All Resources for 'Policy, Governance & International Affairs'

Abordando los desafíos de las drogas en las crisis humanitarias y de salud

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ISSUP Webinar
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Tratamiento
Treatment Settings
Adicción
Población
Family
Salud pública
Partner Organisation

ISSUP México realizó un conversatorio el miércoles 29 de junio a las 11:00 horas hora de la Ciudad de México, en conmemoración del Día Internacional de la Lucha contra el Uso Indebido y el Tráfico Ilícito de Drogas.

29 de junio de 2022 11...

Association of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms With Substance Misuse in 2 Longitudinal Cohorts in Sweden

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Scientific article
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Populations
Men
Women
Mental Health
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Importance  Neurobiological models have postulated shared neural mechanisms between obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and substance use disorders, but results from clinical and epidemiological studies are conflicting or even...

Use of Menthol Cigarettes, Smoking Frequency, and Nicotine Dependence Among US Youth

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Data

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Importance  Menthol may make cigarette smoke less aversive and could lead youth to smoke more frequently and become more dependent on nicotine.

Objective  To assess the association of menthol use with cigarette smoking frequency...

Santé mentale et facteurs connexes chez les étudiants de premier cycle pendant la pandémie de SRAS-CoV-2 : une étude transversale

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Scientific article
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Prevention
Populations
Family
Mental Health

Contexte : Les problèmes de santé mentale chez les étudiants de premier cycle constituent un problème de santé publique important. La plupart des études portant sur la santé mentale de cette population pendant la pandémie ont été menées...

Four-year health trajectories of children prenatally exposed to cocaine and/or cannabis. A retrospective, cohort study in La Pampa, Argentina

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Scientific article
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Prevention
Populations
Family
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Cocaine and/or cannabis use during pregnancy is a growing problem of relevance for global public health. Exposed children may have a wide range of perinatal complications, but there is little knowledge on their course.

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Opioid Facts and Figures

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Video and audio recordings
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Data

Opioid Facts and Figures, recorded 3-June-2022. Presented by Lauran Wirf, DO: Addiction Medicine Fellow; University of Colorado School of Medicine; Denver, Colorado. With the increasing prevalence of illicit fentanyl, it is important for...

WHA adopts Global Alcohol Action Plan

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News
Themes
Prevention
Public Health
Policy
Law Enforcement
Border Control
On Friday 27 May in Geneva, the 75th World Health Assembly (WHA) adopted the WHO Global Alcohol Action Plan 2022-2030, a key global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol.

Webinar on psychological flexibility for addictive behaviours

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Video and audio recordings
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family

On June 3 Friday evening, 2022, a webinar was held to educate youth, students and professionals about a new clinical construct called Psychological Flexibility. The importance of this ability was elaborated in the context of managing...

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