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Consultation Findings for the BEAD Project
Adfam and Cruse Bereavement Care undertook an exploration of the experiences of families and friends bereaved through drug and/ or alcohol use, with the aim of developing a range of peer support services and targeted information...
Tra l'incudine e il martello: come i genitori si comportano con i bambini che usano sostanze e perpetrano abusi
Questo rapporto è stato scritto da Adfam e Against Violence and Abuse (AVA) e copre i processi e i risultati di un progetto congiunto condotto dalle due organizzazioni nel 2011/12 sulla violenza e l'abuso da bambino a genitore. Rivela che...
Proprietà psicometriche e diagnostiche del test di screening dell'abuso di droga (DAST): confronto tra DAST-20 e DAST-10
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L'uso di questionari di auto-segnalazione affidabili e validi per identificare i disturbi da uso di droghe (DUD) è una strategia che ha dimostrato utilità per lo screening. Uno degli strumenti più utilizzati per il rilevamento...
Medications in Drug Treatment: Tackling the Risks to Children – One Year on
This ‘One Year On’ report expands upon the findings and recommendations of Adfam’s Medications in Drug Treatment: Tackling the risks to children, published in 2014, and further contributes to the debate on reducing the risks to children...
Medications in Drug Treatment – Tackling the Risks to Children
This report examines cases where children have died or come to harm from ingesting Opioid Substitution Treatment (OST) medicines prescribed to help people overcome drug addiction. There have been 17 Serious Case Reviews involving the...
Families, Drugs and Alcohol - Policy and Research since 1984
The past 30 years has seen a huge amount of change in the policy, practice and politics around both families and drug/alcohol (‘substance’) use. Laws, behaviours and public perceptions have all altered substantially. As part of Adfam’s 30th...
Multiple Fentanyl Overdoses — New Haven, Connecticut, June 23, 2016
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What is already known about this topic?
Fentanyl and its analogs have been substituted for heroin and other opioids, and are usually marketed to persons seeking opioids. Because of fentanyl’s high potency compared with heroin...
Enzymes Involved in Cocaine Metabolism: A New Pharmacologic Approach to Treat Overdose Due to Cocaine
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Introduction: New therapeutic strategies against cocaine overdose toxicity have been developed. These new approaches are based on the design and synthesis of proteins involved in the destruction of cocaine before...
Revisione del sistema di trattamento dell'abuso di droga in Inghilterra
La revisione recentemente pubblicata da Public Health England rivela che il sistema di trattamento dell'abuso di droga del paese sta funzionando bene. Tuttavia, ci sono ancora diversi settori che richiedono miglioramenti.
Tra i...
Parental Socioeconomic Status and Teenage Smoking Rates: What's the Link?
In what way is parental socioeconomic status associated with nicotine dependence in children?
This is the question a new study conducted in Norway aimed to find out. The study measured parental socioeconomic status by looking at...
Trattare la dipendenza da alcol con relazioni positive
Una "alleanza terapeutica", o in altre parole, una relazione positiva e di fiducia tra consulente e paziente, potrebbe essere la chiave per il successo del trattamento della dipendenza da alcol, secondo un nuovo studio. I pazienti che hanno...
ESPAD Report 2015
The European Schools Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD) collects comparable data on substance use among 15- to 16-year-old students. It monitors drug usage trends within, as well as, between European countries.
The latest...
Rivelato: Il costo globale del fumo
Il fumo e i suoi danni correlati costano al mondo più di 1 trilione di dollari e reclamano la vita di circa 6 milioni di persone ogni anno, secondo un nuovo rapporto dell'Organizzazione Mondiale della Sanità (OMS) e del National Cancer...
I molteplici effetti sulla salute dell'uso di marijuana
Nel suo primo rapporto dopo quasi 20 anni, la National Academy of Sciences (NAS), ha scoperto che l'uso della marijuana sembra essere particolarmente connesso a:
- Problemi respiratori
- Problemi di salute mentale come psicosi, ansia...
Neural Processing, Risky Behaviour and Cocaine Use
According to new research published in the journal Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuro-science and Neuroimaging, compared to people without a drug problem, cocaine addicts tend to make riskier choices after losing out on a potential...
The Regulation of Alcohol Marketing: From Research to Public Health Policy
A series of reports in a supplement to the scientific journal Addiction presents the latest evidence on alcohol marketing and its impact on children. Key findings from the collection of peer-reviewed manuscripts include:
- Exposure to...
Australian Smoking Habits
Smoking is a serious health issue worldwide. Prevalence, however, has steadily declined across Australia over the last several decades thanks to a number of successful public health campaigns. The number of smokers in the country is now...
Key Points from EMCDDA’s 2016 European Drug Report
As we welcome in the New Year it seems an ideal time to take stock and present the key points from the 2016 European Drug Report (EDR), the European Monitoring Centre for Drug and Addiction’s (EMCDDA) annual review of the European drug...
Inside a Killer Drug Epidemic: uno sguardo alla crisi degli oppioidi in America
L'articolo del New York Times traccia l'impatto dell'epidemia di oppioidi in America sugli americani di ogni provenienza in tutto il paese. Le foto ritraggono il volto umano di una tragedia che sta togliendo troppe vite.
Maltreatment and Marijuana Use
Is the maltreatment of children linked with marijuana use later in life? Are behavioural problems and tobacco and alcohol consumption during adolescence associated with smoking marijuana?
These are questions that an Australian study...
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