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Evidence-Based Approaches to Opioid Overdose Recognition and Management: Share the Facts – Save Lives
WHO-UNODC “Stop Overdose Safely (S-O-S)” initiative
Overdose is the leading cause of avoidable death among people who inject drugs.
The ‘Stop Overdose Safely’ is a joint initiative from UNODC and the World Health Organization (WHO) to address opioid overdose and provide life-saving...
Opioid overdose information page
Worldwide, about 500 000 deaths are attributable to drug use. More than 70% of these deaths are related to opioids, with more than 30% of those deaths caused by overdose.
This information page, put together by the World Health...
شناخت نیاز انسان به جامعه در درمان اعتیاد
در طول دو سال گذشته، در تلاش برای کاهش گسترش ویروس کرونا، کشورهای سراسر جهان طیف وسیعی از محدودیت ها و اقدامات دور اجتماعی را اعمال کرده اند. برای دانشمندان علوم اجتماعی و پزشکان، این امر منجر به بحث در مورد اهمیت ارتباط و آنچه اتفاق می...
The link between reducing pain medication, overdose and mental health crisis
In response to the concerning numbers of opioid-related deaths in the US, there has been a recent focus on opioid prescribing trends, which has shown an increase in opioid tapering among patients prescribed long-term opioid therapy. However...
Let’s Talk Overdose: The Hidden Pandemic and How to Stop It
In June 2021, the University of British Colombia Addictions and Concurrent Disorders Research Group hosted an online conference entitled Let’s Talk Overdose: The Hidden Pandemic and How to Stop It.
Here, you can find the conference...
Baseline executive functions and receiving cognitive rehabilitation can predict treatment response in people with opioid use disorder
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Background
Impaired cognitive functions, particularly executive function, predict poor treatment success in people with substance use disorders. The current study investigated the effect of receiving adjunct cognitive...
بررسی عوامل مؤثر بر تعامل و استفاده از درمان به کمک تنچر تري جمهوريخواهان برای اختلال استفاده از مواد مخدر: مطالعه ای کيفی در شهر تهران
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مقدمه
در پاسخ به بار بالای اختلال استفاده از مواد مخدر، ایران شبکه ای از مراکز درمان با مواد مخدر را تاسیس کرد که از سال 2002 آغاز شد. برای افزایش تنوع درمانی، به ویژه برای بیمارانی که از مواد مخدر به عنوان داروی انتخابی خود...
Herramientas para el abordaje adecuado de los consumos problemáticos en población de la Diversidad Sexo-Afectiva y personas Trans y no binarias
ISSUP Argentina presentó un webinar sobre el rol que la diversidad sexual afectiva y las personas trans y no binarias tienen como factor determinante de salud en el campo de las Adicciones.
El webinar tuvo lugar el martes 28 de...
The impact of COVID-19 on drug use and harm reduction programming in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region: a regional consultation of stakeholders and people who use drugs
COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) was classified a pandemic on March 11, 2020, with early reports of the disease occurring in the Middle East and North African (MENA) area. On January 2021, the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Regional...
Opium tincture-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder: A systematic review
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Background: Some countries have used opioid agonist medications other than methadone and buprenorphine as a strategy to increase treatment diversity. In Iran and other countries where opium use is common and culturally tolerated...
Advances in Addiction & Recovery- Latest Edition
Advances in Addiction & Recovery, the official publication of NAADAC, is a quarterly digital magazine focused on providing useful, innovative and timely information on trends and best practices in the profession that are beneficial for...
International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction: Call for Papers
A special issue of the International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction will be devoted to empirical papers and related to Stigma, Mental Illness and Substance Use.
The special issue is intended to highlight a broad range of issues...
پرداختن به عوامل تعیین کننده اجتماعی و ساختاری طولانی مدت بحران مصرف بیش از حد مواد مخدر: ویژه وابستگی به مواد مخدر و الکل
این ویژه شماره به یک منطقه به سرعت در حال رشد از تحقیقات با نیاز به سلامت عمومی با فشار، ساختار اجتماعی استفاده از مواد مخدر است.
به طور خاص، این موضوع مقالات اصلی را که چارچوب های فنی و عملی را برای درک بهتر شرایط ساختاری که الگوهای...
Prison and drugs in Europe - current and future challenges
Objective: to discuss the results of the report Prison and drugs in Europe: current and future challenges Insights with key customers.
Invited Stakeholders: - Heino Stöver, Institute for Addiction Research Organization Frankfurt...
Drug-related Deaths in Scotland in 2020
In 2020,1339 drug-related deaths were registered in Scotland.
This is a 5% increase compared to figures from 2019.
Other key findings show:
- The number of drug-related deaths has increased substantially over the last 20 years –...
Urdu translation and adaptation of the HIV stigma scale in Pakistani injectable drug users with HIV
Abstract
Objective: To translate and adapt the human immunodeficiency virus stigma scale into Urdu language,
and to determine its psychometric properties.
Method: The study was conducted at the Human Immunodeficiency Virus / Acquired...
Risk and protective factors for mental health problems in patients with substance use disorder
Abstract
The present study aimed to assess the predictive association of self-esteem and perceived social support (family, friends & significant others) with mental wellbeing in patients with substance use disorder (SUD). Sample of the...
ISSUP UK Launch Event
Gender disparities in opioid treatment progress in methadone versus counselling
The high dropout rate (75%) in opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment among women and racial/ethnic minorities in the United States necessitates a better knowledge of the factors that contribute to treatment success. While therapy and...
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