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Young Adults’ Reasons for Dropout from Residential Substance Use Disorder Treatment
Abstract
Dropout from substance use disorder treatment is usually investigated and understood from a perspective of quantitative patient-related factors. Patients’ own perspectives (user perspective) are rarely reported. This study...
Effectiveness Bank Matrix Cell: Getting the Balance Right in Medication-Based Treatment
Seminal and key studies on the role of management in medical interventions for drug dependence. Commentary considers how medication-based treatment can be (re)oriented to long-term recovery, the importance of the right dose, and whether we...
Implementing a Mobile Health System to Integrate the Treatment of Addiction into Primary Care
A recent study carried out by a team of researchers from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health examined the use of mobile health technology in the United States’ health care system.
Published in the Journal of...
New Dataset Made Available from Study of Adolescent Brain Development
In February of 2018 the US National Institute of Health (NIH) released the first dataset from an "unprecedented study of adolescent brain development", the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study.
The study has, to date...
I giovani appartenenti a minoranze sessuali continuano a fumare sigarette prima e più spesso degli eterosessuali: risultati dei dati basati sulla popolazione
La ricerca condotta in Nord America ha evidenziato differenze nelle abitudini di fumo giovanile per gli individui che si identificano come eterosessuali e quelli che si identificano come lesbiche, gay o bisessuali (LGB).
Lo studio si...
Uno studio randomizzato in aperto sulla continuazione del metadone rispetto al ritiro forzato in una prigione e in un carcere combinati degli Stati Uniti: risultati a 12 mesi dal rilascio
Una ricerca condotta in Nord America ha scoperto che offrire un mantenimento continuo del metadone a coloro che entrano nel sistema carcerario può avere risultati positivi.
Our Invisible Addicts
Older adults are often overlooked or even illegally excluded from treatment and support. A recent report found that 75% of residential rehabilitation centres had arbitrary upper age limits and had limited or no disabled access, and follows...
Tratamiento de tabaquismo intenso después de un infarto agudo de miocardio
Resumen
El tabaquismo es una enfermedad crónica que afecta a una quinta parte de nuestra población. No obstante, la mayoría de los fumadores no busca tratamiento de su enfermedad ni la considera tal. Algunos pacientes logran controlar...
Methadone Induction in Primary Care for Opioid Dependence: A Pragmatic Randomized Trial
From France the first study to randomly allocate patients to start methadone maintenance either in primary care or at a specialist centre found primary care more attractive to patients and no less safe or effective at reducing street-opioid...
The American Society of Addiction Medicine Standards of Care
This document is a useful resource for physicians that manage care services of patients with drug use disorders and its related consequences. It is intended to support quality improvement activities conducted by health care provider systems...
Approcci genomici e bioinformatici per l'analisi dei geni associati ai rischi di cancro a seguito dell'esposizione al fumo di tabacco
Il cancro è un problema di salute significativo in Medio Oriente e nella popolazione globale. E' ben noto che esiste un legame diretto tra il fumo di tabacco e il cancro, che continuerà a rappresentare una minaccia significativa per la...
Il prossimo passo verso una vita migliore
Lo scopo di questa guida è quello di dare alle persone un'idea di cosa aspettarsi quando hanno terminato il loro processo di disintossicazione. Vengono offerte idee per aiutare le persone a stare lontano da alcol e altre droghe. Vengono...
La percentuale di demenza attribuibile a fattori di stile di vita modificabili comuni nelle Barbados
Astratto
Obiettivo: Capire quale numero e proporzione di casi di demenza nelle Barbados sono attribuibili a fattori di stile di vita modificabili e quale effetto avrebbe una riduzione di questi fattori di rischio sulla futura prevalenza...
Differences between Psychotic Disorders with Concurrent Cannabis Use and Cannabis-Induced Psychoses
Abstract
Background: The fact that Cannabis use can lead to psychotic symptoms has been recognized years ago. Moreover, when the patient is using cannabis, the distinction between a primary psychotic disorder and a cannabis-induced...
La stimolazione magnetica transcranica delle cortecce prefrontali mediali e cingolate riduce l'autosomministrazione di cocaina: uno studio pilota
Sfondo: Studi precedenti hanno dimostrato che la stimolazione magnetica transcranica ripetitiva (rTMS) alla corteccia prefrontale dorsolaterale può servire come potenziale trattamento per il disturbo da uso di cocaina (CUD), che rimane un...
A Randomized, Open Label Trial of Methadone Continuation versus Forced Withdrawal in a Combined US Prison and Jail
Highlights
- MMT during incarceration leads to lower injection drug and heroin use.
- MMT during incarceration leads to fewer non-fatal overdoses.
- MMT during incarceration leads to higher rates of engagement in treatment.
Abstract
Re...
Workforce Development: Is There a Paradigm Shift?
This editorial examines whether training and education in the addictions field has considerably made a difference in workforce development. It concludes that transformational change has not occurred because beyond training and education, a...
Supporting Nurse Mentors to Reduce the Barriers to Implementing Alcohol Interventions and Brief Advice (IBA) in Primary Care
Key Findings
- The findings of this project suggest that providing a relatively low level of support to nurse mentors based in primary care leads to a significant increase in the delivery of IBA.
- There was a marked increase in the...
Prevalence and Factors Associated with Exposure to Secondhand Smoke (SHS) among Young People
Abstract
Background: Annually, 600 000 deaths are attributed to exposure of non-smokers to secondhand smoke (SHS). These include 165 000 among children, about 60% of which occur in Africa and Southeast Asia. As of 2017, only seven...