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Lessdrugs : an e-health approach to lifestyle management
Lessdrugs is an project supported by the EIT Health initiative. Bringing together Imperial College London, Leyden Academy on Vitality and Ageing and the University of Copenhagen the pilot project implements microlearning to explore choices...
Sideal Spanish Language App for Alcohol Use
Sideal is a self-help app available in Spanish for people experiencing alcohol dependance. The app offers advice on reducing consumption and abstinence.
The app can be used to set and track goals that someone has set for themselves or...
Pennsylvania Hospital Becomes OUD Treatment Model after Working with PCSS during Pilot Program
Hanover Hospital and its affiliated healthcare clinics has become a model for how a healthcare system that is fully engaged in embracing evidence-based treatment of opioid use disorders can make significant change.
A little more than a...
Treat Addiction Like Cancer
Likewise cancer, addiction is a complex disease that requires being addressed by an integral, balanced and multidisciplinary approach. Currently, within the healthcare systems, there are available treatment options for cancer that are...
There’s an Opioid Abuse Problem Unfolding in African Cities and It’s Not Getting the Attention It Needs
An opioid crisis is spreading throughout Africa. This comprehensive article traces consumption of tramadol across the continent, focusing on the scenario in various African countries in addition to the complexities of deciding on how to...
Webinar: Treatment and Prevention of Opioid Use Disorder: Overview
A webinar on opioid use disorder by Dr. Dennis McCarty is now available through the Addiction Technology Transfer Centre (ATTC) website.
The hour long webinar took place in April 2018 and discusses treatment and prevention. The webinar...
Drug Addiction: Is Brain Stimulation the Answer?
Transcranial magnetic brain stimulation has allowed researchers to reduce how "excited" the brains of chronic cocaine and alcohol users become in response to drug cues.
Drug addiction is a chronic disease affecting 5.4 percent of the...
The Opioid Crisis Is Not Just An American Epidemic
This article details the opioid addiction crisis in Jos, Nigeria.
May Student Membership Update
National Prevention Week 2018
National Prevention week led by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) will take place from 13-19th May 2018.
Each day focus will fall on a different topic - starting off with the theme of "Promotion of Mental...
Spotlight on ISSUP Senior Website Developer Jack Tonkin
We would like to let you know a bit more about the team working hard to help shape and grow ISSUP with a series of spotlight articles. We are kicking off this year's series by shining a light on our Senior Website Developer, Jack Tonkin.
...Scotland Becomes the First Country to Enforce Minimum Pricing on Alcohol
Scotland has become the first country in the world to enforce a minimum price per unit of alcohol. As of 1 May 2018 all alcohol must cost no less than 0.5GPD or 50 pence.
The move is the result of a long process of research and...
Analisi bancaria di efficacia: il comitato francese afferma che i rischi del baclofene superano i benefici nel trattamento dell'alcol
* Aggiornato * Il nostro commento sul primo studio per testare rigorosamente il baclofene ad alte dosi per il trattamento del consumo dipendente è stato aggiornato con il rilascio il 24 aprile 2018 di un parere sull'equilibrio tra sicurezza...
Google svela il processo di controllo per gli annunci di riabilitazione dalla droga: Reuters
APRILE 16, 2018 / 12:03 PM
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google ha detto lunedì a Reuters che riprenderà ad accettare annunci dai centri di trattamento delle dipendenze degli Stati Uniti a luglio, quasi un anno dopo che l'unità Alphabet Inc...
Ahmad Shah, membro dell'ISSUP, è stato selezionato ambasciatore di scambio presso l'ambasciata degli Stati Uniti in Pakistan per un anno
Il membro dell'ISSUP Ahmad Shah è stato selezionato come ambasciatore di scambio presso l'ambasciata degli Stati Uniti in Pakistan per un anno.
Ecco un messaggio personale di Ahmad che descrive il suo coinvolgimento e la sua esperienza...
NRC, US Department of State to Enhance Cooperation in Drugs Control
The National Rehabilitation Centre of the UAE and the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs of the U.S. signed an agreement to collaborate in the area of drug demand reduction.
SAMHSA Tobacco-Free Recovery Grant 2018
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) National Center of Excellence for Tobacco-Free Recovery Grant is now open for applications. Offering up to 5 million USD the grant can be used for a range of projects...
Linee guida sulla gestione dell'alcol co-presente e di altre condizioni di salute mentale e farmacologica in ambienti di trattamento di alcol e altre droghe
Pubblicate per la prima volta nel 2009 e aggiornate nel 2014, le Linee guida sulla gestione dell'alcol co-presente e di altre condizioni di salute mentale e farmacologica in ambienti di trattamento dell'alcol e di altri farmaci sono offerte...
Premio Pompidou Per la Prevenzione del Gruppo 2018
Sono aperte le iscrizioni per il Premio per la prevenzione del Gruppo Pompidou. Il Gruppo Pompidou è la piattaforma di cooperazione del Consiglio d'Europa per le politiche in materia di droga.
Il Premio prevenzione viene assegnato per...
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