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Applying interventions designed to reduce and manage the symptoms of substance use disorders.
Organisational Functioning and Alcohol Treatment in the Criminal Justice System
This cell in the Alcohol Treatment Matrix explores the influence of an organisation’s structures and processes on how well it delivers treatment for drinking problems in criminal justice and allied settings. In the context of a market which...
2017 UNODC World Drug Report
Now in its 20th year of publication, the UNODC World Drug Report for 2017 is now available.
It consists of 5 accessible booklets:
Booklet 1 provides a summary of the subsequent 4 booklets. It also discusses the policy implications of the...
Alcohol Interventions in Primary Care Settings: What Works, What Doesn’t and What's Next?
This week saw the seminar launch at Edinburgh’s Royal College of Physicians of two key reports on alcohol interventions in primary care settings published by the Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) in collaboration with the U...
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...
Life in Recovery from Addiction in Canada
The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) has recently teamed up with the National Recovery Advisory Committee to produce the first Canadian survey of people in recovery from drug addiction and/or alcoholism.
The findings...
د اروپا د مخدره توکو راپور 2017
د اروپا د مخدره توکو او روږدو کسانو د څارنې مرکز (EMCDDA) پدې وروستیو کې د 2017 لپاره د اروپا د مخدره توکو راپور خپور کړ. دا سند په ټوله براعظم کې د مخدره توکو وضعیت عمومی کتنه وړاندې کوی. پدې کې د مخدره توکو عرضه او کارول او همدارنګه د...
Field Guide to Drug Demand Reduction Program Development, 2nd ed.
The Field Guide to Drug Demand Reduction (DDR) 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 programming...
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...
Effectiveness Bank Matrix Bite: Managing Coerced Alcohol Treatment
Key studies on the role of management in the treatment of problem drinking in criminal justice settings and/or to safeguard the community. Just as for practitioners, for managers the challenge is to extract therapeutic benefit out of a...
Prevention and Treatment for Drug Use in Rural Settings
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has recently published what the organisation describes as ‘an awareness-raising tool’ aimed at policy-makers, public health officials, local authorities and other stakeholders.
Its...
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 presented...
Effectiveness Bank Matrix Bite: What If the Therapist ... Is Also the Jailer?
A cell in the Alcohol Treatment Matrix. In an extreme form, the title poses the dilemma for alcohol treatment staff who may also be (seen as) working for authorities whose main role is to control or punish the ‘client’ or who may be...
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...
د الکولو د استعمال د بې نظمۍ لپاره په عرشه کې د زیاتو درملنو درملنه
د امریکا د خوړو او درملو ادارې ( FDA ) د وروستی ځل لپاره دیارلس کاله تېر شول چې د الکولو د استعمال د بې نظمۍ ( AUD ) د ملت د میلیونونو کسانو سره د مرستې لپاره یو نوی درمل تصویب شو.
یوازې 3 دا ډول فارموله شتون لری، او 1، ډیسلفیرام، د منع...
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...