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War in Ukraine has inevitably led to the country's health system functioning at reduced capacity. Attacks near hospitals and active military operations force people to change their place of residence and flee from the war to safer...

Canada’s Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines were originally published by CCSA in November 2011 and were the result of the work of alcohol research experts in Canada. Since then, substantial new research on the association between alcohol...

The European Web Survey on Drugs1 collected data during March and May 2021 from people who use drugs, are aged 18 or older, and live in 21 EU and 9 non-EU countries including Lebanon. In this period, the populations in many European and...

Podívejte se na video z webináře SHAAP/SARN "Alkohol Occasionals", který se konal přes Zoom dne 20. dubna 2022: "Pití mládeže v úpadku: Důsledky pro politiku a praxi" Dr. Inge Kersbergen a Dr. Laura Fenton z University of Sheffield.

Prevention Talks je nová online diskuze pořádaná APSI s řečníky, kteří se budou zabývat některými aktuálními problémy a jejich potenciálním dopadem na výzkum a praxi prevence. 

Řečníci budou zastupovat různé zúčastněné strany v této...

Tato práce zkoumá zkušenosti s posttraumatickým růstem v rodinách, které ztratily člena rodiny v důsledku úmrtí souvisejícího s drogami.

Bylo dotazováno sedm rodinných jednotek (17 účastníků) a rozhovory byly analyzovány.

Analýzy odhalily...

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In somatic health care settings, interdisciplinary collaborations (where various disciplines work coordinated and interdependently toward shared goals) are considered to yield higher team effectiveness than multidisciplinary...

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Aftercare programs for people with substance use disorders (PWSUD) are frequently challenged with a number of overlapping obstacles, including uncertain policy consequences and a lack of resources. Despite demographic variety...

In this webinar, the speakers take a look at substance use among young people, focusing on the 'crossover' of children at the nexus of the youth justice and child protection systems, and the implications of caregiver substance abuse in...

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Although several studies have found a high incidence of coexisting mental health problems among adolescents with substance use problems, follow-up studies addressing how these conditions change over time are rare. The study will...

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In the United States, access to buprenorphine remains low and disparities regarding who receives treatment have emerged. Federal laws have regulated buprenorphine delivery, ultimately limiting its implementation more broadly...

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Beginning in the 1990s, non-medical use of prescription opioids (POs) became a major public health crisis. In response to rising rates of opioid dependence and fatal poisonings, measures were instituted to decrease the...

ISSUP Nigeria would like to invite you to attend their next Bi-Monthly Webinar in the Knowledge Update Series. The Webinar topic will be Beyond Dependence: Alcohol-induced Disorders.

Learning Outcomes:

•    Sensitization to the wide range...

The Ministry of Health has been advised to add two non-nicotine drugs to Kenya’s Essential Medicines List, to help smokers quit tobacco and nicotine addiction.

The World Health Organization said the two drugs bring “a powerful shift in the...

Here you can read a briefing paper put together by Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems that examines minimum unit pricing in Scotland.

The paper provides an overview of:

• Alcohol harm in Scotland
• What is MUP and why was it...

This paper aimed to review the literature regarding the impact of discrimination on substance use disorders among Sexual Minorities, with a focus on alcohol, opioids, stimulants, polydrug use, chemsex, cannabis and tobacco, as well as...