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Dame Carol Black's Independent Review of Drugs in England
The second part of Dame Carol Black’s Independent Review of Drugs has been published. This report is the second part of a major independent review by Professor Dame Carol Black into the misuse of illegal drugs in England.
The first part...
Substance Use Treatment and Stigma in Afghanistan: Challenges and Solutions
ISSUP Afghanistan are pleased to present their next Webinar which will include an introduction and basic information on the concept of stigma related to substance use treatment and recovery.
Conceptual structure and evaluation of a prevention experience based on sports activities
ISSUP Argentina presented a webinar on the conceptual framework and evaluation of a prevention experience based on sports activities.
The webinar will take place on Monday, September 13, 2021 at 6:.m p.m. (Argentine time).
13...
Webinar:Evidence-Based Community Interventions
ISSUP Argentina invites you to participate in a webinar on evidence-based community interventions.
The webinar will take place on Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. (Argentina time).
August 19, 2021, 18:00 - 19:00 hrs (Argentina time)...
Bi-Monthly Webinar: ISSUP Nigeria Knowledge Update Series (Seventh Session)
ISSUP Nigeria are pleased to present their next Bi-Monthly Webinar in the Knowledge Update Series. This Webinar will focus on the topic 'Opioid Use Disorders: Presentations and Management'.
Reporting treatment fidelity in behavioral tobacco treatment clinical trials: scoping review and measurement recommendations
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Introduction:
Adoption of rigorous standards for reporting treatment fidelity is essential for advancing discovery, validation, and implementation of behavioral treatments. Whereas the NIH Behavior Change Consortium (BCC)...
Is telemedicine the answer to rural expansion of medication treatment for opioid use disorder? Early experiences in the feasibility study phase of a National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network Trial
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Telemedicine (TM) enabled by digital health technologies to provide medical services has been considered a key solution to increasing health care access in rural communities. With the immediate need for remote care due to the...
Plausibility of patient-centred care in high-intensity methadone treatment: Reflections of providers and patients
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Background: Patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) often have complex health care needs. Methadone is one of the medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) used in the management of OUDs. Highly restrictive methadone treatment...
Development of an unannounced standardized patient protocol to evaluate opioid use disorder treatment in pregnancy for American Indian and rural communities
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Background: Opioid use disorder (OUD) disproportionately impacts rural and American Indian communities and has quadrupled among pregnant individuals nationwide in the past two decades. Yet, limited data are available about...
Reimagining brief interventions for alcohol: Towards a paradigm fit for the twenty first century?
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Background: There is no longer support for the idea that brief intervention programmes alone can contribute meaningfully to the improvement of population health relating to alcohol. As a result, calls for major innovations and...
Chronic care treatment for smoking cessation in patients with serious mental illness: a pilot randomized trial
Background:
Rates of smoking among those with serious mental illness (SMI) are two to three times higher than for the general population. Smoking is rarely addressed in mental health settings. Innovative outreach and treatment strategies...
“100 program Challenge” for drug prevention by Ecolink Institute receives good response
“100 program Challenge” for drug prevention by Ecolink Institute receives global response.
The students of the Ecolink Institute from 16 countries launched a campaign against drug abuse, in connection with the International Day against...
Disentangling substance use and related problems: urgency predicts substance-related problems beyond the degree of use
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Substance use disorders are reliably associated with high impulsivity and sensation seeking. Importantly, both precede problematic substance use, implicating them as risk factors. Individuals with substance use disorders show...
Smoking among inpatients in treatment for substance use disorders: prevalence and effect on mental health and quality of life
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Smoking is still prevalent among people with substance use disorders. The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of smoking among patients in treatment for substance use disorders and to analyze the effect...
Effectiveness of a digital alcohol moderation intervention as an add-on to depression treatment for young adults: study protocol of a multicentre pragmatic randomized controlled trial
Background:
Depressive disorders and problematic drinking often co-occur, also among young adults. These co-occurring conditions are associated with various negative health outcomes compared to both conditions alone. Early intervention...
An Integrative Review of Measuring Caregiver Burden in Substance Use Disorder
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Background: Family caregivers contribute to engagement in treatment and adherence, reduced substance misuse and relapse, and increased well-being of recipients with substance use disorder. However, providing care has also been...
ISSUP Italy Launch
ISSUP Italy would like to invite you to attend their upcoming Launch Event. The Launch will centre on the theme 'Challenges and Perspectives in Addictions'.
New App for Practitioners to Improve Knowledge of the Clinical Harms of Non-medical Prescription Drug Use.
ATOMIC is a free, evidence-based, mobile-learning application aimed at clinicians and other practitioners who want to improve their knowledge of the acute and chronic clinical harms of non-medical prescription drug use. ATOMIC is a response...
Basics of Pharmacotherapy in SUD Treatment
ISSUP Afghanistan would like to invite you to attend their upcoming webinar on Basics of Pharmacotherapy in SUD treatment. The webinar will include an introduction and basic information on Pharmacotherapy in substance use treatment for detoxification, relapse prevention, and opoiod maintenance.
Call for Speakers: Commemorating the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking and launching the World Drug Report
The Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) will hold a hybrid event commemorating the United Nations International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking and launching the 2021 World Drug Report.
The event will take place in a hybrid...
