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Applying interventions designed to reduce and manage the symptoms of substance use disorders.
Personality disorders and AOD use: what clinicians need to know
Presented by Professor Brin Grenyer OAM, by the end of this webinar, attendees will be able to: - Identify personality disorders in the context of AOD challenges;
- Select from various skills to effectively respond to people with...
Kenya to include smoking cessation drugs as essential medicines
The Ministry of Health has been advised to add two non-nicotine drugs to Kenya’s Essential Medicines List, to help smokers quit tobacco and nicotine addiction.
The World Health Organization said the two drugs bring “a powerful shift in...
Nuove sostanze psicoattive (NPS) - la situazione irlandese.
La presente scheda informativa riassume le informazioni e le statistiche sulle nuove sostanze psicoattive raccolte dalle recenti relazioni sulla prevalenza, il trattamento, la mortalità e la legislazione in Irlanda.
Alcohol & Human Rights
The Institute of Alcohol Studies presents Seminar Four in its four-part series on alcohol and sustainability. Seminar Four explored workers’ rights for alcohol industry employees in the developing world; industry practices in Africa...
Eventi respiratori associati all'uso concomitante di oppioidi e sedativi tra i beneficiari di Medicare con broncopneumopatia cronica ostruttiva
Astratto
Gli oppioidi e i sedativi sono comunemente prescritti nei pazienti con broncopneumopatia cronica ostruttiva (BPCO) per i sintomi di dispnea, dolore, insonnia, depressione e ansia. Si consiglia agli anziani di evitare questi...
Homelessness and Substance use: a disturbing link around the world: an ISSUP Webinar Series
The connection between homelessness and substance use is well recognised and an issue that impacts countries around the world. People who experience substance use related issues and homelessness are extremely vulnerable to a range of harms...
Combining the European Prevention Curriculum (EUPC) and Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC) in a Master’s Degree in Addictions
INTRODUCTION:
The European Prevention Curriculum (EUPC) and The Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC) are paradigms of the efforts to achieve an international standardised training for drug demand reduction. Both curricula are based on...
From Face-to-Face to Online Delivery: Training of Professionals in Evidence-Based Prevention
BACKGROUND:
By disseminating the Universal Prevention Curriculums (UPC), the Colombo Plan (CP) seeks to narrow the gap between scientific knowledge on effective prevention of substance use and its application in the field. In 2020 CP...
Adaptation of the Universal Treatment Curriculum to Philippine Context and Online Environment
BACKGROUND:
The Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC) is offered to the academic community to integrate substance use-specific knowledge, skills, and evidence-based practices into the continuing professional development of current and...
Development of the Addiction Treatment Workforce in Ukraine by the Ukraine Addiction Technology Transfer Center
BACKGROUND:
The high prevalence of HIV and substance use disorders (SUD) in Ukraine remains a significant public health problem. A well-trained, recovery-oriented national workforce to enhance SUD treatment associated with HIV care is...
Efficacy and Safety of Varenicline for Smoking Cessation in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes A Randomized Clinical Trial
Abstract
Importance Evidence of effective smoking cessation interventions in patients with diabetes is limited. The unique behavioral and metabolic characteristics of smokers with type 2 diabetes warrants a randomized clinical trial of...
Serie di webinar sulle nuove sostanze psicoattive (NPS)
Varie NPS hanno cambiato in modo significativo il quadro del consumo di droga in diversi paesi. Ora sono molto importanti nel mercato della droga. In effetti, molte di queste sostanze hanno lo scopo di aggirare le leggi sulle droghe e sono...
Oxytocin as an adolescent treatment for methamphetamine addiction after early life stress in male and female rats
Abstract
Early life stress (ELS) is associated with perturbed neural development and augmented vulnerability to mental health disorders, including addiction. How ELS changes the brain to increase addiction risk is poorly understood, and...
Highlights from the 2022 UNODC World Drug Report: Implications for drug prevention, treatment and care responses
ISSUP presented a webinar on Thursday, July 7, 2022, featuring Giovanna Campello, Chief of the Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) presenting highlights from the 2022...
Involvement of the ghrelin system in the maintenance and reinstatement of cocaine-motivated behaviors: a role of adrenergic action at peripheral β1 receptors
Abstract
Cocaine addiction is a significant medical and public concern. Despite decades of research effort, development of pharmacotherapy for cocaine use disorder remains largely unsuccessful. This may be partially due to insufficient...
The prevalence of comorbid serious mental illnesses and substance use disorders in prison populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis
New Psychoactive Substances: Reading List
Moduli di formazione del progetto NEPTUNE
In collaborazione con il Royal College of Psychiatrists, project NEPTUNE ha sviluppato moduli di formazione per migliorare la pratica clinica nella gestione dei danni derivanti dall'uso di droghe club e nuove sostanze psicoattive.
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Guida alla gestione clinica dei danni acuti e cronici delle droghe club e delle nuove sostanze psicoattive
Questo documento fornisce indicazioni sulla gestione clinica dei danni derivanti dall'intossicazione acuta e dall'uso nocivo e dipendente di droghe club e nuove sostanze psicoattive (NPS).
Questo è un riferimento ampio e completo...
Manuale delle nuove sostanze psicoattive: cosa dovrebbero sapere i medici sulle NPS
Handbook of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) fornisce una panoramica completa delle sfide che i medici devono affrontare quando hanno a che fare con NPS e discute come il profilo dei pazienti e le loro caratteristiche socio-demografiche...
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