Applying interventions designed to reduce and manage the symptoms of substance use disorders.
Treatment
Is it possible to have a real fight?
Geraldine González Williman is an expert in the prevention and treatment of addictions of legal or illegal drugs. In this interview, details on the plans of action applicable to the Paraguay to combat a scourge that every day grows more...
Strategies to Facilitate Integrated Care for People with Alcohol and Other Drug Problems
Abstract Background There is a growing body of research highlighting the potential benefits of integrated care as a way of addressing the needs of people with alcohol and other drug (AOD) problems, given the broad range of other issues...
Webinar: Understanding Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome for the General Pediatrician
Presenters: Stephen Patrick, MD, MPH, MS, FAAP, AAP Committee on Substance Use and Prevention
Brenda Poindexter, MD, MS, FAAP, AAP Committee on Fetus and Newborn
EMCDDA Insights: Prevention of Substance Abuse
Prevention of Substance Abuse by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) is a report that draws on evidence-based research to assess substance use prevention interventions, in terms of their ability to...
Equipping Community Pharmacy Workers as Agents for Health Behaviour Change
Abstract Objective: To develop a complex intervention for community pharmacy staff to promote uptake of smoking cessation services and to increase quit rates. Design: Following the Medical Research Council framework, we used a mixed-methods...
Tobacco Cessation Guidelines for High Risk Populations
The book “Tobacco Cessation Guidelines for High Risk Populations” is the main result of the TOB.g partnership, coordinated by the Hellenic Center for Disease Control & Prevention and consisted of four partners and specifically ENSP, CMT...
Use and Knowledge of Contraceptive Methods by Patients in Two Substance Use Disorders Treatment Centers in Paris
Abstract Background Studies on contraceptive use by patients with substance use disorders (SUD) show a concerning low use of contraception. Mainly conducted in USA, they could be irrelevant to patients attending European SUD treatment...
The Effectiveness of Illegal Drug Interventions
This Health Research Board document reviews evidence on the effectiveness of interventions in the areas of prevention, harm reduction and long-term recovery from addiction to illegal drugs. It asks which interventions are effective for...
Decisions in Recovery: Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder
This handbook provides guidance on using the web-based, multimedia tool 'Decisions in Recovery: Medications for Opioid Addiction'. This handbook and the web-based tool offer information about medication-assisted treatment. Both resources...
Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix 2017
Time for a résumé of the 2017 refresh of the Alcohol Treatment Matrix. Released fortnightly, the 25 cells and ‘bite’ commentaries cumulated to a course reflecting on the most significant research underpinning practice, leading you through...