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Tackling Youth Substance Use with 12-Step Programmes
A new study recently published in the academic journal Addiction suggests that substance use treatment programmes that incorporate 12-step practices, such as that used by Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), are more effective for combatting...
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...
Review: Pharmacogenetics of Alcoholism Treatment: Implications of Ethnic Diversity
Abstract
Background and Objectives
Pharmacogenetic studies of alcohol use disorder (AUD) have suggested that the efficacy of treatments for AUD is, in part, influenced by the genetic background of an individual. Since the frequency of...
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...
Family Therapy for Adolescents with Behavioural Problems
Multidimensional family therapy addresses:
- Mental health, substance use and other behavioural issues affecting young people
- The parents’ childrearing skills/personal functioning
- Parent-child communication/relationship
- Family...
Long-Term Effects of the Strong African American Families Programme on Youths’ Alcohol Use
Long-term results from an alcohol use prevention programme developed for poor black US families with 11-year-old children reinforce the potential of an approach which engages parents and children to improve parenting and change the children...
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...
ای سګریټ د دودیزو سګریټو په پرتله لږ روږدی ، مطالعه موندل
ای سګریټ د دودیزو سګریټو په پرتله لږ روږدی دی، د یوې نوې څیړنې له مخه چې په مخنیوونکی طب کې خپور شوی.
هغه وویل، شاوخوا 75٪ ای سګریټ څکوونکی اوس هم ځانونه د استعمال پورې اړه لری.
د دې تر څنګه ، د درملو شاهی ټولنه سپارښتنه کوی چې درمل...
Web-Based Alcohol Intervention: Study of Systematic Attrition of Heavy Drinkers
ABSTRACT
Background: Web-based alcohol interventions are a promising way to reduce alcohol consumption because of their anonymity and the possibility of reaching a high number of individuals including heavy drinkers. However, web-based...
Mortality Risk During and After Opioid Substitution Treatment
ABSTRACT
Objective
To compare the risk for all cause and overdose mortality in people with opioid dependence during and after substitution treatment with methadone or buprenorphine and to characterise trends in risk of mortality after...
A Growing Issue: An Increased Number Are Entering Drug Treatment for Cannabis Use Across Europe
New research published in the journal European Addiction Research paints a picture of drug treatment services for cannabis-related problems between 2003 – 2014 across 22 European countries.
Notably, it suggests that, on the whole, during...
د چا لپاره په زندان کې د نشه یی توکو درملنه کار کوی؟ د تصادفی تجروبې پایلې
د لومړی ځل لپاره د زندان په ځای کې، تصادفی محاکمه په سختۍ سره د ژوند د درملنې د ټولنې د درملنې په برخه کې د سرپایی مشاورت سره پرتله کړه. د ستونزو د روږدو کسانو لپاره د امریکا زندان چې د دې څیړنې کوربه وو ، حتی د لوړ خطر زندانیانو ته د...
Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder: What's There to Learn?
This misuse of prescription opioids is a major public health challenge. Buprenorphine-naloxone (bup-nx) is typically used to treat opioid use disorders. However, the drug’s clinical trial primarily involved heroin users. It was therefore...
د الکولو د بې نظمیو لپاره ممکنه نوې درملنه؟
نوې څېړنې چې په ژورنال کې چاپ شوې د بیولوجیو پسیکیټری د الکولیزم د درملنې لپاره ناولی لارې ته وایی. دا به په خپله د الکولو د اغېزو د بدلولو پر ځای د څښاک انګېزه کمه کړی. په حقیقت کې، څیړنه ادعا کوی چې یو نوی میکانیزم یې کشف کړی چې د...
How Do We Tackle the Opioid Epidemic?
The over-prescription of opioids is a significant public health issue in the United States. For example, opioids are often prescribed for minor injuries unnecessarily. This, in turn, increases the risk of addiction.
New research...
Technology and Smoking Cessation: Are Personalised Emails Effective for Would-be Quitters?
A new American Cancer Society study published in the journal Tobacco Control suggests that regularly receiving personalised emails with tips for quitting amongst other information could be as effective at reducing the rate of smoking as...
Estimating the Cost-Effectiveness of Brief Interventions for Heavy Drinking in Primary Health Care across Europe
Background
Screening and brief interventions for alcohol are an effective public health measure to tackle alcohol-related harm, however relatively few countries across the European Union (EU) have implemented them widely. This may be due...
Non-Medicinal Ritalin Use: Study Enhanced, But Taking a Chance
New research published in the Journal of Neural Transmission highlights a number of potential adverse side-effects from using the stimulant drug Ritalin without a prescription. Ritalin (Methylphenidate) is medically used to treat Attention...
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