جستجو
Public Health
The organised efforts of governments, health systems, and communities to prevent substance-related harms, promote wellbeing, and improve population health outcomes. A public health approach focuses on prevention, early intervention, treatment, recovery support, and harm reduction, while also addressing the social, economic, and environmental factors that influence substance use. It relies on surveillance data, evidence-based interventions, policies, and cross-sector collaboration to reduce the overall burden of substance use disorders and promote healthier communities.
Fentanyl Isn’t Just Deadly for Drug Users: Police Are Getting Sickened
This article describes how fentanyl is affecting police officers and medical examiners across the US as they try to investigate it. Read more...
N.E. Fentanyl Deaths 'Like No Other Epidemic' - Boston Globe
Mexican cartels are delivering vast quantities of the inexpensive and powerful synthetic drug fentanyl to New England, causing the highest rate of fentanyl-related deaths in the nation while creating a plague that the area’s top drug...
Oil and Drugs: A Toxic Mix
This article covers drug use and the oil industry in Texas. Thousands of oil field workers are using drugs because of the mix of money and boredom due to the energy boom. Read more...
Alcohol Affects Brain Functional Connectivity and Its Coupling with Behavior: Greater Effects in Male Heavy Drinkers
Abstract
Acute and chronic alcohol exposure significantly affect behavior but the underlying neurobiological mechanisms are still poorly understood. Here, we used functional connectivity density (FCD) mapping to study alcohol-related...
پیش بینی اندازه و ویژگی های جمعیت درمان دارویی – روش های فنی
هدف و مشخصات داده ها
این تحلیل بر اساس داده های ماهانه سیستم ملی نظارت بر درمان مواد مخدر (NDTMS) از دسامبر 2005 تا نوامبر 2016 انجام شده است. NDTMS به عنوان یک توصیف جامع از ارائه درمان مواد مخدر برای این دوره گرفته شده است.
با نگاهی به...
بیماری و مرگ و میر نوجوانان منتسب به سیگار کشیدن قبل از بارداری در شیلی
آبستره
هدف: برآورد سالانه مرگ و میر و مرگ و میر در شیلی در سال 2008−2012.
مواد و روش ها: بر اساس برآوردهای قبلی از فراوانی قبل از بارداری و نسبت شانس در ارتباط با قرار گرفتن در معرض (سیگار کشیدن قبل از بارداری) بر اساس نتایج متعددی از...
Long Lasting Effects of Chronic Heavy Cannabis Abuse
Abstract
Background and Objectives
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the extent of short-term memory impairment and schizophrenia-like symptoms in heavy and systematic cannabis users and the association between the severity of...
Advertising of Tobacco Products at Point of Sale: Who Are More Exposed in Brazil?
Abstract
Objective: To describe the adult population perception of cigarette advertising at point of sale, according to their tobacco use status and socio-demographic characteristics such as sex, age, race/color, region, household location...
نظرات پزشکان در مورد نقش سیگار کشیدن در بیماری های مرتبط با سیگار کشیدن
آبستره
سابقه و هدف
گزارش های قبلی نشان داده اند که پزشکانی که سیگار می کشیدند اثرات سیگار کشیدن بر سلامت را دست کم می دهند و این بر عملکرد آنها تاثیر می گذارد. این مطالعه با هدف بررسی دیدگاه پزشکان استونیایی در مورد نقش سیگار کشیدن در...
An Expanding World of Novel Psychoactive Substances: Opioids
The abuse of novel psychoactive substances (NPS) has been increasing dramatically worldwide since late 2000s. By the end of 2015, more than 560 NPS had been reported to the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. Although...
Tobacco Use during Pregnancy and Its Associated Factors in a Mountain District of Eastern Nepal
Background: Tobacco using among women is more prevalent in Nepal as compared to other South-East Asian countries. The effect of its use is seen not only on the pregnant women, but also health of the growing fetus is compromised. Currently...
E-Cigarettes Less Addictive Than Traditional Cigarettes, Study Finds
E-cigarettes are less addictive than traditional cigarettes, according to a new study published in the journal Preventative Medicine.
That said, around 75% of e-cigarette smokers still consider themselves to be dependent on their use.
Mor...
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...
Sport Participation and Alcohol and Illicit Drug Use in Adolescents and Young Adults
ABSTRACT
Sport participation can play an important and positive role in the health and development of children and youth. One area that has recently been receiving greater attention is the role that sport participation might play in...
استفاده از مواد مخدر و هروئین در نوجوانانی که به ورزش مشغول هستند
آبستره
اهداف: تحقیقات قبلی نشان داده است که ورزشکاران جوان ممکن است در معرض خطر افزایش استفاده از مواد مخدر نسخه غیر پزشکی (NPOU) به دلیل صدمات باشد. با وجودی که ورزشکاران نوجوانان در معرض خطر افزایش شرکت در NPOU قرار دارند، اما هنوز مشخص...
مدیریت درد و همه گیری مواد مخدر: ایجاد توازن بین منافع اجتماعی و فردی و خطرات ناشی از استفاده از مواد مخدر تجویزی
مصرف بیش از حد مواد مخدر، تا حد زیادی توسط مصرف بیش از حد مربوط به استفاده از مواد مخدر رانده، در حال حاضر علت اصلی مرگ و میر آسیب غیر عمدی در ایالات متحده است. بحران جاری مواد مخدر در تقاطع دو چالش بهداشت عمومی نهفته است: کاهش بار رنج از...
Helping Patients Who Drink Too Much: A Clinician’s Guide
Introduction
This Guideis written for primary care and mental health clinicians. It has been produced by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA),a component of the National Institutes of Health, with guidance from...
حشیش و اسکیزوفرنی: بررسی سیستماتیک 15 سال گذشته
آبستره
پس از تصویب اخیر در اروگوئه از قانون 19172 در مورد تنظیم بازار حشیش و استفاده از, بسیاری از سوالات در مورد تاثیر این قانون بر بیماران روانی مبتلا به اختلال استفاده از حشیش همراه, با علاقه خاص در همراهی اسکیزوفرنی به وجود می آیند. در...
Systematic Review of Screening Instruments for Psychosocial Problems in Children and Adolescents with Long-Term Physical Conditions
Abstract
Children and adolescents with long-term physical conditions (LTPCs) are at greater risk of developing psychosocial problems. Screening for such problems may be undertaken using validated psychometric instruments to facilitate...
Acculturation and Drug Use Disorders among Hispanics in the U.S.
Abstract
The authors’ objective was to examine the relationship between degree of acculturation across five different dimensions of acculturation and risk of drug use disorders (DUD) among US Hispanics.
Data were derived from a large...
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