All Resources for 'Community-Based Prevention'

Anomalies in global network connectivity associated with early recovery from alcohol dependence: A network transcranial magnetic stimulation and electroencephalography study

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Scientific article
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Recovery Support
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Theories and Science
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Although previous research in alcohol dependent populations identified alterations within local structures of the addiction ‘reward’ circuitry, there is limited research into global features of this network, especially in early...

Effect of Combination Treatment With Varenicline and Nicotine Patch on Smoking Cessation Among Smokers Who Drink Heavily A Randomized Clinical Trial

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Men
Women
Public Health

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Importance  The concurrent use of both tobacco and alcohol causes substantial disease and early mortality, and smokers who drink heavily tend to be less successful in smoking cessation than smokers who do not. Although varenicline...

Sulphated dehydroepiandrosterone serum levels are reduced in women with alcohol use disorder and correlate negatively with craving: A sex-separated cross-sectional and longitudinal study

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Populations
Men
Women
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Previous studies have established a role of sex hormones in alcohol use disorder (AUD).Only few clinical investigations with low numbers of patients with AUD have focused on the sulphated form of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA-S)...

From binge eating to binge drinking: A new and robust paradigm for assessing binge ethanol self-administration in male rats

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Scientific article
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Pharmacological Interventions
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Mental Health
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Animal models of alcohol (ethanol) self-administration are crucial to dissect the neurobiological mechanisms underlying alcohol dependence, yet only a few of these induce pharmacologically relevant levels of alcohol consumption...

Effects of family history of substance use disorder on reward processing in adolescents with and without attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
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Patients with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) often develop early onset substance use disorder (SUD) and show poor treatment outcomes. Both disorders show similar reward-processing alterations, but it is unclear...

Law Enforcement in Prevention Programming

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Video and audio recordings
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Faith-Based Strategies 
Prevention
Community-Based
Faith-Based
Treatment
Faith-Based
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Faith-Based
Populations
Family
Policy Advocacy
Policy
Law Enforcement
Police 
Supply & Market Disruption
Regulatory Control of Substances
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Partner Organisation
An APSI Prevention Talk on how to appropriately engage law enforcement in the implementation of evidence-based prevention strategies, with specific reference to the prevention of substance use.

Study of SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in patients undergoing treatment for addictions in Madrid

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Men
Women

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Background: Patients with addiction are a vulnerable group in which there is little data on the infection and severity of COVID-19. The objective of this study was to analyze the seroprevalence against SARS-CoV-2 in users in...

Personal characteristics of migrants and licit and illicit drug use: a systematic review

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Scientific article
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Populations
Family
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Introduction. Migration has an effect on the individual, social and family spheres, these effects will require adaptation processes that affect lifestyles, will be reflected in the processes of health, disease and risk behaviors...

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