Practice

Methadone Induction in Primary Care for Opioid Dependence: A Pragmatic Randomized Trial

Scientific article

22 November 2014

From France the first study to randomly allocate patients to start methadone maintenance either in primary care or at a specialist centre found primary care more attractive to patients and no less safe or effective at reducing street-opioid...

The American Society of Addiction Medicine Standards of Care

Book

27 October 2013

This document is a useful resource for physicians that manage care services of patients with drug use disorders and its related consequences. It is intended to support quality improvement activities conducted by health care provider systems...

Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse Annual Conference

8 November 2018

San Francisco

United States

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42nd Annual AMERSA Conference

International Nurses Society on Addiction 42nd Annual Educational Conference

3 October 2018

Denver

United States

This conference focuses on the requisite knowledge, skills and abilities for any nurse who cares for persons with substance use, abuse and addictions. Providing patient centered care through prevention, screening,

INEBRIA 2018 (International Network on Brief Interventions for Alcohol and Other Drugs)

27 September 2018

Santiago

Chile

The conference will take place in Santiago de Chile, Chile, September 26-28 and the title for this year’s conference is “Challenges faced in the implementation of brief interventions in diverse settings, contexts and population groups”.

3rd International Congress on Addictive Behavior and Dual Diagnosis

16 August 2018

Stockholm

Sweden

This educational event has been designed with illustrious researchers in the field of psychiatry, psychology, neurology, professionals from academia as well as from health care, and eminent researchers contributing their research outcomes and views to the expansion of

Nicotine and Tobacco: Current Issues, Policy & Practice

21 May 2018

Stirling

United Kingdom

Building on our previous CPD courses on tobacco control and alcohol policy, the UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies is delighted to be offering the CPD course on nicotine and tobacco again in 2018!

Supporting Nurse Mentors to Reduce the Barriers to Implementing Alcohol Interventions and Brief Advice (IBA) in Primary Care

Book

1 February 2018

Key Findings The findings of this project suggest that providing a relatively low level of support to nurse mentors based in primary care leads to a significant increase in the delivery of IBA. There was a marked increase in the percentage...

Recommendations for NIDA's Cannabis Policy Research Agenda

News

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has released a new report Recommendations for NIDA's Cannabis Policy Research Agenda. The document has been prepared by the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse Workgroup which was formed in...

Mentor Launches Quality Mark for Alcohol and Drugs Education

News

Mentor UK, an organisation focused on drug prevention and education, have launched a Quality Mark for alcohol and drugs education. The quality mark has been developed in addition to a set of developmental quality standards for schools and...