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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.
Tobacco and Cancer: Epidemiology and New Perspectives of Prevention and Monitoring in Mexico
Tobacco smoking is a causal risk factor of at least 16 different types of cancer. In Mexico, smoking causes 6,035 premature deaths annually of lung cancer and 5,154 from other types. Additionally, 16,408 new smoking attributable cases are...
Readiness and Barriers to Adopt Evidence-Based Practices for Substance Abuse Treatment in Mexico
Evidence shows a lag in the adoption of evidence-based practices for substance abuse treatment and supports the need for studying the factors involved in this worldwide problem.
Θεραπεία του εθισμού στο αλκοόλ με θετικές σχέσεις
Μια «θεραπευτική συμμαχία», ή με άλλα λόγια, μια θετική και αξιόπιστη σχέση μεταξύ συμβούλου και ασθενούς, θα μπορούσε να είναι το κλειδί για την επιτυχή θεραπεία του εθισμού στο αλκοόλ, σύμφωνα με μια νέα μελέτη. Οι ασθενείς που ανέφεραν...
Healthier Alternatives and Natural Highs: The Success of the Icelandic Model
Over the past two decades, Iceland has seen teenage smoking, drinking and drug use dramatically decrease. This is partly because of state-funded initiatives which look to promote healthier alternatives, or ‘natural highs’, such as sport, family-orientated activities and cultural provisions.
A Sip as a Kid, Alcohol Problems as an Adult?
Introducing children to alcohol by way of their parents allowing them sips or tasters of their own drinks is typically viewed as the presiding method used in European countries.
Published in the journal Psychological Medicine, a new...
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...
Διαφήμιση αλκοόλ που συνδέεται με την κατανάλωση αλκοόλ από νέους
Ερευνητές υγείας σε όλο τον κόσμο έχουν παράσχει νέα στοιχεία που υποδηλώνουν ότι η διαφήμιση αλκοόλ είναι συχνά επιθετική, προσεγγίζει παιδιά και συνδέεται με την κατανάλωση αλκοόλ από νέους.
Η αυστραλιανή οργάνωση,η Εθνική Συμμαχία για...
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...
Are Personality-Targeted Prevention Initiatives Successful?
Research has found that one’s personality is a useful predictor of drug and alcohol abuse. One notable programme that approaches substance prevention by focusing on personal characteristics is PreVenture. PreVenture has already been shown...
Returning from Rehab: What Are The Challenges of Re-Integration?
Residential ‘in-patient’ treatment for substance abuse – more commonly known as ‘rehab’ - is the favoured option among those wanting to recover from addiction.
The rate of relapse within the first year following being discharged, however...
Οι άνθρωποι καπνίζουν όλο και λιγότερο;
Σύμφωνα με νέα ευρήματα που δημοσιεύθηκαν στο περιοδικό Tobacco Control, περισσότεροι από 53 εκατομμύρια άνθρωποι σε 88 χώρες έχουν σταματήσει το κάπνισμα μεταξύ 2008 και 2014 λόγω των μέτρων ελέγχου του καπνίσματος.
Στατιστικά, αυτό...
Νέος διαδικτυακός πόρος για τα ηλεκτρονικά τσιγάρα
Το Εθνικό Κέντρο για τον Εθισμό και την Κατάχρηση Ουσιών (CASA) εγκαινίασε πρόσφατα έναν ελκυστικό διαδικτυακό πόρο για τα ηλεκτρονικά τσιγάρα. Ο δωρεάν πόρος έχει ως στόχο να προσφέρει στους γονείς και τους φροντιστές εύκολα προσβάσιμες...
'Big data' on American Youth
Last week the National Institutes of Health (NIH) released the results of the annual Monitoring the Future Survey.
UTC and UPC in Paraguay
En un acto que se llevó a cabo en la sede de la Facultad de Filosofía de la Universidad Católica “Nuestra Señora de la Asunción”, el Rector de la citada Universidad y el Ministro de la SENAD dieron lugar a la firma de un convenio de...
Smoking in Films: Adolescents and Unregulated Exposure
In its latest Smoke-Free Movies Report, the World Health Organisation (WHO) advised governments that films featuring tobacco use ought to be classified for their adult content. Published in the journal Tobacco Control, a new study supports...
Do Cognitive Processes Influence Nicotine Addiction?
A new study suggests that the way in which the human brain responds to nicotine depends on what a smoker believes about the drug’s content in a cigarette. The investigation found that smoking a cigarette that contains nicotine, but thinking...
Alcohol Use Disorders: Resilience and Risk Behaviour
New research suggests that certain personality traits, such as having a lack of restraint or being impulsive, increase the likelihood of developing alcohol use disorders. On the flip side, the study found that people with high resilience...
2016 National Drug Threat Assessment
The purpose of the DEA's 2016 National Drug Threat Assessment is to provide timely and relevant strategic drug-related intelligence for policymakers in the United States to formulate counterdrug policies. Further, it helps law enforcement...
Σκωτία και νέες ψυχοδραστικές ουσίες
Ένα συνεργατικό ερευνητικό πρόγραμμα που αποσκοπεί στην κατανόηση των προτύπων χρήσης, των κινήτρων και των βλαβών των νέων ψυχοδραστικών ουσιών (NPS) - που συνήθως αναφέρονται ως «Legal Highs» - στη Σκωτία δημοσίευσε πρόσφατα τα ευρήματά...
