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Kenya to include smoking cessation drugs as essential medicines
The Ministry of Health has been advised to add two non-nicotine drugs to Kenya’s Essential Medicines List, to help smokers quit tobacco and nicotine addiction.
The World Health Organization said the two drugs bring “a powerful shift in...
Denmark advises no alcohol consumption for under-18s
All young people aged under 18 have been advised not to drink alcohol in new guidelines issued by the Danish Health Authority.
The advice is part of new general Danish recommendations on alcohol consumption, the health authority said in...
Prix unitaire minimum de l’alcool en Écosse
Ici vous pouvez lire un document d’information préparé par Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems qui examine le prix unitaire minimum en Écosse.
Le document donne un aperçu des éléments suivants :
- Dommages causés par l’alcool en...
The impact of discrimination on substance use disorders among sexual minorities
This paper aimed to review the literature regarding the impact of discrimination on substance use disorders among Sexual Minorities, with a focus on alcohol, opioids, stimulants, polydrug use, chemsex, cannabis and tobacco, as well as...
Coûts d’une intervention de mesure de l’alcool dans trois pays d’Amérique latine
Abstrait
La mesure de l’alcool dans les milieux de soins de santé est une intervention efficace pour réduire les méfaits liés à l’alcool. Cependant, dans de nombreux pays, les coûts liés à la mesure de l’alcool n’ont pas encore été...
Association de l’exposition prénatale à la consommation d’alcool et au tabagisme maternels avec le risque de mortinatalité
Abstrait
Importance Le tabagisme prénatal est un facteur de risque modifiable connu pour la mortinatalité ; cependant, la contribution de la consommation prénatale ou de la combinaison du tabagisme et de la consommation d’alcool est...
Combining the European Prevention Curriculum (EUPC) and Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC) in a Master’s Degree in Addictions
INTRODUCTION:
The European Prevention Curriculum (EUPC) and The Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC) are paradigms of the efforts to achieve an international standardised training for drug demand reduction. Both curricula are based on...
‘Ten Years Later’ – Developing Institutional Mechanisms for Drug Demand Reduction and Addictology Education in Georgia – A Case Study
BACKGROUND:
During the last ten years, Georgia made several important accomplishments in responding to the country’s drug problem. Specifically, in 2011, an interagency national drug coordinating body was established within the Ministry...
Adaptation of the Universal Treatment Curriculum to Philippine Context and Online Environment
BACKGROUND:
The Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC) is offered to the academic community to integrate substance use-specific knowledge, skills, and evidence-based practices into the continuing professional development of current and...
Accreditation of Study Programs on Addictions in Nigerian Universities: Challenges, Opportunities, and the Need for Advocacy
INTRODUCTION:
Access to drug treatment services in Nigeria remains low due to a severe shortage in the drug treatment workforce. Plans are underway to address the workforce shortage by introducing drug addiction training programs in...
The prevalence of comorbid serious mental illnesses and substance use disorders in prison populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Emerging Trends in Drugs, Addictions, and Health
Emerging Trends in Drugs, Addictions, and Health is a new international journal devoted to the rapid publication of authoritative papers on Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS), Addiction and associated health phenomena.
The Journal has a...
Nouvelles substances psychoactives : examen et mises à jour
Les nouvelles substances psychoactives (NPS) sont un groupe diversifié de substances qui sont liées à un certain nombre de dommages sanitaires et sociaux au niveau individuel et sociétal. Les syndromes de toxicité et de dépendance nps sont...
The Hidden Costs of Big Tobacco
The devastating impact of tobacco on the health of users is well known. In addition to the negative effects for the individual, there are significant economic and environmental consequences, which need to be considered when developing...
Seminar on Role of Students against Drugs
Seminar on Role of Students against Drugs
GC University Lahore organized a special program on drugs, Major General Ghulam Shabbir Narejo DG ANF Pakistan was chief guest and Brig Rashid Minhas RD ANF Punjab was special guest. Principal Prof...
WHA adopts Global Alcohol Action Plan
Appel à communications : International Mental Health Journal
L’Institut national de psychiatrie du Mexique, « Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz » a commencé à éditer sa publication officielle en 1977, « Salud Mental », qui est actuellement indexée dans: WoS, ScopuS, Academic Search Premier, SciELO, PsycINFO...
Association entre les antécédents de tabagisme et la survie globale chez les patients recevant du pembrolizumab pour le traitement de première intention du cancer du poumon non à petites cellules avancé
Abstrait
Importance Il est nécessaire d’adapter les traitements aux patients les plus susceptibles d’en tirer le plus grand bénéfice afin d’améliorer les résultats pour les patients et d’accroître la rentabilité des traitements...
Variations in national availability of waivered buprenorphine prescribers by racial and ethnic composition of zip codes
Background
Opioid overdose remains a public health crisis in diverse communities. Between 2019 and 2020, there was an almost 40% increase in drug fatalities primarily due to opioid analogues of both stimulants and opioids. Medications...
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