská studie, nedávno...
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