څیړونکی اټکل کوی چې په سیاتل کې د ۵۰٪ څخه زیات خلک چې په نشه یی توکو روږدی شوی دی بې کوره دی او د سیاتل د تګ راتګ ډله - چې د ناخبره کارکوونکو او د پولیسو افسرانو څخه په ځانګړی ډول د بې کوره خلکو سره د انترفیس کولو لپاره روزل شوی دی - اټکل...
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) is one of the most researched treatment options for Alcohol Use Disorder. In order to make CBT as accessible and effective as possibles, researchers have been investigating different versions and ways to...
The popular US children’s show “Sesame Street” has revealed that a character’s mother is battling addiction, acquainting kids with the opioid crisis that has devastated swaths of the country.
A fuzzy green Muppet introduced in May is in...
Opium cultivators, who were de-licensed or banned between crop year 1999 and 2017, can once again undertake opium poppy farming, subject to clearance from the Narcotics Commissioners. According to the United Nations Office of Drugs and...
Drug abuse in India is a silent public health problem with “iceberg phenomenon” like implications: Dr. Edmond Fernandes
The drug addicts turning into dealers, number of on-going tip-offs where political patronage is provided and the soft...
An Amritsar-based private hospital has opened Punjab's first mobile de-addiction centre for ditigal detox of adults besides the school children and even small kids. The hospital was in the news after it opened a drug de-addiction centre for...
Drug abuse and violence both are dangerous phenomena in all countries. The relation between drug abuse and violence is obscure, and what comes first is the question. This study clarifies the changes in drug abuse...
La problemática del consumo de sustancias psicoactivas es definida como compleja y multidimensional, por lo tanto obliga a recurrir a enfoques renovadores dentro de la epidemiología que permitan abordajes a la medida de dicha complejidad...
Mian Afzal Trust Hospital (MATH), Gujranwala Pakistan (Approved Education Provider of Colombo Plan GCCE) in collaboration with ISSUP Pakistan Chapter is going to organize a training workshop of Universal Treatment Curriculum 4 and 7 in MATH...
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Imagine going through treatment numerous times but not being able to stop using. Imagine deciding not to use and doing everything you possibly can to stop using but relapsing despite all your efforts. If this sums up your situation or If...
It has long been known that individuals will engage in voluntary inhalation of volatile solvents for their rewarding effects. However, research into the neurobiology of these agents has lagged behind that of more commonly misused...
What is already known about this topic?
An outbreak of e-cigarette, or vaping, product use–associated lung injury (EVALI) of unknown source is ongoing in the United States.
What is added by this report?
Medical abstractions were...
Brasil, 22 de outubro de 2019
Os efeitos do consumo de drogas pelos pais, no desenvolvimento das crianças, dependem muito da intensidade e do tempo de consumo. Porém, sempre são prejudiciais, tanto as legais, quanto as ilegais.
No que diz...
Conducted a session on Suicide and Substance Abuse Prevention organized by Green Star in Karachi, Pakistan.
د زده کوونکو لپاره د پرمختګ لپاره د سمون وړتیا جوړول، د ثبات د کرکیلی په اړه یو سیمینار جوړ کړ. دا د ارواپوهنې د څانګې ، د بهاریا پوهنتون ، لاهور کېمپس لخوا ترتیب شوی وو.
A seminar and two day training workshop were conducted for Faculty and Senior Students at the Department of Psychology, Bahria University, Islamabad on August 29, 2019.
Substance abuse is a significant problem in Pakistan (Hussain, 2017), yet, there are few studies of risk factors in this population, particularly in remote areas. Male adolescents (N = 243; M = 16.9 years, SD = 1.3 years) were...
د "سکرینینګ ، لنډ مداخله او درملنې لپاره راجع کولو" په اړه د کنفرانس دمخه روزنیز ورکشاپ د ارواپوهنې څانګې ، RIPHAH نړیوال پوهنتون ، لاهور کې ترسره شو. د ورکشاپ روزنیز اهداف په لاندې ډول دی:
A recent study, conducted by the Guardian and the Danish Broadcasting Corporation, has revealed that Facebook has marked hundreds of thousands of children as “interested in” adverts about gambling and alcohol.
Facebook gains information...
