All Resources for 'Medical, Clinical & Healthcare Services'

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Children of Alcoholics: A Manifesto For Change

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Book
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Public Health

Executive Summary

One in five children in the UK lives with a parent who drinks too much – that’s over 2.5 million children. They are Britain’s innocent victims of drink.

Hard-drinking parents hurt their children for life. Compared to...

Google Unveils Vetting Process for Drug Rehab Ads: Reuters

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News
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Treatment
Treatment Settings

APRIL 16, 2018 / 12:03 PM

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google told Reuters Monday it would resume accepting ads from U.S. addiction treatment centers in July, nearly a year after the Alphabet Inc unit suspended the lucrative category of...

Overview of European University-Based Study Programmes in the Addictions Field

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Book
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Populations
Family
Theories and Science
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion
Partner Organisation

In 2015, the team from the Department of Addictology (First Faculty of Medicine of Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague) in cooperation with our colleague from the Department of Community Medicine & Health Care...

Social and effects to the health of non-medical cannabis use

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Book
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Public Health
Overview

Cannabis is the substance psychoactive under international control most widely used around the world. It is estimated that, in 2013, 181.8 million people aged 15 to 64 consumed cannabis without medical purposes around the world...

The health and social effects of the medicinal use of cannabis

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Book
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Public Health
Resumen

Cannabis is the psychoactive substance under international control used in the world. In 2013, about 181.8 million of people from 15 to 64 years worldwide have used cannabis without medical purpose (estimate of uncertainty of 128.5...

Challenges in Implementing Opioid agonist Therapy in Lebanon: A Qualitative Study from a User’s Perspective

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings

Abstract

Background

Opioid agonist therapy (OAT) has been implemented for the treatment of individuals with opioid use disorders in Lebanon since 2011, but has not been evaluated yet. The aim of the study is to describe the implementation...

Trends and Patterns of Marijuana Use in Men and Women Seeking Drug Treatment

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Men
Women

Abstract

Introduction: Marijuana is the world’s most widely used illegal drug. In Mexico, it is the drug of choice for both male and female users of all ages, and there has been a recent increase in its use. 

Objective: To describe drug...

Competencies for Canada’s Substance Abuse Workforce

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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Partner Organisation

Workforce competencies are technical and behavioural skills that enhance the performance of addictions professionals, allowing them to better meet the needs of their clients. The Competencies for Canada's Substance Abuse Workforce is a...

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