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Gene Therapy for Cocaine Addiction
Cocaine addiction is linked with uncontrollable drug seeking. Cues within the environment act as a constant reminder of the experience and can lead to relapse. Current medication options are limited when it comes to meeting the needs for...
Strategy to Combat Opioid Abuse
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released its five point strategy to combat opioid abuse, misuse, and overdose.
The five points that the strategy is based on are to:
- Improve access to prevention, treatment and...
Educational Packages for Opioid Use Disorders
The Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network has released a set of educational packages that can be used by professionals working with individuals with opioid disorders.
Online booklets, which have been specially designed for peer...
El consumo de drogas y su tratamiento dese la perspectiva de familiares y amigos de consumidores - Guatemala
Actualmente Guatemala cuenta con una población de 13,344,770 personas que tiene una elevada tasa de población migrante, tanto nacional como internacional. Relacionado con el abuso de drogas, el país presenta la más alta tasa de consumo de...
Encuesta consumo de drogas, nivel medio de educación - Guatemala
Guatemala cuenta con una población de 15,073,375 personas, con pirámide poblacional mayoritariamente joven. Este estudio de tipo transversal, descriptivo, correlacional en una muestra de 13,856 estudiantes de ambos sexos, en edades...
Planning and Designing the Improving Addiction Care Team (IMPACT) for Hospitalized Adults with Substance Use Disorder
Abstract
People with substance use disorders (SUD) have high rates of hospitalization and readmission, long lengths of stay, and skyrocketing healthcare costs. Yet, models for improving care are extremely limited. We performed a needs...
Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Problems among Refugees in Primary Health Care
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Background
Population-based epidemiological research has established that refugees in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) are at increased risk for a range of mental, neurological and substance use (MNS) problems...
Despite Falling Rates, Smoking-Related Lung Cancer Will Remain a Major Health Concern
Tobacco control interventions introduced in the United States over the past 50 years have led to notable decrease in smoking and smoking-related diseases, including lung cancer.
In a recent study, published by University of Michigan's...
Mombasa to set up prison drug rehabilitation clinic
Mombasa's prison department will soon be introducing methadone programs for heroin injecting drug users.
2018 NDARC Annual Research Symposium - Presentations
A number of presentations from the 2018 NDARC Annual Research Symposium, which was held on Monday, 8 October 2018, have been made available.
The theme of the event was Clinical, community and policy responses to emerging problems in...
Internet-Delivered Drug and Alcohol Treatment
Drug Misuse and Hepatitis C Virus Infection Profiles for Three Generations of Patients Being Monitored for Prescription Drug Adherence
ABSTRACT
Objectives: Two epidemics in the United States are related: opioid drug injection and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. This study quantifies the relationship between illicit/prescription drug misuse and HCV infection in 3...
Tobacco Use by Clients Receiving SUD Treatment
Although cigarette smoking among adults in the United States has been steadily decreasing, rates continue to remain high amongst certain vulnerable populations.
A recent study published in the international journal of Addictive...
SPR 27th Annual Meeting - Call for Papers
SPR 27th ANNUAL MEETING
May 28 – May 31, 2019
Hyatt Regency San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
CALLS NOW AVAILABLE:
Papers, NIDA International Poster Session, Preconference Workshops, and "Brown Bag" SIGs
Submission Deadline...
Maldives under the Burden of Drugs - Originally Published on 19th May 2014
We are in dire need of better understanding the nature and extent of the impact of drug abuse in the Maldives and only through this understanding will we be able to make the decisions to identify appropriate strategies to combat the problem...
Substance Use and the Maldives
There are decades’ worth of evidence from around the world to guide us; we need to follow it. Given the importance of the issue, I say let’s do all interventions that have shown promising results. But what does this mean for drug use in...
Opioid Treatment Resources
Emergency departments are often the first point of contact for individuals who have overdosed or suffering from the effects of opioids. Despite the vital role practitioners within this service provide, there has been, up until now, little...
How Cocaine Cues Get Planted in the Brain
Individuals suffering from substance use disorders develop strong associations between the drug’s stimulating effect and environmental cues that act as reminders of the experience, which can lead to relapse.
A recent study has proposed a...
Substance Misuse and Mental Health
Our thoughts, feelings and behaviour are controlled by a complex messenger system made of chemicals called neurotransmitters. These neurotransmitters are sensitive to what is going on in our internal and external environment and will react...
Global Report on Alcohol Consumption and Health
The harmful use of alcohol is one of the leading risk factors for population health worldwide and causes more than 5% of the global disease burden. Over 200 health conditions are connected to excessive alcohol use and it has been linked...
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