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Substance use and mental health needs are two of the primary concerns for many people experiencing multiple disadvantage. We know that people who experience both issues at the same time (also known as “co-occurring conditions” or “dual...

This paper aimed to review the literature regarding the impact of discrimination on substance use disorders among Sexual Minorities, with a focus on alcohol, opioids, stimulants, polydrug use, chemsex, cannabis and tobacco, as well as...

In this presentation, the speakers reported the results of a series of three population-based cohort studies relating to the use and effects of smoking cessation pharmacotherapies. The first of these studies provided evidence on how the...

Abstract

Importance  Prenatal smoking is a known modifiable risk factor for stillbirth; however, the contribution of prenatal drinking or the combination of smoking and drinking is uncertain.

Objective  To examine whether prenatal...

INTRODUCTION:

Access to drug treatment services in Nigeria remains low due to a severe shortage in the drug treatment workforce. Plans are underway to address the workforce shortage by introducing drug addiction training programs in...

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...

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...

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 (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...

In light of the recent emergence of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) on a global scale, this book provides a timely analysis of the social and economic impact of the NPS phenomenon, and of the global policy and regulatory responses to it...

Emerging Trends in Drugs, Addictions, and Health is a new international journal devoted to the rapid publication of authoritative papers on Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS), Addiction and associated health phenomena.

The Journal has a...

Rychlý nástup velkého počtu nových psychoaktivních látek na světovém trhu s drogami představuje významné riziko pro veřejné zdraví a výzvu pro protidrogovou politiku. Často je málo známo o nepříznivých účincích na zdraví a společenských...

Přehled

Nová psychoaktivní látka je definována jako "nová omamná nebo psychotropní droga v čisté formě nebo v přípravě, která nepodléhá kontrole protidrogových úmluv OSN, ale která může představovat srovnatelnou hrozbu pro veřejné zdraví...

Research has shown that alcohol use and common mental disorders co-occur; however, little is known about how the global prevalence of alcohol use compares across different mental disorders.

This review examined:

(i) report global...

Executive summary

The 10-year UK Government plan to combat illegal drugs sets out how we are doing more than ever to cut off the supply of drugs by criminal gangs and give people with a drug addiction a route to a productive and drug...

Prezentováno jako součást akce Sjednocení globální komunity, aby čelila výzvě závislosti, online dne 16. května 2022

Prezentace:

• Studie o relapsu a souvisejících faktorech mezi uživateli drog v Bangladéši - Iqbal Masud 

Abstraktní:

Presented as part of the Uniting the global community to face the challenge of addiction event, online on 16th May, 2022

Presentation:

• UNODC Corruption related to drug use disorders - Elizabeth Sáenz, Alice UHL, Léna NGNOGUE

Abstract

Presented as part of the Uniting the global community to face the challenge of addiction event, online on 16th May, 2022

Presentation:

• Psychiatric Co-Morbidity and Substance Use Associated with Medication Adherence Among People Living...