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Kemakmuran dan Tekanan Akademik: Dua Faktor yang Menyebabkan Penyalahgunaan Narkoba?
Sebuah studi baru yang diterbitkan dalam jurnal Development and Psychopathology mengklaim telah menemukan hubungan positif antara kemakmuran, kinerja akademik yang tinggi dan penggunaan narkoba dan alkohol.
Temuan semacam itu penting...
Kemungkinan Pengobatan Baru untuk Gangguan Alkohol?
Penelitian baru yang diterbitkan dalam jurnal Biological Psychiartry menunjukkan cara baru untuk pengobatan alkoholisme. Ini akan terlihat untuk mengurangi motivasi untuk minum alih-alih mengubah efek alkohol itu sendiri. Memang...
How Do We Tackle the Opioid Epidemic?
The over-prescription of opioids is a significant public health issue in the United States. For example, opioids are often prescribed for minor injuries unnecessarily. This, in turn, increases the risk of addiction.
New research presented...
Receptivity to Tobacco Ads Linked to Smoking Susceptibility Among Youth
There is a strong link between receptivity to tobacco product advertisements and susceptibility to smoking cigarettes later in life, according to new research published in the journal Pediatrics. Put simply, the study suggests that the more...
Penghentian Teknologi dan Merokok: Apakah Email yang Dipersonalisasi Efektif untuk Calon Orang yang Berhenti?
Sebuah studi american cancer society baru yang diterbitkan dalam jurnal Tobacco Control menunjukkan bahwa secara teratur menerima email yang dipersonalisasi dengan tips untuk berhenti di antara informasi lain bisa sama efektifnya dalam...
Excessive Drinking: More a Result of Low Socioeconomic Status Than Access to Alcohol?
Among US neighbourhoods, poverty and disorganisation, that is high levels of crime, drug trafficking and graffiti etc., may increase the risk of problem drinking, more so than the presence of bars or stores that sell alcohol.
In other...
Pengobatan Pecandu Alkohol Skid-Row dengan Disulfiram
Dilakukan pada tahun 1962 dan 1963 di Atlanta di AS, artikel unggulan tampaknya yang pertama telah menguji apakah pelanggar minum masalah akan mengambil obat yang menegakkan pantang dengan menghasilkan reaksi jera terhadap alkohol, jika...
Adult Substance Misuse Statistics from the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS)
This report brings together information on people receiving specialist interventions for drug problems and for problem drinking in England, other than patients receiving this treatment in prison.
Analysed textually and pictorially through...
State HCV Incidence and Policies Related to HCV Preventive and Treatment Services for Persons Who Inject Drugs — United States, 2015–2016
Summary
What is already known about this topic?
The United States has experienced a sharp increase in hepatitis C virus (HCV) incidence that can be attributed to injection drug use. Some states have used public health laws and treatment...
Free Harvard Medical School E-Courses on Opioid Addiction for Beginners to Healthcare Professionals
Opioid addiction is a major problem in the US.
In this way, Harvard Medical School (HMS) has introduced a new online course entitled OpioidX: The Opioid Crisis in America.
OpioidX is the first free, comprehensive educational programme on...
Extending the Reach of Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders into Rural Areas
A new study published in the Journal of Addiction Medicine suggests that a tele-psychiatric approach which uses video-link technology in combination with medicinal treatment in the form of buprenorphine could be as effective as the usual...
Can Medical Marijuana Promote Illegal Use?
Illegal marijuana use and reported cases of addiction have increased more rapidly in US states that passed laws to introduce medical marijuana compared to those that did not. This is according to new research to be published in the journal...
Does Plain Packaging Cause a Reduction in the Prevalence of Smoking?
Tobacco is the number one cause of preventable death worldwide. A recently published Cochraine Review has found that standardised, or plain, tobacco packaging could make tobacco products less appealing and, in turn, lead to a reduction in...
Sekarang Tersedia: Paket Kuesioner Survei Fasilitas Eropa (EFSQ)
Kuesioner Survei Fasilitas Eropa (EFSQ) dapat digunakan untuk pengumpulan data di negara mana pun oleh mereka yang ingin menyelidiki fasilitas yang menyediakan intervensi bagi pengguna narkoba.
Tujuannya adalah untuk mengumpulkan informasi...
Aggression Linked to Substance Use
New Research published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry has found that people with intermittent explosive disorder (IED) – a condition with a significant genetic component characterised by regular outbursts of aggression, whether...
'Virado': Metode Baru Konsumsi Crack di Brasil
Crack muncul pada akhir 1980-an di Brasil. Kemunculan ini merupakan momen kritis bagi kesehatan masyarakat; epidemi AIDS yang berkembang menyebabkan pengguna kokain intravena bermigrasi ke penggunaan crack untuk menghindari penggunaan obat...
Higher Taxes Needed to Lower Smoking Rates in South Asia
New research published in The British Medical Journal supports the need to increase taxes on tobacco products in South Asia, suggesting that doing so could reduce consumption by at least 1/3 and, in turn, avoid around 35 - 45 million...
What Is There to Know About Psychosocial Interventions in Drug Treatment?
Psychosocial interventions are psychological or social interventions used to tackle issues related to substance abuse and behavioural addictions. They can be employed to identify and treat problems, as well as to assist with user...
New Publication: EMCDDA’s Prevention of Addictive Behaviours
An updated version of the publication Prevention of Substance Abuse by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) is now available in English. Global in scope, it provides an up-to-date review of prevention science...
Global Smoking Rates on Decline Thanks to Demand-Reduction Measures
New research published in The Lancet Public Health suggests that global smoking rates have decreased by 2.5% following the introduction of the global tobacco control treaty. The treaty obligates the 180 countries committed to it to...