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Applying interventions designed to reduce and manage the symptoms of substance use disorders.
WHO Alcohol Brief Intervention Training Manual for Primary Care (2017)
Alcohol contributes significantly to the disease and mortality burden in the WHO European Region, and primary health care systems play an important role in reducing the impact of harmful alcohol use. Screening and brief interventions (SBIs)...
Jak přizpůsobit stávající pokyny pro klinickou praxi založené na důkazech
Abstraktní
Cíl: Vypracovat a podpořit přijetí pokynů pro klinickou praxi (CPG) pro odvykání kouření v Kanadě zapojením zúčastněných stran do adaptace stávajících vysoce kvalitních KDP pomocí zásad rámce ADAPTE.
Metody: Nezávislý...
Snižují kreativní umělecké terapie zneužívání návykových látek? Systematický přehled
Abstraktní
Složitost léčby zneužívání návykových látek naznačuje, že je třeba zvážit účinnost kreativních uměleckých terapií pro ty, pro které je obtížné verbalizovat své emoce a pocity. Cílem tohoto systematického přehledu je...
Factors Influencing the Long-Term Sustainment of Quality Improvements Made in Addiction Treatment Facilities
Abstract
Background
A greater understanding of the factors that influence long-term sustainment of quality improvement (QI) initiatives is needed to promote organizational ability to sustain QI practices over time, help improve future...
Role zdravotních sester v protialkoholních a protidrogových službách
Tento zdroj popisuje mnoho potenciálních rolí zdravotních sester v léčbě alkoholu a drog v Anglii, aby pomohl komisařům a poskytovatelům specializovaných služeb léčby alkoholu a drogové závislosti pro dospělé při náboru správné pracovní...
Effects of Naltrexone on Alcohol Self-Administration and Craving
Abstract
Randomized clinical trials have established the efficacy of naltrexone for reducing quantity of alcohol consumption and incidence of relapse to heavy drinking. To evaluate putative treatment mechanisms, human laboratory studies...
Addiction Training in Clinical Psychology: Does It Meet the Demand?
Clinical psychology is particularly well suited to offering a multifaceted response in order to help those living with a substance use disorder. A new study published in the academic journal American Psychologist investigates the extent to...
Effectiveness Bank Drug Treatment Matrix: Creating a Lifesaving Treatment and Harm Reduction System
Online course moves on to the whole-system level, where treatment and harm reduction services working in synergy are the best hope for reversing the hepatitis C epidemic - but can any feasible local or national system succeed in this...
Engagement within a Mobile Phone-Based Smoking Cessation Intervention for Adolescents
ABSTRACT
Background: Although mobile phone-delivered smoking cessation programs are a promising way to promote smoking cessation among adolescents, little is known about how adolescents might actually use them.
Objective: The aim of...
Novel Vaccines against Morphine Heroin
SUMMARY
Drug addiction is one of the most important health problems worldwide. This pathology results in the death of about 500,000 individuals annually around the globe. Despite this scenario, the development of effective drug therapies...
The Opioid Epidemic: From Evidence to Impact
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
While prescription opioids serve an invaluable role for the treatment of cancer pain and pain at the end of life, their overuse for acute and chronic non-cancer pain as well as the increasing availability of heroin and...
Determining Counselling Communication Strategies Associated with Successful Quits in the 'Stop Smoking Programme' in East London
Abstract
Objectives: To determine communication strategies associated with smoking cessation in the National Health Service community pharmacy Stop Smoking programme.
Setting: 11 community pharmacies in three inner east London...
Cognitive Complexity of Clients and Counsellors during Motivation-Based Treatment for Smoking Cessation
Abstract
Objective: Motivational interviewing (MI) is a widely used and promising treatment approach for aiding in smoking cessation. The present observational study adds to other recent research on why and when MI works by investigating...
Efficacy and Safety of Cannabinoid Oromucosal Spray for Multiple Sclerosis Spasticity
Abstract
Background: The approval of 9-δ-tetrahydocannabinol and cannabidiol (THC:CBD) oromucosal spray (Sativex) for the management of treatment-resistant multiple sclerosis (MS) spasticity opened a new opportunity for many patients...
The Effectiveness of Injectable Extended-Release Naltrexone vs Daily Buprenorphine-Naloxone for Opioid Dependence
Key Points
Question: Are monthly intramuscular injections with extended-release naltrexone hydrochloride as effective as daily oral buprenorphine–naloxone hydrochloride in reducing the use of heroin and other illicit substances in newly...
Neuspokojené potřeby léčby lidí s duševním zdravím a poruchami užívání návykových látek
V USA se méně než 10 % dospělých se souběžnými problémy s duševním zdravím a poruchami užívání návykových látek léčí s obojím. 50 % z nich se neléčí ani pro jedno.
To zdůrazňuje obrovský rozpor mezi prevalencí současně se vyskytujících...
The Brain Under Construction – A Window into the Developing Brain
The Brain Under Construction – A Window into the Developing Brain is a new debriefing paper by Mentor-Adepis. It forms part of a mini-series on the ‘Brain Under Construction’, which is geared towards helping professionals to better...
School-Based Alcohol and Drug Education and Prevention – What Works?
School-Based Alcohol and Drug Education and Prevention – What Works? is a new briefing paper published by Mentor-Adepis. It outlines several approaches that have been shown to work effectively, and issues cautions about those that have not...
Social Media in the Classroom: An Experiential Teaching Strategy to Engage and Educate
Abstract
This article outlines an approach to engaging and educating college students through the use of social media. The project is designed for a substance use course at the college/university undergraduate level. However, it could be...
"Můj praktický lékař říká, že piji příliš mnoho": Screening a krátká intervence
Vzhledem k tomu, že neexistují větší překážky dostupnosti, je velkou nadějí na zlepšení veřejného zdraví souvisejícího s alkoholem rozsáhlý screening s cílem identifikovat a poté stručně poradit rizikové pijáky. Tato hlavní aktualizace...