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Appropriate Use of Drug Testing in Clinical Addiction Medicine
Purpose
The purpose of the Appropriate Use of Drug Testing in Clinical Addiction Medicine is to provide guidance about the effective use of drug testing in the identification, diagnosis, treatment, and promotion of recovery for patients...
How to Adapt Existing Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines
Abstract
Objective: To develop and encourage the adoption of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for smoking cessation in Canada by engaging stakeholders in the adaptation of existing high-quality CPGs using principles of the ADAPTE...
Role of Nurses in Alcohol and Drug Treatment Services
This resource describes the many potential roles of nurses in alcohol and drug treatment in England to help commissioners and providers of specialist adult alcohol and drug treatment services to recruit the right workforce to meet local...
The Brain Under Construction – A Window into the Developing Brain
The Brain Under Construction – A Window into the Developing Brain is a new debriefing paper by Mentor-Adepis. It forms part of a mini-series on the ‘Brain Under Construction’, which is geared towards helping professionals to better...
School-Based Alcohol and Drug Education and Prevention – What Works?
School-Based Alcohol and Drug Education and Prevention – What Works? is a new briefing paper published by Mentor-Adepis. It outlines several approaches that have been shown to work effectively, and issues cautions about those that have not...
A Socioecological Approach to Addressing Tobacco-Related Health Disparities
Tobacco use remains the nation’s leading cause of preventable premature death, including death from cancer, and progress in reducing tobacco use and related disease and death has not been equally distributed across population groups. This...
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...
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...
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...
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.
Addressing Alcohol Use Practice Manual
Risky alcohol use, defined as any level of alcohol consumption which increases the risk of harm to oneself or others, is both a substance use disorder and medical issue. Recognized as one of the leading preventable causes of death, risky...
د نشه یی توکو په وړاندې د ناوړه چلند په نړیواله غونډه کې د ۲۲ کلنی ملی انستیتوت ISSUP
د ۲۰۱۷ کال د جون د ۱۶ مې څخه تر ۱۹ مې پورې د کاناډا په موترال ښار کې د نشه یی توکو پر وړاندې د ناوړه چلند په اړه ۲۲ کلنی ملی انسټېټیوټ ( NIDA ) نړیوال فورم جوړ شو .
په کلینیکی روږدی درملو کې د مخدره توکو ازموینې لپاره د نوی اجماع سند
د روږدی درملو د امریکایی ټولنې (ASAM) څخه د اجماع نوی سند د روږدی درملو ژورنال په نوې نسخه کې څرګندیږی.
سند د پیژندلو ، تشخیص ، درملنې او نظارت لپاره د مخدره توکو ازموینې کارولو په اړه عملی ، د شواهدو پراساس وړاندیزونه چمتو کوی چې د مخدره...
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...
Drug Misuse and Dependence: UK Guidelines on Clinical Management
Often called the Orange Book, this is guidance for clinicians treating people with drug problems.
This 2017 version offers new guidelines on:
- prison-based treatment
- new psychoactive substances and club drugs
- mental health co-morbidity...
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...
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...
