Overburdened Mental Health Providers Thwart Police Push for Drug Treatment
This article highlights the overburdened health system in West Virginia, including a shortage of behavioral treatment professionals.
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۸ گام در راستای به حداقل رساندن بحران مواد مخدر در امریکا
سطح کنونی اعتیاد به مواد مخدر در ایالات متحده به حدی نگران کننده است که در جولای ۲۰۱۷ کمیسیون رئیس جمهور در مبارزه با اعتیاد به مواد مخدر و بحران مواد مخدر به فوریت پیشنهاد کرد که رئیس جمهور ترامپ یک وضعیت اضطراری ملی را برای آزاد کردن...
Call for Papers: Ensure Healthy Development for All Youth through the Power of Prevention
The Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research
UK Health Professionals Call for Minimum Unit Pricing of Alcohol in England
Senior health professionals are calling for Westminster to introduce minimum unit pricing of alcohol and clampdown on drinks advertising in England.
They claim that within the next five years up to 63,000 people across the country will die...
ISSUP at the 22nd Annual National Institute on Drug Abuse International Forum
The 22nd Annual National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) International Forum was held in Montreal, Canada from June 16th – 19th, 2017.
Should you Recommend Acupuncture to Patients with Substance Use Disorders?
Acupuncture is an ancient therapeutic tool known to be the core of traditional Chinese medicine. Two theories suggest positive outcomes in patients treated with acupuncture:
- The oxidative stress reduction theory states that a “large body...
European Masters in Drug and Alcohol Studies
The European Masters in Drug and Alcohol Studies is designed to stimulate reflection and debate on crucial topics in substance use and misuse from a multi-disciplinary, European and cross-national perspective. It is run jointly by four...
More Treatments on Deck for Alcohol Use Disorder
Thirteen years have passed since the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last approved a new medication to help the nation’s millions of people with alcohol use disorder (AUD) stop or moderate their drinking.
Only 3 such formulations...
New Evidence in Mice That Cocaine Makes Brain Cells Cannibalize Themselves
Working with mice, researchers at Johns Hopkins have contributed significant new evidence to support the idea that high doses of cocaine kill brain cells by triggering overactive autophagy, a process in which cells literally digest their...
ISSUP Mexico 2017
At the beginning of April ISSUP’s Deputy Executive Director, Joanna Travis-Roberts, headed to Cancún, Mexico to plan for this year’s Annual ISSUP Workshop.
EMCDDA Treatment Standards and Best Practice
Discover what works (and what doesn't work) in the areas of drug prevention, treatment and social reintegration.
آیا رای دادن به الکل می تواند به مبارزه با گسترش اچ آی وی کمک کند؟
مطالعات نشان داده اند که الکل ممکن است نقش مهمی در بیشتر که 13٪ از مرگ و میر ناشی از بیماری های عفونی, از جمله اچ آی وی.
شواهد نشان می دهد که مصرف الکل در درجه اول بر مبارزه با اچ آی وی تاثیر منفی می گذارد:
- افزایش احتمال انتقال از طریق...
حداقل قیمت الکل در سراسر انگلستان نورد؟
حداقل قیمت 50p در هر واحد الکول در سال 2012 توسط اعضای پارلمان اسکاتلند (MSPs) تایید شد. این تصمیم با چالش های قانونی متعددی از سوی صنعت نوشیدنی مواجه شد قبل از اینکه دادگاه های اسکاتلند در اکتبر 2016 به نفع آن حکم دهند. این امر توسط...
Limited Opportunities? Caring for People with Substance Use Disorders
According to a new study, most health care professionals are given little opportunity to learn about substance abuse in pre-service educational programmes.
ISSUP at the 60th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs
Earlier this week ISSUP attended the 60th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) at the Vienna International Centre.
Podcast: Do Tobacco Cessation Interventions Provided during Substance Abuse Treatment or Recovery Help Tobacco Users to Quit?
Smoking rates in people with alcohol and other drug dependencies are two to four times those of the general population. Concurrent treatment of tobacco dependence has been limited due to concern that these interventions are not successful...
Opioids Linked to Increase in Cocaine-Related Overdose Deaths
Heroin and synthetic opioids are propelling an upsurge of late in cocaine-related overdose deaths. This is according to a national survey carried out by researchers at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) amongst other drug...
Alcohol Use Disorders Webinar
The Progress in Mind Resource Centre held a one-hour webinar on alcohol use disorders. The webinar was delivered by Wim van den Brink, Professor of Psychiatry and Addiction at the University of Amsterdam, and Steve Brinksman, GP and...
منابع عالی برای معلمان
تو معلمی؟ آیا شما به دنبال مواد و یا برنامه های درس در مورد اثرات مواد مخدر و سوء مصرف مواد مخدر؟ موسسه ملی سوء مصرف مواد مخدر (NIDA) یک پایگاه داده بزرگ از بیش از 70 مواد معلم در اثرات مواد مخدر و سوء مصرف مواد مخدر بر مغز، بدن، و زندگی...
آموزش آموزش همتایان در زندان مرکزی تیهار
سازمان جاسوسی امریکا برنامه مداخله در زندان را در میان جوانان سوء مصرف کننده مواد مخدر که زندانیان زندان مرکزی تیهار در دهلی نو هستند، آغاز کرده است. مربیان همکار شناسایی شده اند و یک برنامه آموزشی توسط دکتر راجش کومار، مدیر اجرایی SPYM...
