All Resources for 'Medical, Clinical & Healthcare Services'

Comparison of Medical Cannabis Use Reported on a Confidential Survey vs Documented in the Electronic Health Record Among Primary Care Patients

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Abstract

Importance  Patients who use cannabis for medical reasons may benefit from discussions with clinicians about health risks of cannabis and evidence-based treatment alternatives. However, little is known about the prevalence of...

Drug treatment management and mental health care training manual review workshop held

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News
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections

Proper guidelines for professionals are essential in providing quality services. With this in mind, Dhaka Ahsania Mission Health Sector organized a day-long consultation workshop on June 2, 2022, under the JPRPHRPC project supported by GIZ...

Variations in national availability of waivered buprenorphine prescribers by racial and ethnic composition of zip codes

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Public Health
Data

Background

Opioid overdose remains a public health crisis in diverse communities. Between 2019 and 2020, there was an almost 40% increase in drug fatalities primarily due to opioid analogues of both stimulants and opioids. Medications for...

War - psychological skills for surviving and coping with traumatic events: Helping people who have become refugees or internally displaced

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ISSUP Webinar
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Populations
Family
Indigenous Populations, Older Adults and Refugees.
Refugees
Mental Health
Law Enforcement
Emergency Resources
ISSUP Ukraine and ITTC-Ukraine welcome you to a joint initiative dedicated to the ongoing war and the events that resulted from Russian's attack on Ukraine.

A qualitative study exploring how young people perceive and experience substance use services in British Columbia, Canada

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Quality Assurance
Public Health

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Substance use among youth (ages 12–24) is troublesome given the increasing risk of harms associated. Even more so, substance use services are largely under utilised among youth, most only accessing support when in crisis. Few...

Patient perspectives on depot buprenorphine treatment for opioid addiction – a qualitative interview study

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Format
Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Populations
Family
Quality Assurance

Background

Recently developed buprenorphine depot injections have the potential to reduce risk for diversion and misuse, and to increase adherence with fewer visits for supervised intake. However, it is unclear how patients perceive this...

Stimulants A Focus on Effective Treatment Interventions and Recovery Supports

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Video and audio recordings
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction

During this webinar you will learn how to:

-Discuss research findings related to brain recovery following the use of stimulants.

-Recall evidence-based behavioural interventions found to be effective in treating people with a stimulant...

Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Substance Use Disorders: From Theory to Practice

Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Treatment
Behavioural Therapy Interventions
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Theories and Science

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) has been found to be effective for treating a variety of Substance Use Disorders (SUDs). This webinar will review the CBT model of substance use, as well as practical treatment strategies and tools in...

Stress, Relationships, and Substance Use Disorders Clinical Applications

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Video and audio recordings
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction

 

This workshop is Part 2 of a set of presentations on the integration of neuroscience with SUD treatment. Part 1 laid a foundation for ethical practice. Part 2 describes the application of a metaphoric model of neuroscience-informed...

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