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Applying interventions designed to reduce and manage the symptoms of substance use disorders.
Association between Receptivity to Tobacco Advertising and Progression to Tobacco Use in Youth and Young Adults
A study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has found an association with young people being exposed to adverts for electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) and taking up smoking later in life.
The study followed 10 989...
State Medicaid Coverage for Tobacco Cessation Treatments and Barriers to Accessing Treatments
Summary
What is already known about this topic?
Medicaid enrollees smoke cigarettes at a higher rate than do privately insured U.S. residents (25.3% versus 11.8%). Comprehensive state Medicaid cessation coverage has the potential to...
Medication for the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), the Health and Human Services US Government Department (HSS) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) have collaborated to create a manual on...
Nuovo centro risorse di SAMHSA
SAMHSA ha lanciato il nuovo Evidence Based Resource Center che consentirà agli operatori di trovare strumenti, manuali, linee guida per la pratica clinica e risorse basate sulla scienza.
Disponibile direttamente attraverso il sito samhsa...
Incubation of Cue-Induced Craving in Adults Addicted to Cocaine Measured by Electroencephalography
Key Points
Question: Does cue-induced craving follow a parabolic trajectory as a function of duration of abstinence in humans with cocaine use disorders, as previously shown in preclinical studies?
Findings: The results of this laboratory...
Vulnerability for Alcohol Use Disorder and Rate of Alcohol Consumption
"Binge drinking" may be more prevelent in individuals with an increased vulnerability to alcohol use disorder (AUD) and could act as an early warning indicator.
Adquiriendo un rol protagónico frente a una realidad social olvidada
Adquiriendo un Rol Protagónico frente a una realidad social olvidada
Eduardo H. Loyola Arguello (ISSUP Member)
El Salvador es un país geográficamente pequeño, con una historia caracterizada por el dolor, conflictos y grandes necesidades...
April Student Membership Update
For anyone interested in pursuing further study, seeking funding for a research idea or connecting with other researchers.
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 basa...
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 la...
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...
