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The intersection of substance use with broader public health concerns.
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...
ISSUP at the Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting
Last week Joanna Travis-Roberts, ISSUP's Deputy Executive Director, and Livia Edegger, ISSUP’s Communications and Research Manager, attended the Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research (SPR) in Washington, D.C. Prior to the...
ټولنیز اقتصادی حالت او د الکولو اړوند زیان: لینک څه شی دی؟
په لسټ عامی روغتیا کی نشر شوی نوی څیړنی د الکولو اړوند د روغتیایی اغیزو او ټولنیز اقتصادی حالت تر منځ تړاو وپلټی.
په څیړنه کې راغلی دی چې هر څومره چې یو شخص کم تړاو ولری، د الکولو د زیان څخه کم وی. لیکوالانو دا د اضافی متغیرونو لکه 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...
'Pre-Drinks': The Possible Dangers of a Growing Cultural Phenomenon
Preloading with alcohol, or ‘pre-drinking’, before a night out is becoming more and more common. New research carried out in a night-life district in Queensland, Australia, has looked to gauge the extent of ‘pre-drinking’. The study reports...
Receptivity to Tobacco Ads Linked to Smoking Susceptibility Among Youth
There is a strong link between receptivity to tobacco product advertisements and susceptibility to smoking cigarettes later in life, according to new research published in the journal Pediatrics. Put simply, the study suggests that the more...
Parental Absence in Early Childhood and Onset of Smoking and Alcohol Consumption before Adolescence
Abstract
Background: Parental absence, due to death or separation from a parent, has been associated with smoking and alcohol consumption in adolescence and adulthood. The aim of this study was to investigate whether parental absence in...
د تنباکو اوسنی سګرټ څښل او د زده کونکو په مینځ کې د سګرټ څښلو پریښودو لیوالتیا - د ځوانانو نړیوال تمباکو سروې 2012-2015
لنډیز
د دې موضوع په اړه څه پوهیږی؟
سګرټ څښونکی تمباکو محصولات ، لکه سګرټ او سیګار ، په ټوله نړۍ کې د تمباکو ترټولو عام ډول دی او ډیری تمباکو څښونکی د ځوانۍ په جریان کې سګرټ څښل پیل کوی.
په دې راپور کې څه اضافه شوی؟
د 2012 څخه تر 2015...
Do α2-Adrenergic Agonists Decrease the Symptoms Associated With Opioid Withdrawal?
Study Selection
This systematic review included randomized controlled clinical trials that compared the administration of an α2-adernergic agonist with other interventions such as placebo or methadone to reduce symptoms of opioid...
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...
Effectiveness Bank Matrix Bite: Treatment not for the Patient but for the Community
The final row of the Alcohol Treatment Matrix enters the domain of treatment organised not primarily for the patient, but to safeguard the wider community, encountering what seems a core contradiction depicted on the cover of WHO guidance...
د خطر سره مخ ځوانانو د الکولی مشروباتو کارول د جنسیت ځانګړی وړاندیز کوی
چکیده
شالید
مخکینی څیړنې د ځوانانو د خطرناک الکول کارولو او د ملګری چلند په اړه د دوی د تصور تر مینځ قوی اړیکې موندلې ، په بیله بیا د مصرف کولو پیسې او یو شمیر غیر ټولنیز چلندونه. په هرصورت ، د اغیزمن انتخابی مداخلو ډیزاین کولو لپاره د...
The European Drinking Table: Who Tops the List?
The recently published results from the European Social Survey provide us with an indication of who in Europe consumes the most alcohol.
Among the findings, notable are:
- The more well-off you are, the more you drink.
- The worse-off you...
Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids: A Free Online Training Course
A free online training course from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is now available.
The course addresses the CDC recommendations with respect to the prescription of opioids for chronic pain as well as their treatment...
مخکینی پوسټ مخکینی پوسټ:د الکولی مشروباتو په پرتله د ټیټ ټولنیز اقتصادی وضعیت پایله؟
د متحده ایالاتو د ګاونډیو په مینځ کې ، فقر او بې نظمی ، چې د جرمونو لوړه کچه ، د مخدره توکو قاچاق او ګرافیت وغیره دی ، ممکن د ستونزې څښاک خطر ډیر کړی ، د بارونو یا پلورنځیو شتون څخه ډیر چې الکول پلوری.
په بل عبارت ، ټولنیز اقتصادی عوامل...
State HCV Incidence and Policies Related to HCV Preventive and Treatment Services for Persons Who Inject Drugs — United States, 2015–2016
Summary
What is already known about this topic?
The United States has experienced a sharp increase in hepatitis C virus (HCV) incidence that can be attributed to injection drug use. Some states have used public health laws and treatment...
د عالی ښوونځی د زده کوونکو تر منځ اوسنی او بینګ څښاک — امریکا ، ۱۹۹۱ – ۲۰۱۵
لنډیز
د دې موضوع په اړه مخکې څه معلوم دی؟
هر کال د ۲۰۰۶ څخه تر ۲۰۱۰ کال پورې د الکولو زیات مصرف د ۴۳۰۰ کسانو په منځ کې د ۴۳۰۰ کسانو د مړینې مسؤلیت په غاړه درلود چې عمرونه یې < ۲۱ کاله وو ، او په ۲۰۱۰ کال کې د کم عمر هڅاندو څښاک امریکا ته...
د نسخې اپیایډز او د ډیمنشیا یا ادراکی کمښت خطر: د راتلونکی کوهورټ مطالعه
چکیده
موخې
د دې معلومولو لپاره چې ایا د نسخې اپیایډ کارول د ډیمنشیا لوړ خطر یا د ادراکی کمښت سره تړاو لری.
سکښت
د کوهورټ راتلونکی مطالعه.
امستن
ګروپ روغتیا ، د روغتیا پاملرنې مدغم تحویلی سیسټم.
ګډونوالان
د ټولنې استوګن اشخاص چې 65...
ATTC White Paper: Preparing Students to Work in Integrated Health Care Systems
A recently published White Paper by the Addiction Technology Transfer Centre Newtork (ATTC) starts with the premise that the substance use disorder (SUD) prevention, treatment and recovery workforce is currently undergoing an evolution as a...
