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The range of medical, psychological, and social services designed to help individuals reduce or stop substance use and manage substance use disorders. Treatment may include assessment, counselling and behavioural therapies, medication-assisted treatment, withdrawal management, and support for co-occurring mental or physical health conditions. Effective treatment is typically person-centred and evidence-informed, and may be provided in outpatient, community, or residential settings. Treatment aims to improve health and functioning, reduce substance-related harms, and support individuals in moving toward recovery and long-term wellbeing.
Technology and Smoking Cessation: Are Personalised Emails Effective for Would-be Quitters?
A new American Cancer Society study published in the journal Tobacco Control suggests that regularly receiving personalised emails with tips for quitting amongst other information could be as effective at reducing the rate of smoking as...
More Treatments on Deck for Alcohol Use Disorder
Thirteen years have passed since the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last approved a new medication to help the nation’s millions of people with alcohol use disorder (AUD) stop or moderate their drinking.
Only 3 such formulations...
Οι α2-αδρενεργικοί αγωνιστές μειώνουν τα συμπτώματα που σχετίζονται με την απόσυρση οπιοειδών;
Επιλογή Σπουδών
Αυτή η συστηματική ανασκόπηση περιελάμβανε τυχαιοποιημένες ελεγχόμενες κλινικές δοκιμές που συνέκριναν τη χορήγηση ενός α2-αδενεργικού αγωνιστή με άλλες παρεμβάσεις όπως το εικονικό φάρμακο ή η μεθαδόνη για τη μείωση των...
Estimating the Cost-Effectiveness of Brief Interventions for Heavy Drinking in Primary Health Care across Europe
Background
Screening and brief interventions for alcohol are an effective public health measure to tackle alcohol-related harm, however relatively few countries across the European Union (EU) have implemented them widely. This may be due...
Μη φαρμακευτική χρήση ριταλίνης: Η μελέτη βελτιώθηκε, αλλά πήρε μια ευκαιρία
Νέα έρευνα που δημοσιεύθηκε στο Journal of Neural Transmission επισημαίνει μια σειρά από πιθανές ανεπιθύμητες παρενέργειες από τη χρήση του διεγερτικού φαρμάκου Ritalin χωρίς ιατρική συνταγή. Η ριταλίνη (μεθυλφαινιδάτη) χρησιμοποιείται...
Effectiveness Bank Matrix Bite: Treatment not for the Patient but for the Community
The final row of the Alcohol Treatment Matrix enters the domain of treatment organised not primarily for the patient, but to safeguard the wider community, encountering what seems a core contradiction depicted on the cover of WHO guidance...
Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids: A Free Online Training Course
A free online training course from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is now available.
The course addresses the CDC recommendations with respect to the prescription of opioids for chronic pain as well as their treatment...
Treatment of Skid-Row Alcoholics with Disulfiram
Conducted in 1962 and 1963 in Atlanta in the USA, the featured article seems the first to have tested whether problem-drinking offenders will take a drug which enforces abstinence by generating deterrent reactions to alcohol, if the...
Στατιστικά στοιχεία για την κατάχρηση ουσιών ενηλίκων από το Εθνικό Σύστημα Παρακολούθησης της Θεραπείας των Ουσιοεξαρτήσεων (NDTMS)
Αυτή η έκθεση συγκεντρώνει πληροφορίες σχετικά με άτομα που υποβάλλονται σε εξειδικευμένες παρεμβάσεις για προβλήματα ναρκωτικών και για προβλήματα κατανάλωσης οινοπνεύματος στην Αγγλία, εκτός από τους ασθενείς που λαμβάνουν αυτή τη...
State HCV Incidence and Policies Related to HCV Preventive and Treatment Services for Persons Who Inject Drugs — United States, 2015–2016
Summary
What is already known about this topic?
The United States has experienced a sharp increase in hepatitis C virus (HCV) incidence that can be attributed to injection drug use. Some states have used public health laws and treatment...
Λευκή Βίβλος ATTC: Προετοιμασία των μαθητών για εργασία σε ολοκληρωμένα συστήματα υγειονομικής περίθαλψης
Μια πρόσφατα δημοσιευμένη Λευκή Βίβλος από το Κέντρο Μεταφοράς Τεχνολογίας Εθισμού Newtork (ATTC) ξεκινά με την παραδοχή ότι το εργατικό δυναμικό πρόληψης, θεραπείας και αποκατάστασης της διαταραχής χρήσης ουσιών (SUD) υφίσταται επί του...
Free Harvard Medical School E-Courses on Opioid Addiction for Beginners to Healthcare Professionals
Opioid addiction is a major problem in the US.
In this way, Harvard Medical School (HMS) has introduced a new online course entitled OpioidX: The Opioid Crisis in America.
OpioidX is the first free, comprehensive educational programme on...
Extending the Reach of Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders into Rural Areas
A new study published in the Journal of Addiction Medicine suggests that a tele-psychiatric approach which uses video-link technology in combination with medicinal treatment in the form of buprenorphine could be as effective as the usual...
Now Available: European Facility Survey Questionnaire (EFSQ) Package
The European Facility Survey Questionnaire (EFSQ) can be used for data collection in any country by those looking to investigate facilities that provide interventions for drug users.
Its aim is to collect information on facilities in...
Επιθετικότητα που συνδέεται με τη χρήση ουσιών
Νέα έρευνα που δημοσιεύθηκε στο Journal of Clinical Psychiatry διαπίστωσε ότι τα άτομα με διαλείπουσα εκρηκτική διαταραχή (IED) - μια κατάσταση με σημαντική γενετική συνιστώσα που χαρακτηρίζεται από τακτικές εκρήξεις επιθετικότητας, είτε...
So What’s the Knowledge Share All About?
ISSUP promotes effective and evidence-based practice through the exchange of knowledge on its website.
Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix Row 4: The Talking Route to Recovery
The Talking Route to Recovery
Time to consolidate the lessons of last five instalments of the online course on alcohol treatment research. Every treatment involves direct or indirect human interaction, but this row is about therapies in...
What Is There to Know About Psychosocial Interventions in Drug Treatment?
Psychosocial interventions are psychological or social interventions used to tackle issues related to substance abuse and behavioural addictions. They can be employed to identify and treat problems, as well as to assist with user...
Global Smoking Rates on Decline Thanks to Demand-Reduction Measures
New research published in The Lancet Public Health suggests that global smoking rates have decreased by 2.5% following the introduction of the global tobacco control treaty. The treaty obligates the 180 countries committed to it to...
Can We ‘Switch Off’ Our Need to Drink Alcohol?
New research by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) may lead to the development of personalised treatments for alcohol dependence. The study evaluated how people’s responses in the brain differ to various therapeutic...