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Applying interventions designed to reduce and manage the symptoms of substance use disorders.
ATTC White Paper: Preparing Students to Work in Integrated Health Care Systems
A recently published White Paper by the Addiction Technology Transfer Centre Newtork (ATTC) starts with the premise that the substance use disorder (SUD) prevention, treatment and recovery workforce is currently undergoing an evolution as a...
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...
The Effects of Psychoactive Substances on Driving
The Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA) has released a new report detailing possible effects of psychoactive prescription drugs while driving. The study was carried out with the effort to inform policy decisions aimed at reducing the...
Ora disponibile: Pacchetto EFSQ (European Facility Survey Questionnaire)
L'European Facility Survey Questionnaire (EFSQ) può essere utilizzato per la raccolta di dati in qualsiasi paese da coloro che desiderano indagare sulle strutture che forniscono interventi per i tossicodipendenti.
Il suo scopo è quello di...
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...
Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix Row 4: The Talking Route to Recovery
The Talking Route to Recovery
Time to consolidate the lessons of last five instalments of the online course on alcohol treatment research. Every treatment involves direct or indirect human interaction, but this row is about therapies in...
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...
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...
Possiamo "spegnere" il nostro bisogno di bere alcolici?
Una nuova ricerca condotta da scienziati dello Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) può portare allo sviluppo di trattamenti personalizzati per la dipendenza da alcol. Lo studio ha valutato come le risposte delle persone nel cervello...
La cocaina provoca citotossicità autofagica tramite una cascata di segnalazione di ossido nitrico-GAPDH
Astratto
La cocaina esercita i suoi effetti stimolanti comportamentali facilitando le azioni sinaptiche dei neurotrasmettitori come la dopamina e la serotonina. È anche neurotossico e ampiamente citotossico, portando a morti per overdose...
New Evidence in Mice That Cocaine Makes Brain Cells Cannibalize Themselves
Working with mice, researchers at Johns Hopkins have contributed significant new evidence to support the idea that high doses of cocaine kill brain cells by triggering overactive autophagy, a process in which cells literally digest their...
ISSUP Mexico 2017
At the beginning of April ISSUP’s Deputy Executive Director, Joanna Travis-Roberts, headed to Cancún, Mexico to plan for this year’s Annual ISSUP Workshop.
Norme terapeutiche e migliori pratiche dell'OEDT
Scopri cosa funziona (e cosa non funziona) nei settori della prevenzione della droga, del trattamento e del reinserimento sociale.
Effectiveness Bank Matrix Bite: Psychosocial Therapies in the Treatment System
This is one of 25 cells in the Alcohol Treatment Matrix. The cell discusses key research relating to the roles of psychosocial therapies in local treatment systems. In particular, their role in creating a cost-effective mix of services...
Should Opioid Dependent Patients Receive Immediate Access to Medical Treatment?
New research supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has found through a comparison of treatment approaches for opioid dependence that, in an emergency setting, combining the medication buprenorphine with on-going care is...
L'astensione dall'alcol può aiutare a combattere la diffusione dell'HIV?
Gli studi hanno dimostrato che l'alcol può svolgere un ruolo in più del 13% dei decessi derivanti da malattie infettive, tra cui l'HIV.
L'evidenza suggerisce che il consumo di alcol influisce negativamente sulla lotta contro l'HIV...
L'LSD potrebbe avere un ruolo nei nuovi trattamenti terapeutici?
Una nuova ricerca pubblicata sulla rivista Translational Psychiatry ha scoperto che l'LSD riduce l'attività nella regione del cervello responsabile delle emozioni negative come la paura.
I ricercatori chiamano questo "effetto de-spaventoso...
Fumare sigarette aumenta la possibilità di ricaduta nell'uso illegale di sostanze?
Tra le persone che si stanno riprendendo dai disturbi da uso di sostanze, coloro che fumano hanno maggiori probabilità di ricadere tre anni dopo rispetto a quelli che non lo fanno, secondo i nuovi risultati pubblicati su The Journal of...
Organisational Influences on Psychosocial Therapies
Latest instalment of online course on alcohol treatment research. See if you agree with influential US researchers that “organizational climate underlies the entire process of innovation adoption”, appreciate the effect of high staff...
Drugs on the Brain: Substance Use and Neurotransmission
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has published an extended overview detailing the impact of certain drugs on brain functioning, as well as the most common experimental methods used in related research.
Neuroscientists primarily...
