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Public Health
The organised efforts of governments, health systems, and communities to prevent substance-related harms, promote wellbeing, and improve population health outcomes. A public health approach focuses on prevention, early intervention, treatment, recovery support, and harm reduction, while also addressing the social, economic, and environmental factors that influence substance use. It relies on surveillance data, evidence-based interventions, policies, and cross-sector collaboration to reduce the overall burden of substance use disorders and promote healthier communities.
People, Planet, or Profit: alcohol’s impact on a sustainable future
Alcohol is a discretionary, non-essential product that causes over 200 health conditions.1 The harm that alcohol causes to health, society and the economy is already well-known. However, the damage caused to the environment, sustainable...
Integrated brief interventions for noncommunicable disease risk factors in primary care: the manual
Abstract
Brief interventions are recognized by WHO as an effective measure to help people quit tobacco, reduce or stop alcohol use and increase physical activity. They can also help to achieve and maintain healthy eating behaviours and...
Strategies to cut down drinking, alcohol consumption, and usual drinking frequency
Background
Relatively little is known about how risky drinkers attempt to moderate their drinking in the absence of specialist support. The broader literature has identified multiple potential strategies that people use to cope with...
Mortality and life-years lost following subsequent physical comorbidity in people with pre-existing substance use disorders: a national registry-based retrospective cohort study of hospitalised individuals in Czechia
Summary
Background
Substance use disorders constitute a major global public health problem, attributable largely to their subsequent comorbidity with other health conditions. This study aimed to investigate the risk of all-cause death and...
World AIDS Day 2022 Event: Challenges and Perspectives from SUD Treatment Practice
In acknowledgement of World AIDS Day, ISSUP Italy would like to invite you to attend their upcoming Webinar.
First Presentation: The Post COVID-19 AIDS Challenges
The characteristics of HIV infection and how they have evolved over the...
ADDICTUS 2022, 4° Forum Nazionale sulle Dipendenze Patologiche
ADDICTUS 2022
IV° FORUM NAZIONALE SULLE DIPENDENZE PATOLOGICHE
Centro Congressi di Riva del Garda (TN) 2 - 4 dicembre 2022
Responsabili scientifici: Fabio Lugoboni, Anna Franceschini, Stefano Canali
VENERDI’ 2.12.22
Disturbi del...
Bi-Monthly Webinar: ISSUP Nigeria Knowledge Update Series (Fifteenth Session)
ISSUP Nigeria would like to invite you to their next Bi-Monthly Webinar in the Knowledge Update Series. This Webinar will centre on 'Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) in Schizophrenia: Current Approach to Management'.
Substance use and homelessness
This research explored changes in the tobacco, alcohol and illicit drug use of people experiencing homelessness in the UK. Particularly, the researchers examined the following questions:
- what are the characteristics of people with...
UNODC Trains Team of National Trainers from Central Asia on UTC 16 and UTC 19
The UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia supported a training of trainers (ToT) on “Course 16 – Advanced Clinical Skills “ and “Course 19 – “Enhancing Group Facilitation Skills” which took place in person in Almaty, Kazakhstan on 24-29...
Cannabis y Adolescencia
ISSUP Chile presentó un seminario web sobre los resultados de la investigación actual sobre el impacto del consumo de cannabis en el cerebro adolescente en desarrollo.
Centro comunitario de salud mental éxitos en la prevención y tratamiento de personas que consumen sustancias psicoactivas
ISSUP Perú te invita a participar de un webinar sobre servicios comunitarios de prevención y control de adicciones.
El webinar se llevará a cabo el jueves 20 de octubre de 2022 a las 11:00 (hora Perú)
Este webinar analiza la actividad que...
آئرلینڈ میں مسائل کا شکار اوپیوئڈ کا استعمال، 2015–2019
اس رپورٹ میں ، ہیلتھ ریسرچ بورڈ نے ایک مطالعہ کے نتائج پیش کیے ہیں جس کا مقصد 2015 سے 2019 تک آئرلینڈ میں چار سورس کیپچر -دوبارہ حاصل کرنے کے طریقہ کار کا استعمال کرتے ہوئے مسائل کا شکار اوپیوئڈ کے استعمال کا تخمینہ لگانا تھا۔
اہم نتائج:
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Registration opens for European Drugs Winter and Summer Schools 2023
The EMCDDA and the University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL) are delighted to open registration today for two upcoming joint events in 2023: the European Drugs Winter School (EDWS) and the European Drugs Summer School (EDSS) (1)(2).
EDWS...
Avoidance, Anxiety Towards Parents, and Self-Acceptance of Adolescents in the System of Higher Secondary Education
BACKGROUND:
A close relationship between a parent and a child and parental acceptance can mediate the appropriate self-acceptance of an adolescent, which is an important variable related to personality and a pillar of emotional health. In...
AddictologyIssue 2/2022
تمباکو نوشی کے خاتمے کے لئے ہنگامی انتظام کے عمومی اصول
ہنگامی انتظام (سی ایم) ایک نفسیاتی علاج ہے جو آپریٹنگ کنڈیشننگ پر مبنی ہے. اس میں ہدف کے طرز عمل کو حاصل کرنے کے بدلے میں ترغیبات فراہم کرنا شامل ہے جیسے پرہیز یا علاج سے متعلق دیگر متغیرات (جیسے سیشن کی حاضری، ادویات کی پابندی)۔ اس مضمون...
AddictologyIssue 2/2022
Effect of Propylene Glycol and Vegetable Glycerine Ratio in E-Liquid on Aerosol Formation: Overview of Relevant Properties
BACKGROUND:
Electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) generate an aerosol by vaporising e-liquids that usually consist of propylene glycol (PG), vegetable glycerine (VG), and other ingredients (water, nicotine, and flavours). The...
AddictologyIssue 2/2022
مادہ کا استعمال اور خاندانوں کا کردار. پاکستان، قازقستان اور یوکرین میں ایک کراس کنٹری اسٹڈی کے نتائج
پس منظر:
بہت سے ممالک میں خاندان شاذ و نادر ہی مادہ کے استعمال کی خرابی (ایس یو ڈی) کے ساتھ خاندان کے ممبروں کے لئے علاج اور مداخلت کو حل کرنے میں شامل رہے ہیں. اس مطالعے کا مقصد صارفین کے اہل خانہ پر مادہ کے استعمال کے اثرات کی پیمائش...
AddictologyIssue 2/2022
Contribution of SocioDemographic and Structured Leisure Activities’ Characteristics to Adolescents’ Alcohol Use
BACKGROUND:
Leisure can be a context that can promote positive adolescent development, but it can also be a context that contributes to adolescents engaging in risk behaviours.
AIMS:
The aim of this study is to determine the extent to...
AddictologyIssue 2/2022
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention in the Czech Republic: Study Design
INTRODUCTION:
Screening and brief interventions (SBI) consist of a variety of activities aimed at people who engage in risky alcohol drinking, but who are not severely alcohol-dependent. Many studies have proved that SBI might serve as a...
AddictologyIssue 2/2022
Patterns of Heated Tobacco Product Use Among Czech Adult Tobacco Users in 2020: An Online Survey
BACKGROUND:
Heated tobacco products represent a new phenomenon, called novel tobacco products, and one that is not unique to the Czech market. These are electronic tobacco heating and aerosol-producing devices. Although studies on the...
AddictologyIssue 2/2022