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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Prevention and Treatment for Drug Use in Rural Settings
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has recently published what the organisation describes as ‘an awareness-raising tool’ aimed at policy-makers, public health officials, local authorities and other stakeholders.
Its...
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...
Effectiveness Bank Matrix Bite: What If the Therapist ... Is Also the Jailer?
A cell in the Alcohol Treatment Matrix. In an extreme form, the title poses the dilemma for alcohol treatment staff who may also be (seen as) working for authorities whose main role is to control or punish the ‘client’ or who may be...
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...
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...
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: Managing the Talking Route to Recovery
Fortnightly instalment of online course on alcohol treatment research starts with a study which concluded that “leaders have a cascading impact on their staff in ways other than through mandate”. Findings that post-training ‘coaching’ is...
La qualità dell'implementazione del trattamento farmacologico comportamentale determina il suo successo
La gestione delle contingenze (CM) è una terapia comportamentale ampiamente utilizzata per i disturbi da uso di sostanze. Offre ricompense materiali per la partecipazione alle sessioni e l'adesione ai corsi di farmaci prescritti, tra gli...
ISSUP alla 60a sessione della Commissione sugli stupefacenti
All'inizio di questa settimana ISSUP ha partecipato alla 60a sessione della Commissione sugli stupefacenti (CND) presso il Centro internazionale di Vienna.
Prevenire e curare l'uso del tabacco tra i giovani canadesi
La Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care ha pubblicato una nuova linea guida basata sull'evidenza per combattere l'uso del tabacco da parte di bambini e giovani adulti di età compresa tra 5 e 18 anni, suggerendo che i medici...
Good Policy and Practice in Health Education
Booklet 10: Education sector responses to the use of alcohol, tobacco and drugs
The latest volume in the Good Policy and Practice in Health Education Series has been developed via international consultation between the United Nations...
Public Health Strategies to Prevent Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: CDC Grand Rounds
Public Health Burden of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) is a drug withdrawal syndrome that most commonly occurs in infants after in utero exposure to opioids, although other substances have also been...
Effectiveness Bank Matrix Bite: The Talker in the Talking Route to Recovery
In psychosocial therapies, the enactment of the client-worker relationship is the treatment. Structured around Carl Rogers’ classic formulation of the “necessary and sufficient conditions” for therapeutic progress, the cell in the Alcohol...
Can Drug Prevention Programmes Reduce Substance Use by Participants’ Friends?
Besides reducing substance use between its participants one prevention programme also reduced drug use among the friends of those who took part.