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Selected Lifestyle Factors of Candidate Sperm Donors and Their Effect on Spermiogram Values in the Moravian Part of the Czech Republic. Study Protocol
INTRODUCTION:
Male infertility affects nearly 14% of men in Europe, and approximately 44% of them are unaware of the cause of their infertility. Thanks to the plentitude of research, we can now clearly define the risk factors that...
Rehabilitation of Executive Functions in Users of Addictive Substances. Study Protocol
BACKGROUND:
Substance use increases the risk of damage to executive and cognitive functions. Manifested by a range of clinical symptoms, such impairments may affect people’s coping with everyday activities and their abilities to...
Review of Competency-Based Models and Quality Standards in Training and Education in the Addiction Field: Study Protocol
BACKGROUND:
There is a growing trend of development and improvement of education and training in the field of addictions, hand in hand with the increase and changes of substance use-related issues. To ensure a high level of education...
Imágenes estigmatizantes de los trastornos por consumo de sustancias: una exploración cualitativa
Who Helps The Helper? A Skills Transfer Program for Behavioural and Substance Use Professionals
Substance Use Disorders (SUD) and Type 2 Diabetes: Integration of Evidence-Based Diabetes Care to Promote Quality Health Outcomes
Use of Medication for Opioid Use Disorder Among Adults With Past-Year Opioid Use Disorder in the US, 2021
Discussion
Despite guidelines recommending MOUD, approximately 1 in 5 adults with past-year OUD received any MOUD. Furthermore, some groups were substantially less likely to receive MOUD, in particular Black adults, women, those...
Implementing Quality Measurement in the Field of Drug Treatment and Harm Reduction: A Case Study in Flanders
BACKGROUND: Implementing quality measurement is still a challenge in the field of drug treatment and harm reduction. In this case study, we investigate which strategies can be used to enhance the implementation of a policy in which quality...
National Implementation of Quality Standards in Prevention and Treatment Services for Substance Use/ Addictions – A Case Study of Cyprus
INTRODUCTION: The Cyprus National Addictions Authority (NAAC) is the main coordinating body for all matters related to licit and illicit substances as well as pathological gambling in Cyprus and it is responsible, inter alia, for the...
Profiles of quality of outpatient care use, associated sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, and adverse outcomes among patients with substance-related disorders
Abstract
Background
This study identified patient profiles in terms of their quality of outpatient care use, associated sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, and adverse outcomes based on frequent emergency department (ED)...
Correlates of treatment engagement and client outcomes: results of a randomised controlled trial of nabiximols for the treatment of cannabis use disorder
Introduction
There is increasing interest and evidence for the use of cannabinoid medications in the treatment of cannabis use disorder, but little examination of the correlates of successful treatment. This paper is a secondary...
Interrupciones en el papel de la salud pública local de EE. UU. en la prevención y respuesta al consumo de sustancias en la población durante el COVID-19
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La COVID-19 limitó drásticamente la escala y el alcance del trabajo del departamento de salud local (LHD, por sus siglas en inglés), redirigiendo los recursos a la respuesta. Sin embargo, la necesidad de servicios esenciales de...
General Principles of Contingency Management for Smoking Cessation
Contingency management (CM) is a psychological treatment based on operant conditioning. It consists of providing incentives in exchange for achieving a target behaviour such as abstinence or other treatmentrelated variables (e.g. session...
Efectos de un breve recordatorio telefónico previo a la admisión sobre las tasas de no presentación y abandono en el tratamiento del trastorno por uso de sustancias: un estudio cuasi-experimental
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La ausencia de citas y el abandono temprano del tratamiento representan desafíos importantes en el tratamiento ambulatorio del trastorno por uso de sustancias, lo que afecta negativamente los resultados clínicos y la...
Interdisciplinary collaboration in the treatment of alcohol use disorders in a general hospital department: a mixed-method study
Background
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...
Perspectives of service providers on aftercare service provision for persons with substance use disorders at a Rural District in South Africa
Background
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...
Bi-Monthly Webinar: ISSUP Nigeria Knowledge Update Series (Thirteenth Session)
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...
Perspectivas de los pacientes sobre el tratamiento con buprenorfina de depósito para la adicción a los opioides: un estudio cualitativo de entrevistas
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Las inyecciones de depósito de buprenorfina desarrolladas recientemente tienen el potencial de reducir el riesgo de desvío y uso indebido, y de aumentar la adherencia con menos visitas para la ingesta supervisada. Sin embargo, no...
Un estudio cualitativo que explora cómo los jóvenes perciben y experimentan los servicios de abuso de sustancias en Columbia Británica, Canadá
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El consumo de sustancias entre los jóvenes (de 12 a 24 años) es problemático dado el creciente riesgo de daños asociados. Más aún, los servicios de consumo de sustancias están en gran medida infrautilizados entre los jóvenes, ya...
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