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Prevention
Reducing the risk factors and enhancing the protective factors associated with initiating substance use.
د الکولو سکرینینګ او لنډ مداخله: د ځوانو لویانو لپاره د سرطان مخنیوی کې احتمالی رول
د الکول ډیر یا خطرناک کارول په متحده ایالاتو او نړۍ کې د پام وړ ناروغۍ او مړینې مخنیوی لامل دی. د الکول کارول د ځوانانو په مینځ کې د مخنیوی وړ سرطان خطر فکتور دی؛ دا د سرطان لږترلږه 6 ډولونو وده کولو خطر سره تړاو لری. د بالغ عمر په لومړیو...
EMCDDA Insights: Prevention of Substance Abuse
Prevention of Substance Abuse by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) is a report that draws on evidence-based research to assess substance use prevention interventions, in terms of their ability to...
Principles of Substance Abuse Prevention for Early Childhood
The National Institute on Drug Abuse’s (NIDA) Principles of Substance Abuse Prevention for Early Childhood (2017) is a special volume that supplements the organisation’s Preventing Drug Abuse Among Children and Adolescents, released in 2003...
WHO's 2017 Global Tobacco Epidemic Report
The latest report on the global tobacco epidemic from the World Health Organization (WHO) is now available to download.
Among its key findings is that around 4.7 billion people (63% of the world’s population) are now covered by at least...
The Effectiveness of Illegal Drug Interventions
This Health Research Board document reviews evidence on the effectiveness of interventions in the areas of prevention, harm reduction and long-term recovery from addiction to illegal drugs.
It asks which interventions are effective for:
- ...
Compilation of Evidence-Based Family Skills Training Programmes
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime’s (UNODC) Compilation of Evidence-Based Family Skills Training Programmes offers a treasure trove of information on such initiatives, answering key questions like:
- Who is the target group?
- Wh...
د مخنیوی د علم لپاره د پوهې معیارونه
په ۲۰۱۱ کال کې د مخنیوی د څېړنې ټولنې له خوا خپور شو، د مخنیوی د علم لپاره د پوهې معیارونه د هغو کسانو لپاره یو مهم سند دی چې د مادې د مخنیوی په برخه کې کار کوی.
د ساحې د مسلکی کولو په هدف ، دا د مخنیوی د دواړو محقیقینو او پرکټیسنو په...
How to Tackle America’s Opioid Crisis?
Much the result of a poor understanding of how to treat chronic pain, the United States has in recent years been rocked by an unprecedented drug crisis: The opioid epidemic.
Opioids include drugs derived from opium, such as heroin, as...
په افغانستان کې د ماشومانو د مداخلې تطبیق او ارزونه
په دې څېړنه کې د هغو ماشومانو لپاره چې د نشه یی توکو د استعمال له خطر سره مخ دی او یا په فعاله توګه د هغو موادو په کارولو سره چې په افغانستان کې د ۴ او ۱۸ کلونو تر منځ عمرونو ماشومانو ته ورکړل شوی، د ناولې مداخلې اغیزې څېړل شوې دی. دوی د...
Towards a New Consensus for Addiction Medicine Training
A new study asks for the opinions of addiction experts, with a view to reaching a consensus on the necessary core skills that medical education ought to cover.
Is There a Link between Personality and Exposure to Second-Hand Harms from Alcohol Consumption?
‘Second-hand harm’ from alcohol use can include accidents and/or violence, interrupted sleep, destruction of property, relationship and/or financial problems.
While previous research has found that as much as 70% of undergraduate students...
Call for Papers: Ensure Healthy Development for All Youth through the Power of Prevention
The Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research
Parents Are a Key Influence on Teenage Drinking Habits, Study Finds
A new study that provides details of drinking habits and influential factors among Australian teenagers appears in the latest edition of the academic journal BMC Public Health.
The investigation’s findings notably include:
- Most students...
The Role of Science in Addressing the Opioid Crisis
Opioid misuse and addiction is an ongoing and rapidly evolving public health crisis, requiring innovative scientific solutions. In response, and because no existing medication is ideal for every patient, the National Institutes of Health...
Using Behavioral Triage in Court-Supervised Treatment of DUI Offenders
San Joaquin county in California has pointed the way forward to a system which conserves treatment resources yet achieves greater reductions in drink/drug-driving incidents. The first evaluation of systematically escalating offenders to...
Hippocampus-Dependent Memory and Allele-Specific Gene Expression in Adult Offspring of Alcohol-Consuming Dams after Neonatal Treatment with Thyroxin or Metformin
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), the result of fetal alcohol exposure (FAE), affects 2–11% of children worldwide, with no effective treatments. Hippocampus-based learning and memory deficits are key symptoms of FASD. Our previous...
Child Mental Health Problems Increase Risk of Addiction, Study Finds
A new study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP) suggests there to be a correlation between childhood psychiatric disorders and an increased risk of developing addiction in adulthood.
...د ځوانانو د موادو د استعمال اصول د بې نظمۍ درملنه: د څیړنې پر بنسټ لارښود
د مخدره توکو د ناوړه ګټه اخیستنې ملی انسټیټیوټ (NIDA) د مخدره توکو د روږدی کیدو درملنې اصول وړاندې کوی.
دا سند یوازې د ځوانانو ترمنځ د موادو کارولو واقعیتونو باندې تمرکز کوی (له 12 څخه تر 17 کلونو پورې).
غیرقانونی مواد ، د نسخې درمل ،...
Growing Up Drug Free: A Parent’s Guide to Prevention
This guide presents information on raising children to be drug free.
It includes:
- An overview of substance use among youth, with a focus on how it can affect academic performance
- Drug descriptions
- Risk factors that could make youth...
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...
