Addiction

2017 WHO Forum on Alcohol, Drugs and Addictive Behaviours

26 June 2017

Geneva

Switzerland

The World Health Organization (WHO) Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse organizes, for the first time, the Global Forum on Alcohol, Drugs and Addictive Behaviours (FADAB) with a primary goal to enhance public health actions in these areas by strengthening partnerships and collaboration among public health oriented organizations, networks and institutions in

Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder: What's There to Learn?

Scientific article

7 June 2017

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...

Can Depression Lead to E-Cigarette Use?

Scientific article

7 June 2017

There remain many unanswered questions regarding the health effects of e-cigarettes. A new study published in the journal Nicotine & Tobacco suggests that there may be a link between e-cigarette use among university students and depression...

Affluence and Academic Pressure: Two Factors That Lead to Drug Abuse?

Scientific article

6 June 2017

A new study published in the journal Development and Psychopathology claims to have found a positive link between affluence, high academic performance and drug and alcohol use. Such findings are important because it has previously only been...

A Possible New Treatment for Alcohol Disorders?

Scientific article

6 June 2017

New research published in the journal Biological Psychiartry points to a novel way for the treatment of alcoholism. This would look to reduce motivation for drinking instead of altering the effects of alcohol, itself. Indeed, the study...

How Do We Tackle the Opioid Epidemic?

Scientific article

1 June 2017

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...

Receptivity to Tobacco Ads Linked to Smoking Susceptibility Among Youth

Scientific article

30 May 2017

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...

Technology and Smoking Cessation: Are Personalised Emails Effective for Would-be Quitters?

Scientific article

30 May 2017

A new American Cancer Society study published in the journal Tobacco Control suggests that regularly receiving personalised emails with tips for quitting amongst other information could be as effective at reducing the rate of smoking as...

Excessive Drinking: More a Result of Low Socioeconomic Status Than Access to Alcohol?

Scientific article

16 May 2017

Among US neighbourhoods, poverty and disorganisation, that is high levels of crime, drug trafficking and graffiti etc., may increase the risk of problem drinking, more so than the presence of bars or stores that sell alcohol. In other words...

Treatment of Skid-Row Alcoholics with Disulfiram

Scientific article

1 January 1966

Conducted in 1962 and 1963 in Atlanta in the USA, the featured article seems the first to have tested whether problem-drinking offenders will take a drug which enforces abstinence by generating deterrent reactions to alcohol, if the...