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Treatment Settings
Various treatment formats, either in a live-in facility or through regular visits to a clinic, are designed for ongoing support, to help maintain recovery, and to prevent relapse.
A Delphi yarn: applying Indigenous knowledges to enhance the cultural utility of SMART Recovery Australia
Background: Mutual support groups are a popular treatment for substance use and other addictive behaviours. However, little is known about the cultural utility of these programmes for Indigenous peoples.
Methods: A three-round Delphi study...
Psychopathological co-morbidity in a drug-dependent population in alentejo
Co-morbidity or dual diagnosis is established by the World Health Organization (WHO) as the 'co-occurrence in the same individual of a dysfunction of psychoactive substance use and other psychiatric disorder' (WHO, 1995). There is a growing...
European Internet search on the use of | materials edEOS
The purpose of these practices is to collect scientific data on substance abuse exclusively in people over the age of 18 who have tried/used substances in the last 12 months.
Its Greek arm is implemented and coordinated by the ECB/EPIPSY...
The Role of Public Organisations in Providing Assistance to Users of Psychoactive Substances: The Experience of Ukraine
ISSUP Ukraine are excited to present their Webinar on the role of public organizations in providing assistance to users of psychoactive substances, specifically focusing on the experience of Ukraine for the last 10 years.
India/Nagaland: ‘Culture of acceptance responsible for substance abuse’
By Menuse-O Max Khieya, first published in the Eastern Mirror Nagaland on Sunday, March 14, 2021
Sechü-Zubza, March 14 (EMN): The additional deputy commissioner of Kohima, N Bhavani Sri, has expressed concern over the widespread abuse of...
Integrating a Brief Alcohol Intervention with Tobacco Addiction Treatment in Primary Care: Qualitative Study of Health Care Practitioner Perceptions
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Randomized trials of complex interventions are increasingly including qualitative components to further understand factors that contribute to their success. In this paper, we explore the experiences of health care...
Canadian Bill Tabled to Relax Drug Possession Penalties
Legislation in Canada introduced Bill C22, which would ease penalties for drug crimes such as possession and replace mandatory minimum penalties. The Canadian government stated drug crimes disproportionately harm black and indigenous...
Beyond the Patient: Treatment’s Impacts on Family and Community. Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix, Row 5
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BEYOND THE PATIENT: TREATMENT’S IMPACTS ON FAMILY AND COMMUNITY
Time to consolidate the lessons of row 5 of the Alcohol Treatment Matrix. This final row defocused from the patient to ask what treatment can...
A Systematic Review of Evidence-Based Practice Implementation in Drug and Alcohol Settings: Applying the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research Framework
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Background
There is a paucity of translational research programmes to improve implementation of evidence-based care in drug and alcohol settings. This systematic review aimed to provide a synthesis and evaluation of the...
An Autophagy-Related Protein Becn2 Regulates Cocaine Reward Behaviors in the Dopaminergic System
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Drug abuse is a foremost public health problem. Cocaine is a widely abused drug worldwide that produces various reward-related behaviors. The mechanisms that underlie cocaine-induced disorders are unresolved, and effective...
Projected Estimates of Opioid Mortality After Community-Level Interventions
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Importance: The United States is experiencing a crisis of opioid overdose. In response, the US Department of Health and Human Services has defined a goal to reduce overdose mortality by 40% by 2022.
Objective: To identify...
'Men and addictions. Gender intervention'
"Men and Addictions. Intervention from a gender perspective", edited by UNAD, the Addiction Care Network, and written by Patricia Martínez Redondo and Fabián Luján Acevedo.
This document is intended to be a professional tool that helps...
Managed Alcohol Programmes
Dr Hannah Carver (University of Stirling) presents research on Managed Alcohol Programmes: "Investigating the need for alcohol harm reduction and Managed Alcohol Programmes for people experiencing homelessness and alcohol use disorders...
Use, safety and effectiveness of quit smoking medicines during pregnancy
The focus of this seminar is on prescription smoking cessation pharmacotherapies, which include nicotine replacement therapy patches, varenicline and bupropion.
Dr Alys Havard presents data on the number of Australian women who use these...
Alternative Treatments for Smoking Cessation
This presentation explored some of the alternative treatments for smoking cessation.
In 2005 the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence commissioned a review of Non-NHS treatments for smoking cessation. This included the use of...
‘Dangerous Data’ Part 7: Controlled Drinking Versus Abstinence: Who Decides? An Effectiveness Bank Hot Topic
‘DANGEROUS DATA’ PART 7: CONTROLLED DRINKING VERSUS ABSTINENCE: WHO DECIDES?
The history of the controlled drinking controversy makes us face not just what decision is made about treatment goals, but who makes that decision; where the...
New programme in Togo to strengthen management of substance use disorders
Togo's Ministry of Health, Public Hygiene and Universal Access to Care has set up a national psychoactive drug addiction programme (PNAPP) that will help improve access to care for people with substance use problems.
This program will work...
UNODC and partners discuss situation with New Psychoactive Substances in Kyrgyzstan
New psychoactive substances (NPS) are spreading at an unprecedented rate and are becoming a serious health threat and a real problem in drug policy in Central Asian countries. Little is known about the negative impact of NPS on human health...
Smoking Cessation for Improving Mental Health- Cochrane Review
People with mental health issues are more likely to smoke compared to the general population. They are also more likely to experience severe withdrawals and are less responsive to treatment. Indeed, some people believe that quitting smoking...
Alcohol Policy in Chile
Chile has one of the highest rates of alcohol use per capita in the Americas. Policy to reduce alcohol-related harm is often up against resistance from alcohol industry, policymakers and the public.
This review, published in the Journal of...
