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Applying interventions designed to reduce and manage the symptoms of substance use disorders.
Personality disorders and AOD use: what clinicians need to know
Presented by Professor Brin Grenyer OAM, by the end of this webinar, attendees will be able to: - Identify personality disorders in the context of AOD challenges;
- Select from various skills to effectively respond to people with...
Kenya to include smoking cessation drugs as essential medicines
The Ministry of Health has been advised to add two non-nicotine drugs to Kenya’s Essential Medicines List, to help smokers quit tobacco and nicotine addiction.
The World Health Organization said the two drugs bring “a powerful shift in...
Nové psychoaktivní látky (NPS) - situace v Irsku.
Tento informační list shrnuje informace a statistické údaje o nových psychoaktivních látkách shromážděné z nedávných zpráv o prevalenci, léčbě, úmrtnosti a právních předpisech v Irsku.
Alcohol & Human Rights
The Institute of Alcohol Studies presents Seminar Four in its four-part series on alcohol and sustainability. Seminar Four explored workers’ rights for alcohol industry employees in the developing world; industry practices in Africa...
Respiratory events associated with concomitant opioid and sedative use among Medicare beneficiaries with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Abstract
Background Opioids and sedatives are commonly prescribed in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients for symptoms of dyspnoea, pain, insomnia, depression and anxiety. Older adults are advised to avoid these...
Homelessness and Substance use: a disturbing link around the world: an ISSUP Webinar Series
The connection between homelessness and substance use is well recognised and an issue that impacts countries around the world. People who experience substance use related issues and homelessness are extremely vulnerable to a range of harms...
AddictologyIssue 1/2022
Kombinace Evropského kurikula prevence (EUPC) a univerzálního léčebného kurikula (UTC) v magisterském studiu závislostí
ÚVOD:
Evropské kurikulum prevence (EUPC) a univerzální léčebné kurikulum (UTC) jsou paradigmaty úsilí o dosažení mezinárodního standardizovaného školení pro snížení poptávky po drogách. Oba učební osnovy jsou založeny na poznatcích a...
AddictologyIssue 1/2022
From Face-to-Face to Online Delivery: Training of Professionals in Evidence-Based Prevention
BACKGROUND:
By disseminating the Universal Prevention Curriculums (UPC), the Colombo Plan (CP) seeks to narrow the gap between scientific knowledge on effective prevention of substance use and its application in the field. In 2020 CP...
AddictologyIssue 1/2022
Adaptation of the Universal Treatment Curriculum to Philippine Context and Online Environment
BACKGROUND:
The Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC) is offered to the academic community to integrate substance use-specific knowledge, skills, and evidence-based practices into the continuing professional development of current and...
AddictologyIssue 1/2022
Development of the Addiction Treatment Workforce in Ukraine by the Ukraine Addiction Technology Transfer Center
BACKGROUND:
The high prevalence of HIV and substance use disorders (SUD) in Ukraine remains a significant public health problem. A well-trained, recovery-oriented national workforce to enhance SUD treatment associated with HIV care is...
AddictologyIssue 1/2022
Efficacy and Safety of Varenicline for Smoking Cessation in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes A Randomized Clinical Trial
Abstract
Importance Evidence of effective smoking cessation interventions in patients with diabetes is limited. The unique behavioral and metabolic characteristics of smokers with type 2 diabetes warrants a randomized clinical trial of...
Série webinářů o nových psychoaktivních látkách (NPS)
Různé NPS významně změnily obraz užívání drog v různých zemích. Nyní jsou na trhu s drogami velmi prominentní. Mnohé z těchto látek jsou skutečně určeny k obcházení protidrogových zákonů a jsou prodávány jako "legální" náhrady konopí...
Oxytocin as an adolescent treatment for methamphetamine addiction after early life stress in male and female rats
Abstract
Early life stress (ELS) is associated with perturbed neural development and augmented vulnerability to mental health disorders, including addiction. How ELS changes the brain to increase addiction risk is poorly understood, and...
Hlavní body světové zprávy UNODC o drogách z roku 2022: Důsledky pro protidrogovou prevenci, léčbu a reakce na péči
ISSUP představil ve čtvrtek 7. července 2022 webinář, na kterém vystoupila Giovanna Campello, vedoucí sekce prevence, léčby a rehabilitace Úřadu OSN pro drogy a kriminalitu (UNODC), která představila hlavní body ze světové zprávy UNODC...
Involvement of the ghrelin system in the maintenance and reinstatement of cocaine-motivated behaviors: a role of adrenergic action at peripheral β1 receptors
Abstract
Cocaine addiction is a significant medical and public concern. Despite decades of research effort, development of pharmacotherapy for cocaine use disorder remains largely unsuccessful. This may be partially due to insufficient...
The prevalence of comorbid serious mental illnesses and substance use disorders in prison populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Comorbid mental illnesses and substance use disorders are associated with adverse criminal, social, and health outcomes. Yet, their burden is not reliably known among prison populations. We therefore aimed to estimate the prevalence of comorbid serious mental illnesses and substance use disorders (dual disorders) among people in prison worldwide.
New Psychoactive Substances: Reading List
New psychoactive substances (NPS) are a diverse group of substances designed to replicate the effects of substances like cannabis, cocaine and ecstasy.
Project NEPTUNE training modules
In partnership with the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Project NEPTUNE has developed training modules to improve clinical practice in the management of harms resulting from the use of club drugs and novel psychoactive substances.
These...
Guidance on the Clinical Management of Acute and Chronic Harms of Club Drugs and Novel Psychoactive Substances
This document provides guidance on the clinical management of harms resulting from acute intoxication and from the harmful and dependent use of club drugs and Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS).
This is an extensive and comprehensive...
Handbook of Novel Psychoactive Substances: What Clinicians Should Know about NPS
Handbook of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) provides a comprehensive overview of the challenges that clinicians face when dealing with NPS and discusses how the profile of patients and their socio-demographic characteristics frame the...
