A large U.S. study has found that some children and teens who start using alcohol, cannabis, or nicotine at an early age already show differences in their brains before they ever try any substance. This challenges the common belief that...
A new study from the University of Dundee and University of Stirling highlights the impact of placing specialist Addiction Nurses (ANs) within primary care teams to support individuals with serious alcohol problems in disadvantaged...
Addiction and obesity share similar neurological pathways, both linked to compulsive behaviors and the brain's reward system. Research has highlighted the potential of GLP-1 receptor agonists, originally developed for diabetes, to help...
Overdose Resource Exchange (ORE) is a central collection of CDC-reviewed communication materials and educational resources about opioid misuse, addiction, treatment, and overdose prevention for state, territorial, and local health...
SAMHSA’s updated Overdose Prevention and Response Toolkit provides guidance to a wide range of individuals on preventing and responding to an overdose. The toolkit also emphasizes that harm reduction and access to treatment are essential...
This resource facilitates the examination and comparison of penalties or rehabilitative measures for primary drug-related offenses such as drug use, possession for personal use, and supply-related crimes across European countries...
The ASSIST package, which consists of a brief questionnaire, a guide for health professionals on how to use the questionnaire in detecting and responding to substance use and also a self-help manual for cutting down or stopping substance...
Dans le dernier épisode du podcast Addictions Edited, Rob Calder s’entretient avec le Dr Maike Klein de l’Université de Bath au sujet de sa recherche qualitative sur la rechute.
Ils discutent de la façon dont la rechute peut être perçue...
Since the beginning of the HIV epidemic, the focus on HIV prevention, treatment and care among people who use drugs has concentrated on the needs of people who inject drugs, and mainly on those who inject opioids. However, data show that...
L’ONUDC a rassemblé des résumés des travaux qu’ils accomplissent dans le domaine de la consommation de drogues et du VIH.
Ici, vous pouvez en savoir plus sur le travail accompli par l’ONUDC dans le domaine de la
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Mental health problems are very common in those with a substance use disorder, and these patients have more clinically and psychosocially severe problems than patients with substance use disorders without comorbid mental health...
In partnership with the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Project NEPTUNE has developed training modules to improve clinical practice in the management of harms resulting from the use of club drugs and novel psychoactive substances.
These...
L’émergence rapide d’un grand nombre de nouvelles substances psychoactives sur le marché mondial des drogues pose un risque important pour la santé publique et un défi pour la politique en matière de drogues. Souvent, on sait peu de choses...
Une nouvelle substance psychoactive (NSP) est définie comme « un nouveau stupéfiant ou psychotrope, à l’état pur ou en préparation, qui n’est pas contrôlé par les conventions des Nations unies sur les drogues, mais qui peut...
Présenté dans le cadre de l’événement Unir la communauté mondiale pour relever le défi de la dépendance, en ligne le 16 mai 2022
Présenté dans le cadre de l’événement Uniting the global community to face the challenge of addiction, en ligne le 16 mai 2022
Presented as part of the Uniting the global community to face the challenge of addiction event, online on 16th May, 2022
Présenté dans le cadre de l’événement Unir la communauté mondiale pour relever le défi de la dépendance, en ligne le 16 mai 2022
