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Smartphone Ownership among US Adult Cigarette Smokers
ABSTRACT
Background: Despite increasing interest in smartphone apps as a platform for delivery of tobacco cessation interventions, no previous studies have evaluated the prevalence and characteristics of smokers who can access smartphone...
Review Article: Recent Insights into Clinical Decision-Making in Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis
Summary
Background
Alcoholic hepatitis is a severe acute manifestation of alcoholic liver disease with a high mortality. Management of patients with this condition has been a matter of controversy for many years; however, recent clinical...
More Reasons to Move: Exercise in the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorders
Physical exercise is widely regarded as “medicine” for the prevention and treatment of myriad somatic health conditions. Studies also demonstrate that exercise is effective in the treatment of common mental disorders and has a role in the...
Opioid Use and Opioid Use Disorder in Pregnancy
ABSTRACT
Opioid use in pregnancy has escalated dramatically in recent years, paralleling the epidemic observed in the general population. To combat the opioid epidemic, all health care providers need to take an active role. Pregnancy...
Teachers and Coaches in Adolescent Social Networks Are Associated with Healthier Self-Concept and Decreased Substance Use
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND
Poor academic (eg. “I am a bad student”) and behavioral (eg. “I am a troublemaker”) self-concepts are strongly linked to adolescent substance use. Social networks likely influence self-concept. However, little is...
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...
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...
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...
How to Tackle America’s Opioid Crisis?
Much the result of a poor understanding of how to treat chronic pain, the United States has in recent years been rocked by an unprecedented drug crisis: The opioid epidemic.
Opioids include drugs derived from opium, such as heroin, as...
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Towards a New Consensus for Addiction Medicine Training
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حال ہی میں تعلیمی جریدے ایڈکشن میں شائع ہونے والی ایک نئی تحقیق سے پتہ چلتا ہے کہ منشیات کے استعمال کے علاج کے پروگرام جن میں 12 مراحل پر مشتمل طریقوں کو شامل کیا گیا ہے ، جیسے الکحل کے بے نام (اے اے) کے ذریعہ استعمال کیا جاتا ہے ، موجودہ...
Parents Are a Key Influence on Teenage Drinking Habits, Study Finds
A new study that provides details of drinking habits and influential factors among Australian teenagers appears in the latest edition of the academic journal BMC Public Health.
The investigation’s findings notably include:
- Most students...
Review: Pharmacogenetics of Alcoholism Treatment: Implications of Ethnic Diversity
Abstract
Background and Objectives
Pharmacogenetic studies of alcohol use disorder (AUD) have suggested that the efficacy of treatments for AUD is, in part, influenced by the genetic background of an individual. Since the frequency of...
The Role of Science in Addressing the Opioid Crisis
Opioid misuse and addiction is an ongoing and rapidly evolving public health crisis, requiring innovative scientific solutions. In response, and because no existing medication is ideal for every patient, the National Institutes of Health...
Using Behavioral Triage in Court-Supervised Treatment of DUI Offenders
San Joaquin county in California has pointed the way forward to a system which conserves treatment resources yet achieves greater reductions in drink/drug-driving incidents. The first evaluation of systematically escalating offenders to...
Family Therapy for Adolescents with Behavioural Problems
Multidimensional family therapy addresses:
- Mental health, substance use and other behavioural issues affecting young people
- The parents’ childrearing skills/personal functioning
- Parent-child communication/relationship
- Family members'...
Long-Term Effects of the Strong African American Families Programme on Youths’ Alcohol Use
Long-term results from an alcohol use prevention programme developed for poor black US families with 11-year-old children reinforce the potential of an approach which engages parents and children to improve parenting and change the children...
Tobacco Use during Pregnancy and Its Associated Factors in a Mountain District of Eastern Nepal
Background: Tobacco using among women is more prevalent in Nepal as compared to other South-East Asian countries. The effect of its use is seen not only on the pregnant women, but also health of the growing fetus is compromised. Currently...
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