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Barriers in Substance Use Disorder Treatment
The US is experiencing a public health crisis. In the US in 2016 alone, there were over 63,000 drug poisoning deaths. Despite these concerning figures, it is estimated that fewer than 20% (3.8 million) receive treatment and for those who do...
Website: End of Life Care for People with Problematic Substance Use
This website offers resources developed from a two-year research programme on end of life care for people with alcohol and other drug problems. The research programme was the first of its kind to explore current practice and service...
Overdose Deaths Involving Fentanyl and Fentanyl Analogs — New York City, 2000–2017
Summary
What is already known about this topic?
During 1999–2017, the rate of drug overdose deaths nationally approximately tripled; approximately 70,000 overdose deaths occurred nationally in 2017, with nearly 68% involving an opioid...
ICUDDR Training Sessions at ISSUP Conference in Kenya
The International Consortium of Universities for Drug Demand Reduction (ICUDDR) ran multiple sessions during the joint NACADA, ISSUP and African Union Drug Demand Reduction Conference & Workshop and have produced a selection of videos of...
Věkově proměnlivé účinky frekvence užívání konopí a poruchy na příznaky psychózy, deprese a úzkosti u dospívajících a dospělých
Nedávná studie, publikovaná v časopise Journal of Addiction, zkoumala souvislost užívání konopí, poruchy užívání konopí a symptomů psychózy, deprese a úzkosti u dospívajících a dospělých vzorků. Vědci také zkoumali rozdíly v těchto...
Cognitive and Mindfulness‐Based Therapy for Adolescents with Co‐Occurring Post‐Traumatic Stress and Substance Use Disorder
Early life experiences of trauma are known to significantly increase the risk of substance use in adolescence and adulthood. It has been suggested that individuals may use alcohol or drugs as a means of temporarily relieving themselves from...
The Evidence Podcasts
The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) has produced a new series of podcasts that are investigating and reviewing the evidence on alcohol, cannabis, opioids, stigma and more.
Each month, The Evidence podcast will...
NIDA Resource: Opioid Facts for Teens
The National Institute on Drug Abuse has published a new resource to provide teenagers with accurate information about opioids.
The publication includes a selection of facts on opioids, a section on opioids and heroin, and a helpful list...
Konference ICUDDR: Výzva k předkládání návrhů
Managing Alcohol-Related Attendances in Emergency Care: Can Diversion to Bespoke Services Lessen the Burden?
Abstract
Acute alcohol intoxication (AAI) has a long history of burdening emergency care services. Healthcare systems around the world have explored a variety of different services that divert AAI away from EDs to better manage their...
Addiction Journal Podcast - January 2019
The Addiction Journal Podcast takes the listener through the content of the January edition of the journal, selects and discusses some of the highlights and includes interviews, which have been conducted with some of the authors.
Risk Factors for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
Recent studies carried out by researchers from Vanderbilt University and Johns Hopkins University have examined characteristics linked with the heightened risk NAS.
The researchers found that boys are more likely to receive a diagnosis...
Podmíněné pravděpodobnosti poruch užívání návykových látek a souvisejících rizikových faktorů
Zvýrazňuje
Již existující duševní poruchy zvyšují riziko vzniku SUD.
- Předchozí SUD zvyšuje riziko přechodu z užívání na užívání poruchy.
- Nejvyšší míra přechodu na SUD se vyskytla u uživatelů stimulantů a opiátů .
- Poruchy nálady a...
Dopaminové neurony promítající se do mediálního obalu nucleus accumbens pohánějí heroinové posílení
Abstraktní
Hypotéza dopaminu (DA) předpokládá zvýšení mezolimbických hladin dopaminu jako definující shodu návykových drog, která zpočátku způsobuje zesílení a nakonec vede k nutkavé konzumaci. Zatímco mnoho experimentálních důkazů z...
Access to Care for People with Alcohol Use Disorder in France
Abstract
Introduction: Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a major public health concern worldwide. In France, only 10% of people with AUD (PWAUD) receive medical care. General practitioners (GP) are one of the main entry points for AUD care...
Průzkum Adfam: Stav sektoru podpory rodiny
Overcoming Clinician and Parent Ambivalence: General Practitioners' Support of Children of Parents with Physical or Mental Illness and/or Substance Abuse
Children who are next of kin to parents with physical or mental illness and/or substance abuse need access to mental health support and several cost-effective interventions are available. Because most parents in the target group often...
Adversity, Cannabis Use and Psychotic Experiences
Abstract
Background
There is robust evidence that childhood adversity is associated with an increased risk of psychosis. There is, however, little research on intervening factors that might increase or decrease risk following...
Substance Use Disorders among Veterans
It is recognised that veterans are more likely to experience a range of mental health conditions such as anxiety, major depression, substance use disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder. Many individuals use substances as a coping...
Improvement in the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders through Adopting Evidence-Based Practices in Pakistan
Background: The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime’s 2014 survey estimated that there are 6.7 million Pakistanis aged 15-64 who are illegal substance users. In 2014, Pakistan’s drug treatment capacities remained insufficient to meet...
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