تلاش
Treatment
The range of medical, psychological, and social services designed to help individuals reduce or stop substance use and manage substance use disorders. Treatment may include assessment, counselling and behavioural therapies, medication-assisted treatment, withdrawal management, and support for co-occurring mental or physical health conditions. Effective treatment is typically person-centred and evidence-informed, and may be provided in outpatient, community, or residential settings. Treatment aims to improve health and functioning, reduce substance-related harms, and support individuals in moving toward recovery and long-term wellbeing.
بہتر زندگی کی طرف اگلا قدم
اس گائیڈ کا مقصد لوگوں کو یہ اندازہ لگانا ہے کہ جب وہ اپنے ڈیٹاکسیفکیشن کے عمل کو مکمل کر لیتے ہیں تو وہ کیا توقع کرسکتے ہیں۔ لوگوں کو شراب اور دیگر منشیات سے دور رہنے میں مدد کرنے کے لئے خیالات پیش کیے جاتے ہیں۔ بحالی کے مراحل کی بھی وضاحت...
The Proportion of Dementia Attributable to Common Modifiable Lifestyle Factors in Barbados
Abstract
Objective: To understand what number and proportion of dementia cases in Barbados are attributable to modifiable lifestyle factors and what effect a reduction in these risk factors would have on future dementia prevalence.
Method...
Differences between Psychotic Disorders with Concurrent Cannabis Use and Cannabis-Induced Psychoses
Abstract
Background: The fact that Cannabis use can lead to psychotic symptoms has been recognized years ago. Moreover, when the patient is using cannabis, the distinction between a primary psychotic disorder and a cannabis-induced...
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of Medial Prefrontal and Cingulate Cortices Reduces Cocaine Self-Administration: A Pilot Study
Background: Previous studies have shown that repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) to the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex may serve as a potential treatment for cocaine use disorder (CUD), which remains a public health problem...
Diagnosis of Stroke Due to Cocaine and Its Complications
Introduction: Cocaine is an independent cerebrovascular risk factor both for ischaemic and haemorrhagic events, above all among persons under 55 years of age.
Report: A case report of stroke due to the consumption of cocaine is used to...
A Randomized, Open Label Trial of Methadone Continuation versus Forced Withdrawal in a Combined US Prison and Jail
Highlights
- MMT during incarceration leads to lower injection drug and heroin use.
- MMT during incarceration leads to fewer non-fatal overdoses.
- MMT during incarceration leads to higher rates of engagement in treatment.
Abstract
Recen...
Workforce Development: Is There a Paradigm Shift?
This editorial examines whether training and education in the addictions field has considerably made a difference in workforce development. It concludes that transformational change has not occurred because beyond training and education, a...
Enhanced Amygdala-Striatal Functional Connectivity during the Processing of Cocaine Cues in Male Cocaine Users with a History of Childhood Trauma
Background and Aims: Childhood trauma is associated with increased levels of anxiety later in life, an increased risk for the development of substance use disorders, and neurodevelopmental abnormalities in the amygdala and frontostriatal...
پرائمری کیئر میں الکحل کی مداخلت اور مختصر مشورہ (آئی بی اے) کے نفاذ میں رکاوٹوں کو کم کرنے کے لئے نرس سرپرستوں کی مدد کرنا
اہم نتائج
- اس منصوبے کے نتائج سے پتہ چلتا ہے کہ بنیادی دیکھ بھال پر مبنی نرس سرپرستوں کو نسبتا کم سطح کی مدد فراہم کرنے سے آئی بی اے کی فراہمی میں نمایاں اضافہ ہوتا ہے۔
- آئی بی اے حاصل کرنے کے لئے جاری ابتدائی اسکریننگ ٹیسٹ میں مثبت آنے...
How Do People with Mood and Anxiety Disorders Perceive and Interpret the Drinking Motives Questionnaire?
Abstract
Background
Research has identified drinking motives as the final common pathway to alcohol use, and associations between specific drinking motives and drinking patterns have consistently been demonstrated. Data on drinking...
Prevalence and Factors Associated with Exposure to Secondhand Smoke (SHS) among Young People
Abstract
Background: Annually, 600 000 deaths are attributed to exposure of non-smokers to secondhand smoke (SHS). These include 165 000 among children, about 60% of which occur in Africa and Southeast Asia. As of 2017, only seven...
تاثیر بینک میٹرکس سیل: خلیج کو ختم کرنا۔ غیر قانونی منشیات استعمال کرنے والوں سے متعلق قانونی منشیات تجویز کرنے والے
1960 کی دہائی میں برطانیہ میں منشیات کی لت کا علاج کرنے والے ڈاکٹروں اور ان کے مریضوں کے درمیان مخالف ایجنڈے اور سماجی فاصلے کی ایک خلیج کھل گئی۔ ڈرگ ٹریٹمنٹ میٹرکس کا یہ سیل اس بات کی جانچ پڑتال کرتا ہے کہ اس طرح کی خلیجوں کو دور کرنے سے...
A Randomized, Open Label Trial of Methadone Continuation versus Forced Withdrawal in a Combined US Prison and Jail
Effectiveness Bank Analysis: Keep Maintaining Opiate-Dependent Prisoners
From the USA, a rare randomised trial found in favour of continuing methadone maintenance when patients entered prison rather than compulsory withdrawal. The...
Stressful Experiences Affect Likelihood of Remission of Drug Dependence, Continued Drug Use, and Relapse
Researchers at the University of Michigan’s Centre for the Study of Drugs, Alcohol, Smoking and Health have been exploring the link between drug dependence, ongoing drug use, relapse and exposure to stress or experience of stressful events...
Treatment for Opioid Use and Outcomes in Older Adults: A Systematic Literature Review
A new study published in the Drug and Alcohol Dependence journal focuses on an often-neglected topic – opioid use in older adults. This systematic literature review, Treatment for Opioid Use and Outcomes in Older Adults, included 76 papers...
Research Suggests Changes to the Way Opioids Are Prescribed after Surgery Could Prevent Misuse
A team of researchers from Harvard Medical School in Boston has published a new study suggesting changes to the way opioids are prescribed after surgery could be a way to reduce misuse.
Featured in the British Medical Journal, the study Po...
ایس اے ایم ایچ ایس اے سے نئی: اوپیوئڈ کے استعمال کی خرابی کے لئے دوائیں
ایس اے ایم ایچ ایس اے نے ٹریٹمنٹ امپروومنٹ پروٹوکول سیریز کے حصے کے طور پر ایک نئی اشاعت جاری کی ہے۔
Repeated Exposure to the “Spice” Cannabinoid JWH-018 Induces Tolerance and Enhances Responsiveness to 5-HT1A Receptor Stimulation in Male Rats
Naphthalen-1-yl-(1-pentylindol-3-yl)methanone (JWH-018) is a synthetic compound found in psychoactive “spice” products that activates cannabinoid receptors. Preclinical evidence suggests that exposure to synthetic cannabinoids increases 5...
National Trends in Alcohol Consumption in Mexico
Abstract:
Introduction: Worldwide, binge drinking of alcohol has increased, especially among young people. In Mexico, various epidemiological sources allow us to account for the growth this pattern of consumption has had. Given this...
The Influence of Hazardous Drinking on Psychological Functioning, Stress and Sleep during and after Treatment in Patients with Mental Health Problems
Abstract
Objectives: Hazardous drinking could negatively affect health and lead to alcohol use disorders, but it is unclear how hazardous drinking affects treatment outcomes of depression and anxiety and stress-related mental health...