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New research published in the journal Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging has found that the effects of alcohol on the reward system in the brain may differ between men and women.

The reward system is a grouped structure in the brain that...

At the beginning of April ISSUP’s Deputy Executive Director, Joanna Travis-Roberts, headed to Cancún, Mexico to plan for this year’s Annual ISSUP Workshop.

Background

Alcohol use during pregnancy is the direct cause of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). We aimed to estimate the prevalence of alcohol use during pregnancy and FAS in the general population and, by linking these two indicators...

Multi-prong therapies centred on the family emerge as probably the most effective in this comprehensive and careful synthesis of the results of trials of non-residential programmes for substance using teenagers - but do the outcomes warrant...

Για πολλά χρόνια, ο Jeff έχει αναλάβει και διαχειριστεί έργα σε περισσότερες από 80 διαφορετικές χώρες σε όλο τον κόσμο, καθώς και έχει αναλάβει ηγετικό ρόλο σε έναν εθνικό και δύο διεθνείς οργανισμούς.

Public Health Burden of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) is a drug withdrawal syndrome that most commonly occurs in infants after in utero exposure to opioids, although other substances have also been...

Besides reducing substance use between its participants one prevention programme also reduced drug use among the friends of those who took part.

Strengths and Limitations of this Study

• This study was based on a large cohort of smokers from all regions and settings in Denmark. 46 287 smokers were included in the study, and the follow-up rate was high (74%).

• The study was...

Summary and Findings

Most people do not use illicit drugs and among those who try them, only a fraction will develop patterns of dependence. Still, drug use constitutes a serious health problem for many people in the Americas. Early age of...

 

According to the BBC, a recent government-conducted investigation suggests that more than 860,000 young men (15 – 35) in the Punjab region of India take drugs. This is three times the national average. Heroin is used by 53% of all...

A new study reveals that computer-based intervention programmes could reduce the risk of substance use among early adolescents living in an urban setting.

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...

This guide offers advice and suggestions to support service providers to deliver effective services to grandparents who are carers for their grandchildren due to parental substance misuse. It draws heavily on the work of Adfam’s Grandparent...

Αυτή η έκθεση έρευνας αναλύει πώς η ενδοοικογενειακή βία και η κακοποίηση είναι πιο πιθανό από ό, τι δεν συμβαίνει στις στενές σχέσεις των συντρόφων όπου ένας σύντροφος έχει πρόβλημα με το αλκοόλ ή τα ναρκωτικά. Οι στόχοι αυτού του...