All Resources for 'Medical, Clinical & Healthcare Services'

Assessment of Medical Cannabis and Health-Related Quality of Life

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Quality Assurance
Abstract

Importance  The use of cannabis as a medicine is becoming increasingly prevalent. Given the diverse range of conditions being treated with medical cannabis, as well as the vast array of products and dose forms available, clinical...

Attitudes à l’égard de la maladie mentale dans l’éducation médicale : évaluation de la stigmatisation chez les étudiants en médecine

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Scientific article
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Quality Assurance

Abstrait:
Les facteurs qui influent sur la qualité des soins médicaux comprennent le manque de personnel qualifié, la stigmatisation et la discrimination.
L’objectif était de comparer l’intensité de la stigmatisation avant et après un cours...

Substance use disorders: a comprehensive update of classification, epidemiology, neurobiology, clinical aspects, treatment and prevention

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Behavioural Therapy Interventions
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Telehealth

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Substance use disorders (SUDs) are highly prevalent and impact individuals' health, well-being, and social functioning. Long-lasting changes in brain networks involved in reward, executive function, stress reactivity, mood, and...

SMART recovery for youth: a small, exploratory qualitative study examining the potential of a mutual-aid, peer support addictive behaviour change program for young people

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Behavioural Therapy Interventions
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
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Background

SMART (Self-Management and Recovery Training) Recovery is a mutual-aid program informed by cognitive behaviour therapy and motivational interviewing that provides support for a range of addictive behaviours. SMART...

Stratégies de lutte contre la cocaïne et la méthamphétamine

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Video and audio recordings
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction

Présentée par Richard Rawson, PhD, professeur émérite au Département de psychiatrie et de sciences biocomportementales de la faculté de médecine de l’UCLA et professeur de recherche à l’Université du Vermont, cette présentation a donné un...

Character Strengths and Recovery from Addiction

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ISSUP Webinar
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
ISSUP Kenya present their Webinar on Insights from Positive Psychology and Psychology of Religion as applied to treatment and recovery from addiction.

UNODC supported delegations from four Central Asian countries in a high-level study tour to the United Kingdom

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News
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Psychoactive Substances
Quality Assurance
Theories and Science
Policy
Law Enforcement
Partner Organisation

The UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia (ROCA) together with the UNODC Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section (PTRS) organized a study tour for high-level representatives, including senior officials, policymakers and substance...

The Anti-Stigma Network

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News
Themes
Addiction
Mental Health

The Anti-Stigma Network has been launched! 

The Mission

The Anti-Stigma Network has been created by a group of organisations coming together with a shared mission.

Collectively they aim to improve understanding of the stigma and...

Buprenorphine versus methadone for the treatment of opioid dependence

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

Summary

Background

Opioid dependence is associated with substantial health and social burdens, and opioid agonist treatment (OAT) is highly effective in improving multiple outcomes for people who receive this treatment. Methadone and...

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