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Applying interventions designed to reduce and manage the symptoms of substance use disorders.
Effectiveness Bank Analysis: Authoritative Recommendations on Improving Group Therapy Outcomes
How can we make the most of group therapy, a common treatment/support format in substance use treatment? Recommendations do not get more authoritative than those advanced in this review commissioned by the American Psychological Association...
Sustained Opioid Antagonism Modulates Striatal Sensitivity to Baby Schema in Opioid Use Disorder
Highlights
- First fMRI study on the effects of naltrexone on social motivation in opioid-addicted patients.
- Extended release naltrexone modulates brain response to the level of cuteness in baby portraits.
- Reduction in craving for...
د درملنې موده - ایا دا مهمه ده؟
مهمې پیښې
- د درملنې پلان شوی موده د الکول کارولو پایلو سره تړاو نلری
- د درملنې واقعی ګډون کونکی ناستې چې د الکول کارولو پایلو سره تړاو نلری
- د څیړنې فریکونسی د الکولو کارولو سره د پام وړ تړاو لری
- د هغو کسانو لپاره چې د الکولو استعمال...
د 2019 لپاره د نړیوال درملو سروې
د 2019 لپاره د مخدره توکو نړیواله سروې (GDS2019) د اکتوبر په 29 پیل شوه.
په بیا رغونه کې د کار موندلو لپاره د اروپا اقدام
یوه نوې اروپایی پروژه جوړه شوې ده چې په سکاټلینډ کې د مادې د استعمال څخه افرادو ته د یو بل اروپایی هېواد د کار او زده کړې په تجربه کې د برخې کولو فرصت برابر کړی.
په بیا رغونه کې د کار موندلو لپاره د اروپا اقدام موخه دا ده چې د کار کولو په...
Self‐Medication with Alcohol or Drugs for Mood and Anxiety Disorders
Substance use is one way that people deal with the difficult symptoms present in mood and anxiety disorders. As people become more reliant on the effects of the substances to relieve distress the use can develop into dependence. Self‐medica...
Comorbid Opioid Use is Undertreated among Forensic Patients with Schizophrenia
Abstract
Background
Substance use disorders are associated with poorer clinical outcomes in patients with schizophrenia. There is no specific treatment for amphetamine or cannabis use disorder, but methadone and buprenorphine are used as...
Older Adults in Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorders: Service Utilisation, Patient Characteristics and Treatment Outcomes
Abstract
Background
In western countries demographic changes are leading to an ageing society. Consequently, the number of older adults with alcohol use disorders (AUDs) will rise and the demand of treatment is likely to increase. However...
د مادې د استعمال د درملنې او مخنیوی مسلکی خلکو لپاره یو ښه فرصت.
د مادې د ناوړه کولو په برخه کې کار کول هم یو لوی چلنج دی او هم د ودې لپاره یو ښه فرصت دی، له خلکو سره مرسته کوی او په نړۍ کې یو توپیر رامنځته کوی. د هوبرټ ایچ. همفری سکالرشیپ پروګرام د مخنیوی او درملنې د مسلکی خلکو لپاره یو ښه فرصت دی. دا...
Benzodiazepine Use Is High while Use Disorder Rates Are Low
Benzodiazepines, such as sedatives and sleeping aids, are a widely prescribed group of medicines designed for short-term treatment. Although most people manage benzodiazepines as prescribed, some individuals misuse the drugs and can develop...
A Great Opportunity for Substance Use Prevention and Treatment Professionals
To work in the substance abuse field, is at the same time, a big challenge and a great opportunity for growing, helping people and making a difference in the world.
The Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program is a great opportunity for...
Mindfulness for Chronic Pain and Prescription Opioid Misuse
Opioid medication for chronic pain can be an effective treatment. Most patients take the medication as prescribed, however some individuals can become addicted to the drug, leading to opioid misuse. Prescription opioid misuse is a...
Information and Advice for the Families of People Living with Hepatitis C
Hepatitis C is a highly infectious blood-borne virus that affects the cells of the liver causing inflammation. Although many people with the virus may have no symptoms at all people can experience jaundice, depression, fatigue, skin...
Field Guide to Drug Demand Reduction Program Development, 3rd ed.
The Field Guide to Drug Demand Reduction (DDR) Program Development is an annual publication by the U.S. Department of State primarily for its Embassy personnel abroad to guide in the development of substance use prevention and treatment...
The Importance of Social Interaction in Preventing Addictive Behaviour
Negative social interactions and isolation have been linked with heightened risk of drug self-administration and relapse, whereas positive social interactions can act as a protective factor against substance abuse.
Recent research...
Effectiveness Bank Analysis: Think More Than Twice Before Detoxifying from Methadone
Think more than twice before detoxifying from methadone was the message of a study based on the unusually detailed records kept by the Canadian province of British Columbia. It established what seemed the best way to taper from methadone...
سګرټ څښل او د وزن اندیښنه
د روغتیا نړیوال سازمان اټکل کړی چې د تمباکو کارول (سګرټ څښل او بې سګرټ څښل) اوس مهال په نړۍ کې هر کال د شاوخوا شپږ ملیون خلکو د مړینې مسؤل دی ، چې ډیری یې له وخته دمخه پیښیږی.
د سګرټ څښلو پریښودو پریکړه او هڅه کول ننګونه کیدی شی او ډیری...
Effectiveness Bank Course on Drug Treatment Research
COURSE ON DRUG TREATMENT RESEARCH REACHES ITS CONCLUSION
This instalment ends the 2018 refresh of the Drug Treatment Matrix, reminding you of the issues addressed in its five rows (listed below) intersected by five columns stepping up in...
Examining the Links between Adolescent Brain Development, Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorder
Adolescence is a time where young people go through dramatic changes in body and behaviour. It is an age where young people are most likely to take risks, partake in reward-seeking activities and experience the first symptoms of mental ill...