Brief treatment (BT) or regular outpatient alcohol use or substance use disorder (SUD) treatment is a key element of the Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) model. It can be an effective, short-term, and low-cost treatment option for many people who misuse alcohol and drugs. Nevertheless, inconsistent BT implementation often costs similar to regular outpatient care. Prior research is also prevalent with inconsistent operationalizations regarding the measurement of BT received by patients. Therefore, there is a need to more explicitly identify and document...

Background:

Substance use disorders are reliably associated with high impulsivity and sensation seeking. Importantly, both precede problematic substance use, implicating them as risk factors. Individuals with substance use disorders show variable degrees of substance use (combined quantity and frequency) and substance-related problems and differ in both aspects from healthy controls. Dimensional research has indicated differential associations of impulsivity-related traits as well as sensation seeking with the degree of substance use and substance-related problems. The current study aimed to...

Региональный офис УНП ООН для Центральной Азии оказал поддержку региональному тренингу тренеров (ToT) по курсу 11  «Повышение мотивационных навыков интервьюирования». Этот курс является частью Продвинутого уровня Универсальной учебной программы по лечению расстройств, связанных с употреблением психоактивных веществ (учебный пакет UTC) для национальных тренеров из Таджикистана и Узбекистана, который проходил в автономном режиме в Ташкенте, Узбекистан, 24-28 мая 2021 года.

В тренинге приняли участие 16 членов национальных команд тренеров из Таджикистана (5) и Узбекистана (11). Основные цели...

Abstract

Objectives: 

Face-to-face meetings are key components of Twelve Step (TS) fellowships’ support of members’ abstinence. Home confinement during COVID-19 made this less feasible. Our objective was to ascertain whether a transition to virtual online meetings among TS members took place, and whether it was potentially effective.

Methods: 

Two thousand one hundred fifty-two long-standing USA members of Narcotics Anonymous (NA) were surveyed to ascertain their recovery-related experiences and their relation to the transition to virtual meetings.

Results: 

During the previous week (ie...

This article from Scientific American covers recent advances in treating Methamphetamine Use Disorder.

The Adiktologie Journal is the professional journal for research concerning the prevention and treatment of addiction.

Below, you can find articles that make up the December 2020 edition.

EDITORIAL

From Prevention Programmes to Health Literacy Promotion

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Alcohol Consumption among Slovak Schoolchildren: Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Unplugged Programme

The Relationship between the Consumption of Different Types of Alcoholic Beverages and Household Income Inequality

The Qualitative Arm of the ATTUNE Research in the Czech Republic: The Methods, Study Design...

HOW CAN YOU PRIORITISE THE CHILD WHEN YOUR PATIENT IS THE PARENT?

Guidance insists child welfare is paramount, even if your client is not the child, but their parent. The temptation is to sideline this uncomfortable but important work, placing the onus on managers to counter this through training, support, monitoring and supervision. Place yourselves in their shoes; how you would reconcile prioritising child protection with targets and expectations related to their parents’ substance use?

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