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Psychoactive Substances
Psychoactive substances are natural or synthetic substances that act on the central nervous system and alter mental processes such as mood, perception, cognition, consciousness, and behaviour. These substances may be legally prescribed medications (e.g., pain medications or sedatives), legally available substances such as alcohol or caffeine, or controlled or illicit drugs. Psychoactive substances can be used for medical, social, cultural, or recreational purposes, but some carry risks of misuse, dependence, and health or social harms when used in harmful ways.
Another Milestone for Kenya: Launch of the National Standard on Management of Persons with Substance Use Disorders
According to the International Standards for the Treatment of Drug Use Disorders (2020), the use of psychoactive drugs or narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances without medical supervision is associated with significant health risks...
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...
AddictologyIssue 1/2022
Serie di webinar sulle nuove sostanze psicoattive (NPS)
Varie NPS hanno cambiato in modo significativo il quadro del consumo di droga in diversi paesi. Ora sono molto importanti nel mercato della droga. In effetti, molte di queste sostanze hanno lo scopo di aggirare le leggi sulle droghe e sono...
Involvement of the ghrelin system in the maintenance and reinstatement of cocaine-motivated behaviors: a role of adrenergic action at peripheral β1 receptors
Abstract
Cocaine addiction is a significant medical and public concern. Despite decades of research effort, development of pharmacotherapy for cocaine use disorder remains largely unsuccessful. This may be partially due to insufficient...
The prevalence of comorbid serious mental illnesses and substance use disorders in prison populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Comorbid mental illnesses and substance use disorders are associated with adverse criminal, social, and health outcomes. Yet, their burden is not reliably known among prison populations. We therefore aimed to estimate the prevalence of comorbid serious mental illnesses and substance use disorders (dual disorders) among people in prison worldwide.
Nuove sostanze psicoattive (NPS): mercato nero e politica delle nuove sostanze psicoattive nella regione asiatica
ISSUP Kazakistan ha presentato il terzo webinar della serie sulle nuove sostanze psicoattive, con un focus sul mercato nero e sulla politica delle nuove sostanze psicoattive nella regione asiatica.
New Psychoactive Substances: Reading List
New psychoactive substances (NPS) are a diverse group of substances designed to replicate the effects of substances like cannabis, cocaine and ecstasy.
Moduli di formazione del progetto NEPTUNE
In collaborazione con il Royal College of Psychiatrists, project NEPTUNE ha sviluppato moduli di formazione per migliorare la pratica clinica nella gestione dei danni derivanti dall'uso di droghe club e nuove sostanze psicoattive.
Questi...
Guida alla gestione clinica dei danni acuti e cronici delle droghe club e delle nuove sostanze psicoattive
Questo documento fornisce indicazioni sulla gestione clinica dei danni derivanti dall'intossicazione acuta e dall'uso nocivo e dipendente di droghe club e nuove sostanze psicoattive (NPS).
Questo è un riferimento ampio e completo rivolto...
Manuale delle nuove sostanze psicoattive: cosa dovrebbero sapere i medici sulle NPS
Handbook of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) fornisce una panoramica completa delle sfide che i medici devono affrontare quando hanno a che fare con NPS e discute come il profilo dei pazienti e le loro caratteristiche socio-demografiche...
Novel Psychoactive Substances: Policy, Economics and Drug Regulation
In light of the recent emergence of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) on a global scale, this book provides a timely analysis of the social and economic impact of the NPS phenomenon, and of the global policy and regulatory responses to it...
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...
New psychoactive substances: A review and updates
New psychoactive substances (NPS) are a diverse group of substances that are linked with a number of health and social harms on an individual and societal level. NPS toxicity and dependence syndromes are recognised in primary care...
UNODC Early Warning Advisory on New Psychoactive Substances
The rapid emergence of a large number of New Psychoactive Substances on the global drug market poses a significant risk to public health and a challenge to drug policy. Often, little is known about the adverse health effects and social...
Nuove sostanze psicoattive (NPS)
Panoramica
Una nuova sostanza psicoattiva (NPS) è definita come «una nuova sostanza stupefacente o psicotropa, in forma pura o in preparazione, che non è controllata dalle convenzioni delle Nazioni Unite sugli stupefacenti, ma che può...
Associations of common mental disorder with alcohol use in the adult general population
Research has shown that alcohol use and common mental disorders co-occur; however, little is known about how the global prevalence of alcohol use compares across different mental disorders.
This review examined:
(i) report global...
From harm to hope: A 10-year drugs plan to cut crime and save lives
Executive summary
The 10-year UK Government plan to combat illegal drugs sets out how we are doing more than ever to cut off the supply of drugs by criminal gangs and give people with a drug addiction a route to a productive and drug-free...
Studio sulla ricaduta e i fattori associati tra i consumatori di droghe in Bangladesh - Iqbal Masud, Giorno 5, 11:00-12:31
Presentato nell'ambito dell'evento "Unire la comunità globale per affrontare la sfida delle dipendenze", online il 16 maggio 2022
Presentazione:
- Studio sulla ricaduta e i fattori associati tra i tossicodipendenti in Bangladesh - Iqbal...
UNODC Corruzione correlata ai disturbi da uso di droghe - Elizabeth Sáenz, Alice UHL, Léna NGNOGUE, Giorno 5,11:00-12:31
Presentato nell'ambito dell'evento "Unire la comunità globale per affrontare la sfida delle dipendenze", online il 16 maggio 2022
Presentazione:
- UNODC Corruzione correlata ai disturbi da uso di droghe - Elizabeth Sáenz, Alice UHL, Léna...
A Case study of the treatment of methamphetamine use disorder amongst medical students in Abia State, Nigeria - Chiamaka R. Nwaoru, Day 5, 09:00-10:30
Presented as part of the Uniting the global community to face the challenge of addiction event, online on 16th May, 2022