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The range of medical, psychological, and social services designed to help individuals reduce or stop substance use and manage substance use disorders. Treatment may include assessment, counselling and behavioural therapies, medication-assisted treatment, withdrawal management, and support for co-occurring mental or physical health conditions. Effective treatment is typically person-centred and evidence-informed, and may be provided in outpatient, community, or residential settings. Treatment aims to improve health and functioning, reduce substance-related harms, and support individuals in moving toward recovery and long-term wellbeing.
E-Cigarettes Less Addictive Than Traditional Cigarettes, Study Finds
E-cigarettes are less addictive than traditional cigarettes, according to a new study published in the journal Preventative Medicine.
That said, around 75% of e-cigarette smokers still consider themselves to be dependent on their use.
Mor...
Should you Recommend Acupuncture to Patients with Substance Use Disorders?
Acupuncture is an ancient therapeutic tool known to be the core of traditional Chinese medicine. Two theories suggest positive outcomes in patients treated with acupuncture:
- The oxidative stress reduction theory states that a “large body...
Abuso e dipendenza da droghe: linee guida del Regno Unito sulla gestione clinica
Spesso chiamato Orange Book, questa è una guida per i medici che trattano persone con problemi di droga.
Questa versione 2017 offre nuove linee guida su:
- Trattamento in carcere
- Nuove sostanze psicoattive e droghe club
- co-morbidità...
SAMHSA Toolkit per la prevenzione dell'overdose da oppioidi
Questo toolkit offre strategie agli operatori sanitari, alle comunità e ai governi locali per lo sviluppo di pratiche e politiche per aiutare a prevenire overdose e decessi correlati agli oppioidi. Accedi ai rapporti per i membri della...
Effectiveness Bank Matrix Bite: Treatment Systems to Reduce Alcohol-Related Crime and Safeguard the Community
Final cell of the Alcohol Treatment Matrix. The theme is set by an Australian review which argues that despite radically different starting points, criminal justice and treatment systems must collaborate to deliver treatment. We invite you...
L'"esplosione" che non è mai avvenuta: crack e uso di cocaina in Gran Bretagna
Nel 1989 un vortice di preoccupazione fu suscitato da un ufficiale antidroga statunitense che predisse per la Gran Bretagna una "esplosione" di violenza in stile americano associata alla versione crack "quasi istantaneamente coinvolgente"...
An Approach to the New Psychoactive Drugs Phenomenon
ABSTRACT
Background: The new psychoactive drugs (NPD) are those that represent a danger to public health and are not prohibited by conventions on international narcotics. The concept also includes new contexts and new routes of consumption...
Web-Based Alcohol Intervention: Study of Systematic Attrition of Heavy Drinkers
ABSTRACT
Background: Web-based alcohol interventions are a promising way to reduce alcohol consumption because of their anonymity and the possibility of reaching a high number of individuals including heavy drinkers. However, web-based...
Funzionamento organizzativo e trattamento dell'alcol nel sistema di giustizia penale
Questa cellula nella matrice del trattamento dell'alcol esplora l'influenza delle strutture e dei processi di un'organizzazione su quanto bene fornisce il trattamento per i problemi di alcolismo nella giustizia penale e nelle impostazioni...
Hepatitis C ‘Giant’ Still Growing
Half of all surveyed UK injectors infected, a quarter within three years of starting to inject - for a time it seemed impossible to reverse the epidemic of hepatitis C infection. Now we know that aided by new treatments which clear the...
Orientamento sessuale e stime del consumo di sostanze negli adulti e della salute mentale
Astratto
La ricerca suggerisce che le minoranze sessuali (ad esempio le persone che si identificano come lesbiche, gay o bisessuali) sono a maggior rischio di uso di sostanze e problemi di salute mentale rispetto alla popolazione della...
Rapporto mondiale sulla droga 2017 dell'UNODC
Giunto al suo 20° anno di pubblicazione, è ora disponibile il Rapporto mondiale sulla droga dell'UNODC per il 2017.
Si compone di 5 opuscoli accessibili:
L'opuscolo 1 fornisce un riassunto dei 4 opuscoli successivi. Vengono inoltre...
Alcohol Interventions in Primary Care Settings: What Works, What Doesn’t and What's Next?
This week saw the seminar launch at Edinburgh’s Royal College of Physicians of two key reports on alcohol interventions in primary care settings published by the Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) in collaboration with the U...
Mortality Risk During and After Opioid Substitution Treatment
ABSTRACT
Objective
To compare the risk for all cause and overdose mortality in people with opioid dependence during and after substitution treatment with methadone or buprenorphine and to characterise trends in risk of mortality after...
La vita in recupero dalla dipendenza in Canada
Il Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) ha recentemente collaborato con il National Recovery Advisory Committee per produrre il primo sondaggio canadese sulle persone in recupero dalla tossicodipendenza e / o dall'alcolismo...
European Drug Report 2017
The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) has recently released its European Drug Report for 2017. The document offers an overview of the drug situation across the continent. It covers drug supply and use as well...
Field Guide to Drug Demand Reduction Program Development, 2nd ed.
The Field Guide to Drug Demand Reduction (DDR) Development is an annual publication by the U.S. Department of State primarily for its Embassy personnel abroad to guide in the development of substance use prevention and treatment programming...
Community Convening Guide: Substance Use Prevention, Screening, and Early Intervention
A key objective of Facing Addiction’s Action Agenda is to spread the awareness and adoption of youth prevention activities in your communities, examples of which include evidence-based prevention programming highlighted in the 2016 U.S...
Il costo sociale del disturbo da uso di eroina negli Stati Uniti
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Obiettivo
Il consumo di eroina negli Stati Uniti ha raggiunto proporzioni epidemiche. L'obiettivo di questo documento è stimare il costo sociale annuale del disturbo da uso di eroina negli Stati Uniti in dollari USA 2015.
Metodi
...A Growing Issue: An Increased Number Are Entering Drug Treatment for Cannabis Use Across Europe
New research published in the journal European Addiction Research paints a picture of drug treatment services for cannabis-related problems between 2003 – 2014 across 22 European countries.
Notably, it suggests that, on the whole, during...