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Take-home naloxone
Opioid overdose deaths can be prevented through timely administration of naloxone, a potent opioid antagonist drug that rapidly reverses the effects of opioid analgesics by binding to the opioid receptors in the central nervous system.
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Alcohol Awareness Week 2021
Alcohol Awareness Week is a week of awareness-raising, campaigning for change, and more. This year's Alcohol Awareness Week takes place from 15-21 November 2021 on the theme of Alcohol and relationships.
Alcohol Awareness Week is...
Website on new psychoactive substances NPS-Info.org
The web resource is divided into five sections: "Substances", "Prevention", "Resources", "Practice" and "Get Help". The Resources section contains videos on HIV prevention among people who use stimulants/NPS. This section also includes...
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...
افزایش دسترسی به تست هپاتیت سی (HCV) و مراقبت در خدمات دارویی- یک لوازم جانبی
افرادی که مواد مخدر تزریق (PWID) یک جمعیت کلیدی برای از بین بردن هپاتیت سی در اروپا هستند، و افزایش دسترسی خود را به آزمایش و مراقبت HCV یک هدف در سیاست های اروپایی و ملی هپاتیت سی است. با وجود این, آزمایش HCV پایین باقی می ماند در میان...
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...
Listen First- What the Experts are Saying
'Listen First' is an initiative to increase support for the prevention of drug use that is based on science and is thus an effective investment in the well-being of children and youth, their families and their communities.
Listen First...
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 –...
Manual: increasing access to hepatitis C testing and care for people who inject drugs
This manual provides a step-by-step guide for those involved in planning and managing infectious diseases and drug services, focusing on how to identify barriers to and opportunities for improving provision of HCV testing and access to treatment for people who use drugs.
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...
High-dose buprenorphine induction in the emergency department for treatment of opioid use disorder
In response to the rising efficacy of the illicit opioid drug supply and often observed delays in access to follow-up therapy, emergency departments (EDs) occasionally utilize a high-dose buprenorphine induction method for the treatment of...
Variation in brief treatment for substance use disorder: a qualitative investigation of four federally qualified health centres with SBIRT services
Brief treatment (BT) or regular outpatient alcohol use or substance use disorder (SUD) treatment is a key element of the Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) model. It can be an effective, short-term, and low...
Implementation of tobacco control measures in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, 2008–2020
Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) was developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to assist nations in reducing the demand and supply of tobacco. In 2020, 182 nations joined the FCTC, approving to implement the recommended...
High-dose buprenorphine induction in the emergency department for treatment of opioid use disorder
Abstract
Importance: Emergency departments (EDs) sporadically use a high-dose buprenorphine induction strategy for the treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD) in response to the increasing potency of the illicit opioid drug supply and...
گزارش وفاداری درمان در آزمایش های بالینی درمان دخانیات رفتاری: بررسی و اندازه گیری توصیه های
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اتخاذ استانداردهای دقیق برای گزارش وفاداری درمان برای گسترش کشف، اعتبار سنجی و اجرای درمان های رفتاری ضروری است. در حالی که کنسرسیوم تغییر رفتار NIH ابزار ارزیابی برای ارزیابی کیفیت گزارش و نظارت بر وفاداری درمان در...
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...
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...