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WHO stakeholder survey on improving access to morphine for medical use
WHO launched a survey on assessing barriers, enablers, and pirority actions for improving access to morphine for medical use.
All Civil Society Organisation can contribute by filling out the survey before 31 August 2022.
The survey...
Improving equity and access to buprenorphine treatment through telemedicine at syringe services programs
Background
In the United States, access to buprenorphine remains low and disparities regarding who receives treatment have emerged. Federal laws have regulated buprenorphine delivery, ultimately limiting its implementation more broadly...
The effects of opioid policy changes on transitions from prescription opioids to heroin, fentanyl and injection drug use: a qualitative analysis
Background
Beginning in the 1990s, non-medical use of prescription opioids (POs) became a major public health crisis. In response to rising rates of opioid dependence and fatal poisonings, measures were instituted to decrease the...
Денсаулық сақтау және гуманитарлық дағдарыстар жағдайында есiрткi проблемаларын шешу: Нигерияда есiрткiнi тұтынудың кешендi алдын алу жөнiндегi күтiмге мұқтаж параметрлер
Bi-Monthly Webinar: ISSUP Nigeria Knowledge Update Series (Thirteenth Session)
ISSUP Nigeria would like to invite you to attend their next Bi-Monthly Webinar in the Knowledge Update Series. The Webinar topic will be Beyond Dependence: Alcohol-induced Disorders.
Learning Outcomes:
• Sensitization to the wide...
Treating co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders using tools from CBT
Presented by Jo Cassar (The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney), by the end of this webinar, attendees will be able to:
- Recognise the importance of assessing for substance use when a...
Тамақтанудың бұзылуы және АОД қолдану: клиникалар нені білуі керек
Доцент Сара Магир (InsideOut InsideOut) ұсынған осы вебинарға қатысу арқылы қатысушылар мынаны білетін болады:
- Тамақтанудың жиі кездесетін бұзылу симптомдарын қалай тануға болады;
- тамақтанудың бұзылуына қарсы іс-шаралар және...
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...
Multiple disadvantage and co-occurring substance use and mental health conditions.
Substance use and mental health needs are two of the primary concerns for many people experiencing multiple disadvantage. We know that people who experience both issues at the same time (also known as “co-occurring conditions” or “dual...
The impact of discrimination on substance use disorders among sexual minorities
This paper aimed to review the literature regarding the impact of discrimination on substance use disorders among Sexual Minorities, with a focus on alcohol, opioids, stimulants, polydrug use, chemsex, cannabis and tobacco, as well as...
The cardiovascular risks and benefits of quit smoking medicines
In this presentation, the speakers reported the results of a series of three population-based cohort studies relating to the use and effects of smoking cessation pharmacotherapies. The first of these studies provided evidence on how the...
Өлі туу қаупі бар ана ауыз суы мен темекі шегуге босанғанға дейінгі әсер ету қауымдастығы
Реферат
Маңыздылығы Пренатальды темекі шегу өлі туу үшін белгілі өзгермелі қауіп факторы; алайда босанғанға дейінгі ішімдіктің үлесі немесе темекі шегу мен ішіп-жеудің үйлесімі белгісіз.
Объективті Алкоголь мен темекі сигареттерінің...
Accreditation of Study Programs on Addictions in Nigerian Universities: Challenges, Opportunities, and the Need for Advocacy
INTRODUCTION:
Access to drug treatment services in Nigeria remains low due to a severe shortage in the drug treatment workforce. Plans are underway to address the workforce shortage by introducing drug addiction training programs in...
Жаңа психоактивті заттар (НПС) Вебинар сериясы
Әр түрлі НПС әртүрлі елдерде есірткі тұтыну көрінісін айтарлықтай өзгертті. Олар қазір дәрі-дәрмек нарығында өте көрнекті. Шынында да, бұл заттардың көбі есірткі туралы заңдарды айналып өтуге арналған және каннабис, героин, кокаин...
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
Project NEPTUNE training modules
In partnership with the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Project NEPTUNE has developed training modules to improve clinical practice in the management of harms resulting from the use of club drugs and novel psychoactive substances.
These...
Клубтық есірткі құралдары мен жаңа психоактивті заттардың жіті және созылмалы зияндарын клиникалық басқару жөніндегі басшылық
Handbook of Novel Psychoactive Substances: What Clinicians Should Know about NPS
Handbook of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) provides a comprehensive overview of the challenges that clinicians face when dealing with NPS and discusses how the profile of patients and their socio-demographic characteristics frame the...
Novel Psychoactive Substances: Policy, Economics and Drug Regulation
In light of the recent emergence of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) on a global scale, this book provides a timely analysis of the social and economic impact of the NPS phenomenon, and of the global policy and regulatory responses to it...
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