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Applying interventions designed to reduce and manage the symptoms of substance use disorders.
Should you Recommend Acupuncture to Patients with Substance Use Disorders?
Acupuncture is an ancient therapeutic tool known to be the core of traditional Chinese medicine. Two theories suggest positive outcomes in patients treated with acupuncture:
- The oxidative stress reduction theory states that a “large body...
Drug Misuse and Dependence: UK Guidelines on Clinical Management
Often called the Orange Book, this is guidance for clinicians treating people with drug problems.
This 2017 version offers new guidelines on:
- prison-based treatment
- new psychoactive substances and club drugs
- mental health co...
Αποτελεσματικότητα Bank Matrix Bite: Συστήματα θεραπείας για τη μείωση του εγκλήματος που σχετίζεται με το αλκοόλ και τη διαφύλαξη της Κοινότητας
Τελικό κύτταρο της μήτρας θεραπείας αλκοόλ. Το θέμα καθορίζεται από μια αυστραλιανή ανασκόπηση η οποία υποστηρίζει ότι παρά τα ριζικά διαφορετικά σημεία εκκίνησης, τα συστήματα ποινικής δικαιοσύνης και θεραπείας πρέπει να συνεργάζονται για...
Διαδικτυακή παρέμβαση αλκοόλ: Μελέτη συστηματικής φθοράς βαρέων ποτών
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Ιστορικό: Οι διαδικτυακές παρεμβάσεις για το αλκοόλ είναι ένας ελπιδοφόρος τρόπος για τη μείωση της κατανάλωσης αλκοόλ λόγω της ανωνυμίας τους και της δυνατότητας προσέγγισης μεγάλου αριθμού ατόμων, συμπεριλαμβανομένων των...
European Masters in Drug and Alcohol Studies
The European Masters in Drug and Alcohol Studies is designed to stimulate reflection and debate on crucial topics in substance use and misuse from a multi-disciplinary, European and cross-national perspective. It is run jointly by four...
Organisational Functioning and Alcohol Treatment in the Criminal Justice System
This cell in the Alcohol Treatment Matrix explores the influence of an organisation’s structures and processes on how well it delivers treatment for drinking problems in criminal justice and allied settings. In the context of a market which...
2017 UNODC World Drug Report
Now in its 20th year of publication, the UNODC World Drug Report for 2017 is now available.
It consists of 5 accessible booklets:
Booklet 1 provides a summary of the subsequent 4 booklets. It also discusses the policy implications of...
Alcohol Interventions in Primary Care Settings: What Works, What Doesn’t and What's Next?
This week saw the seminar launch at Edinburgh’s Royal College of Physicians of two key reports on alcohol interventions in primary care settings published by the Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) in collaboration with the U...
Κίνδυνος θνησιμότητας κατά τη διάρκεια και μετά τη θεραπεία υποκατάστασης οπιοειδών
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Σύγκριση του κινδύνου θνησιμότητας από όλες τις αιτίες και την υπερβολική δόση σε άτομα με εξάρτηση από οπιοειδή κατά τη διάρκεια και μετά τη θεραπεία υποκατάστασης με μεθαδόνη ή βουπρενορφίνη και...
Life in Recovery from Addiction in Canada
The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) has recently teamed up with the National Recovery Advisory Committee to produce the first Canadian survey of people in recovery from drug addiction and/or alcoholism.
The findings...
European Drug Report 2017
The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) has recently released its European Drug Report for 2017. The document offers an overview of the drug situation across the continent. It covers drug supply and use as well...
Field Guide to Drug Demand Reduction Program Development, 2nd ed.
The Field Guide to Drug Demand Reduction (DDR) Development is an annual publication by the U.S. Department of State primarily for its Embassy personnel abroad to guide in the development of substance use prevention and treatment programming...
Ένα αυξανόμενο ζήτημα: Ένας αυξημένος αριθμός εισέρχεται στη θεραπεία ναρκωτικών για χρήση κάνναβης σε όλη την Ευρώπη
Νέα έρευνα που δημοσιεύθηκε στο περιοδικό European Addiction Research σκιαγραφεί μια εικόνα των υπηρεσιών θεραπείας ναρκωτικών για προβλήματα που σχετίζονται με την κάνναβη μεταξύ 2003 - 2014 σε 22 ευρωπαϊκές χώρες.
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Αποτελεσματικότητα Τράπεζα Matrix Bite: Διαχείριση εξαναγκασμένης θεραπείας αλκοόλ
Βασικές μελέτες σχετικά με το ρόλο της διοίκησης στην αντιμετώπιση της προβληματικής κατανάλωσης αλκοόλ σε περιβάλλοντα ποινικής δικαιοσύνης ή/και στην προστασία της κοινότητας. Όπως και για τους επαγγελματίες, για τους μάνατζερ η πρόκληση...
Prevention and Treatment for Drug Use in Rural Settings
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has recently published what the organisation describes as ‘an awareness-raising tool’ aimed at policy-makers, public health officials, local authorities and other stakeholders.
Its...
High-Risk Drug Use and New Psychoactive Substances
‘High-risk drug use and new psychoactive substances’, a new report from the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), takes a look at the emergence of more problematic forms of new psychoactive substance use among a...
For Whom Does Prison-Based Drug Treatment Work? Results from a Randomized Experiment
For the first time in a prison setting, a randomised trial has rigorously compared intensive residential therapeutic community treatment to outpatient counselling. Confounding expectations, the US prison for problem drug users which hosted...
Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder: What's There to Learn?
This misuse of prescription opioids is a major public health challenge. Buprenorphine-naloxone (bup-nx) is typically used to treat opioid use disorders. However, the drug’s clinical trial primarily involved heroin users. It was therefore...
A Possible New Treatment for Alcohol Disorders?
New research published in the journal Biological Psychiartry points to a novel way for the treatment of alcoholism. This would look to reduce motivation for drinking instead of altering the effects of alcohol, itself. Indeed, the study...
How Do We Tackle the Opioid Epidemic?
The over-prescription of opioids is a significant public health issue in the United States. For example, opioids are often prescribed for minor injuries unnecessarily. This, in turn, increases the risk of addiction.
New research...
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