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The range of medical, psychological, and social services designed to help individuals reduce or stop substance use and manage substance use disorders. Treatment may include assessment, counselling and behavioural therapies, medication-assisted treatment, withdrawal management, and support for co-occurring mental or physical health conditions. Effective treatment is typically person-centred and evidence-informed, and may be provided in outpatient, community, or residential settings. Treatment aims to improve health and functioning, reduce substance-related harms, and support individuals in moving toward recovery and long-term wellbeing.
Prenatal Methadone Exposure Is Associated with Altered Neonatal Brain Development
Abstract
Methadone is used for medication-assisted treatment of heroin addiction during pregnancy. The neurodevelopmental outcome of children with prenatal methadone exposure can be sub-optimal. We tested the hypothesis that brain...
Effect of Initiating Drug Treatment on the Risk of Drug-Related Poisoning Death and Acquisitive Crime among Offending Heroin Users
Abstract
Background
A recent Cochrane review of randomised trials identified a lack of evidence for interventions provided to drug-using offenders. We use routine data to address whether contact with treatment services reduces heroin user...
Treatment for Opioid Use and Outcomes in Older Adults
Abstract
Background
Historically, issues relating to problem substance use among older people have received little attention, and have only recently been recognised.
Methods
A literature review of relevant material was conducted in...
EMDR as Add-On Treatment for Psychiatric and Traumatic Symptoms in Patients with Substance Use Disorder
Background: Substance use disorders (SUD) are patterns of substance use leading to severe impairment on social, working and economic levels. In vivo and clinical findings have enhanced the role of the brain's stress-related system in...
Unnecessary Emergency Medical Services Transport Associated with Alcohol Intoxication
Abstract
Objective
This study investigated medically unnecessary emergency medical services (EMS) transportation by comparing non-intoxicated versus intoxicated patients who did not receive emergency department (ED) treatment but...
Identification of Novel Signal Transduction, Immune Function, and Oxidative Stress Genes and Pathways by Topiramate for Treatment of Methamphetamine Dependence Based on Secondary Outcomes
Background: Topiramate (TPM) is suggested to be a promising medication for treatment of methamphetamine (METH) dependence, but the molecular basis remains to be elucidated.
Methods: Among 140 METH-dependent participants randomly assigned...
Gender and Age Effects on the Trajectory of Depression in Opioid Users during Methadone Maintenance Treatment
Introduction: Both heroin use and depression are significant health problems. Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) can be of great benefit to heroin users. However, changes in the level of depression in heroin users during MMT are not...
Effect of Exercise versus Cognitive Behavioural Therapy or no Intervention on Anxiety, Depression, Fitness and Quality of Life in Adults with Previous Methamphetamine Dependency
Abstract
Background
Methamphetamine (MA) is a highly addictive psychostimulant used by approximately 52 million people worldwide. Chronic MA abuse leads to detrimental physiological and neurological changes, as well as increases in...
Granulocyte-Colony Stimulating Factor Controls Neural and Behavioral Plasticity in Response to Cocaine
Cocaine addiction is characterized by dysfunction in reward-related brain circuits, leading to maladaptive motivation to seek and take the drug. There are currently no clinically available pharmacotherapies to treat cocaine addiction...
Effectiveness Bank Matrix Cell: Engaging Organisations, Engaging Treatment
Key studies on the how the functioning of treatment organisations affects the implementation and impacts of improvements. Introduces two high-quality, evidence-based US quality improvement resources, and asks what makes a treatment service...
Feasibility of Implementing a Culturally Adapted Parenting Intervention for Karen Refugee Caretakers in the U.S.
Elizabeth A Wieling, Jaime Ballard, Christopher Mehus, Damir Utrzan
Introduction: Increasing numbers of children are fleeing to the United States after exposure to war and conflict. Children exposed to war have high rates of negative...
Development of a Smartphone App-Based Messaging Intervention to Encourage HIV Self-Testing in Hefei, China
Cui Yang, Ashley Perez, Don Operario, Hongo Zhang, Nickolas Zaller
Introduction: Research in China has found that MSM avoid HIV testing at clinics or public health departments due in part to stigma and fear of disclosure of their MSM...
Going to Scale with Parent Training in Norway: What Have We Found and Where Should We Go?
John Kjøbli
To scale up evidence-based interventions for the prevention and treatment of child conduct problems in primary care settings, the program Early Initiatives for Children at Risk (Norwegian acronym; TIBIR) was developed. The...
Financial Capability Program and Condom Use among Sexually-Active Youth in the Ghana Youthsave Project
Rainier Masa, Gina Chowa
Background: Despite high level of knowledge about condoms, condom use remains low among sexually active youth globally, including Ghana. Although interventions that promote condom use have been implemented, few...
Most-Read Knowledge Share Articles of 2017
Here is a selection of the most-read Knowledge Share articles of 2017. These are the articles that captivated our members most.
Gender Differences in Risk Factors for Adolescent Binge Drinking & Implications for Interventions
Alcohol use, particularly binge drinking (BD), is a major public health concern among adolescents. Recent national data show that the gender gap in alcohol use is lessening, and BD among girls is rising. Considering the increase in BD among...
Material Hardship, Perceived Stress, and Medication Adherence among Treatment-Experienced People Living with HIV in Rural Zambia
Rainier Masa, Gina Chowa
Introduction: The intersection of poverty and HIV/AIDS creates a cycle, with poverty increasing risk to HIV exposure and infection, and HIV/AIDS in turn heightening vulnerability to poverty. Further, economic...
UK Biobank: An Open Access Population-Based Prospective Study of 500,000 Participants
Jo Holliday, Thomas Littlejohns, Ligia Adamska, Cathie Sudlow, Nicola Doherty, Naomi Allen
Introduction: UK Biobank was created as an open-access resource for the investigation of the genetic, environmental and lifestyle determinants of a...
Prevention Programs for Eating Disorders and Obesity in Germany
Luise Adametz, Felicitas Richter, Julia Mühleck, Katharina Wick, Bernhard Strauß, Uwe Berger
Disordered eating and partial eating disorder (ED) syndromes are widespread in childhood and adolescence. They are associated with decreased...
Predictors of Treatment Response Following Parent Management Training: Child, Context, and Therapy Factors
Terje Gunnar Ogden, Kristine Amlund Hagen
Parent Management Training- the Oregon model (PMTO) was introduced as a treatment alternative to families in both child welfare services and child psychiatric out-patient clinics in Norway, in 2001...