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More Reasons to Move: Exercise in the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorders
Physical exercise is widely regarded as “medicine” for the prevention and treatment of myriad somatic health conditions. Studies also demonstrate that exercise is effective in the treatment of common mental disorders and has a role in the...
Opioid Use and Opioid Use Disorder in Pregnancy
ABSTRACT
Opioid use in pregnancy has escalated dramatically in recent years, paralleling the epidemic observed in the general population. To combat the opioid epidemic, all health care providers need to take an active role. Pregnancy...
Teachers and Coaches in Adolescent Social Networks Are Associated with Healthier Self-Concept and Decreased Substance Use
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND
Poor academic (eg. “I am a bad student”) and behavioral (eg. “I am a troublemaker”) self-concepts are strongly linked to adolescent substance use. Social networks likely influence self-concept. However, little is...
Drugs, Brains and Behavior: The Science of Addiction
Since the 1930s, the response to drug addiction has moved from one that focuses on the need to punish users to another that recognises the importance of prevention and treatment approaches.
In other words, thanks to scientific advances...
¿Es posible una lucha real?
Geraldine González Willim es experta en la prevención y el tratamiento de adicciones de drogas legales o ilegales. En esta entrevista, detalla sobre los planes de acción aplicables al Paraguay para luchar contra un flagelo que cada día...
Line Up Live Up Trainer Manual: Preventing Drug Use by Promoting Active Lifestyles
Line Up Live Up is a new United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Trainer Manual prepared by Peer van der Kreeft of HoGent University College Ghent’s Department for Education, Health and Social Work.
It looks to promote sport and...
Strategies to Facilitate Integrated Care for People with Alcohol and Other Drug Problems
Abstract
Background
There is a growing body of research highlighting the potential benefits of integrated care as a way of addressing the needs of people with alcohol and other drug (AOD) problems, given the broad range of other...
EMCDDA Insights: Prevention of Substance Abuse
Prevention of Substance Abuse by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) is a report that draws on evidence-based research to assess substance use prevention interventions, in terms of their ability to...
Αρχές πρόληψης της κατάχρησης ουσιών για την προσχολική ηλικία
Οι αρχές του Εθνικού Ινστιτούτου για την Πρόληψη της Κατάχρησης Ναρκωτικών (NIDA) για την Πρόληψη της Κατάχρησης Ουσιών για την Προσχολική Ηλικία (2017) είναι ένας ειδικός τόμος που συμπληρώνει την πρόληψη της χρήσης ναρκωτικών μεταξύ...
Equipping Community Pharmacy Workers as Agents for Health Behaviour Change
Abstract
Objective: To develop a complex intervention for community pharmacy staff to promote uptake of smoking cessation services and to increase quit rates.
Design: Following the Medical Research Council framework, we used a mixed...
Κατευθυντήριες γραμμές για την παύση του καπνίσματος για πληθυσμούς υψηλού κινδύνου
Το βιβλίο «Οδηγίες Παύσης Καπνού για Πληθυσμούς Υψηλού Κινδύνου» είναι το κύριο αποτέλεσμα της σύμπραξης TOB.g, που συντονίζεται από το Ελληνικό Κέντρο Ελέγχου &Πρόληψης Νοσημάτων και αποτελείται από τέσσερις εταίρους και συγκεκριμένα τους...
Use and Knowledge of Contraceptive Methods by Patients in Two Substance Use Disorders Treatment Centers in Paris
Abstract
Background
Studies on contraceptive use by patients with substance use disorders (SUD) show a concerning low use of contraception. Mainly conducted in USA, they could be irrelevant to patients attending European SUD treatment...
The Effectiveness of Illegal Drug Interventions
This Health Research Board document reviews evidence on the effectiveness of interventions in the areas of prevention, harm reduction and long-term recovery from addiction to illegal drugs.
It asks which interventions are effective for:
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Compilation of Evidence-Based Family Skills Training Programmes
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime’s (UNODC) Compilation of Evidence-Based Family Skills Training Programmes offers a treasure trove of information on such initiatives, answering key questions like:
- Who is the target group?
- W...
Decisions in Recovery: Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder
This handbook provides guidance on using the web-based, multimedia tool 'Decisions in Recovery: Medications for Opioid Addiction'. This handbook and the web-based tool offer information about medication-assisted treatment. Both resources...
Standards of Knowledge for the Science of Prevention
Published by the Society for Prevention Research in 2011, Standards of Knowledge for the Science of Prevention is an important document for those working within substance use prevention.
With the aim of professionalising the field, it...
Αποτελεσματική Τράπεζα Αλκοόλ Θεραπεία Matrix 2017
Ώρα για ένα βιογραφικό της ανανέωσης του 2017 της μήτρας θεραπείας αλκοόλ. Κυκλοφόρησε δεκαπενθήμερο, τα 25 κύτταρα και τα σχόλια «δάγκωμα» σωρεύονται σε μια πορεία που αντικατοπτρίζει την πιο σημαντική έρευνα που υποστηρίζει την πρακτική...
How to Tackle America’s Opioid Crisis?
Much the result of a poor understanding of how to treat chronic pain, the United States has in recent years been rocked by an unprecedented drug crisis: The opioid epidemic.
Opioids include drugs derived from opium, such as heroin, as...
Morphine versus Methadone Treatment for Neonatal Withdrawal and Impact on Early Infant Development
Abstract
Objective: Compare developmental outcomes in infants treated with morphine versus methadone.
Method: Retrospective chart review of newborns identified through use of ICD-9 code for neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). Thirty...
Προς μια νέα συναίνεση για την εκπαίδευση της ιατρικής εθισμού
Μια νέα μελέτη ζητά τη γνώμη εμπειρογνωμόνων στον τομέα του εθισμού, με σκοπό την επίτευξη συναίνεσης σχετικά με τις απαραίτητες βασικές δεξιότητες που πρέπει να καλύπτει η ιατρική εκπαίδευση.