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Implementing Quality Measurement in the Field of Drug Treatment and Harm Reduction: A Case Study in Flanders
BACKGROUND: Implementing quality measurement is still a challenge in the field of drug treatment and harm reduction. In this case study, we investigate which strategies can be used to enhance the implementation of a policy in which quality...
AddictologyIssue 1/2023
The Implementation of Quality Standards (QS) at Coolmine Therapeutic Community
BACKGROUND: Coolmine’s implementation of quality standards involves a period of change management, strategic planning, and national policy development.
METHODS: A narrative case study focusing on national policy and internal strategic...
AddictologyIssue 1/2023
Substance Use Disorder Treatment Quality Standards in Lithuania 1992–2022: From Grassroots Initiatives to Nationwide Strategies
BACKGROUND: The implementation of quality standards in the treatment of substance use disorders in Lithuania is not well documented in the literature. AIMS: To describe the process of the development of quality standards from grassroots...
AddictologyIssue 1/2023
Highlights from the 2023 UNODC World Drug Report
ISSUP are pleased to present our Webinar on highlights from the 2023 edition of the UNODC World Drug Report.
Análisis de Cannabis incautada en Chile
La droga más consumida a nivel mundial es el Cannabis, Chile es parte de esta realidad, para establecer las concentraciones de los principales componentes de esta droga se realizó un estudio de 490 muestras de incautaciones de todo el país...
Psychoactive Prescription Drug Abuse: Selected Psychological Symptoms and Quality of Life in Addiction Treatment. Study Protocol
BACKGROUND: The abuse of psychoactive prescription drugs has become increasingly common in the Czech Republic. These drugs include sedatives, hypnotics, anxiolytics (benzodiazepines and Z-hypnotics), and opioids. Patients with an addiction...
AddictologyIssue 4/2022
The COVID-19 Global Pandemic and Changes in Preference and Behaviour Regarding Selected Anabolic Androgenic Substances and Steroids – A Comparative Study
BACKGROUND: The SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19) and the ensuing global public health emergency situation have led to restrictions, changes, and measures in the daily life of society as a whole. The situation culminated in a global pandemic. A...
AddictologyIssue 4/2022
Nationally representative surveys on cannabis use lack product details relevant to public health
Abstract
Objectives
Many annual, nationally representative US surveys that assess cannabis use do not collect information on product characteristics despite varying health risks and benefits. Capitalizing on a rich dataset of...
Test of Impulsivity in Adolescence
BACKGROUND: Adolescence is one of the most important stages in a human life. This period is full of different stimuli and types of influence – from parents, peers, and society. It is related to greater susceptibility to problematic...
AddictologyIssue 3/2022
دوره آموزشی خلبانی به رهبری مربی آنلاین در نظارت و ارزیابی مداخلات و سیاست های پیشگیری از مصرف مواد: تجارب و برداشت های شرکت کنندگان بین المللی
مقدمه: با توجه به افزايش مصرف مواد در سراسر جهان در ميان همه گیری های جاری، متخصصان پیشگیری از مصرف مواد به چالش کشیده می شوند تا راه های جایگزینی برای افزایش دانش و شایستگی خود برای استفاده از بهترین شیوه ها در این زمینه پیدا کنند. در...
AddictologyIssue 3/2022
Nature and Course of Clinician and Self-Rated Depressive Features in Persons with Alcohol Use Disorders: A Preliminary Prospective Study among Men Seeking Treatment
INTRODUCTION: The trajectory and nature of depression in patients with alcohol use disorder as they enter treatment needs to be understood better. This study assessed the nature and course of depressive features among male patients with...
AddictologyIssue 3/2022
رفتار خطر نوجوانان 10-15 ساله در اسلواکی. رابطه جنسی, سن, و شاخص توده بدن
سابقه و هدف: ما به عنوان يک پايگاه نظري از مفهوم سندرم رفتار خطر در نوجوانان، خود مفهومي و مفهوم تصور بدن استفاده کرديم.
هدف: هدف اصلی این پژوهش، تحقیق در مورد روابط بین طرح خود، به طور خاص نسبت فیزیکی نشان داده شده توسط شاخص توده بدنی،...
AddictologyIssue 3/2022
مصرف مواد مخدر و عوامل مرتبط با آن در منطقه شمال شرقی تانزانیا: یک مطالعه مقطعی
مقاله 'استفاده از مواد مخدر و عوامل مرتبط در منطقه شمال شرقی تانزانیا: یک مطالعه مقطعی' منتشر شده در مجله پزشکی پان آفریکان در تاریخ 11/10/2022 توسط تعدادی از نویسندگان هماهنگ شده توسط دکتر هریت پیتر و کاستوری مونیشی در SUDs انجام شده در...
Correlates of treatment engagement and client outcomes: results of a randomised controlled trial of nabiximols for the treatment of cannabis use disorder
Introduction
There is increasing interest and evidence for the use of cannabinoid medications in the treatment of cannabis use disorder, but little examination of the correlates of successful treatment. This paper is a secondary...
Moving towards a continuum of safer supply options for people who use drugs: A qualitative study exploring national perspectives on safer supply among professional stakeholders in Canada
Background
Novel public health interventions are needed to address the toxic drug supply and meet the needs of people who use drugs amidst the overdose crisis. Safer supply – low-barrier distribution of pharmaceutical grade substances –...
Black girls and referrals: racial and gender disparities in self-reported referral to substance use disorder assessment among justice-involved children
Background
There is a higher prevalence of substance use disorder (SUD) among justice-involved children (JIC). It is critical to ensure that JIC who report current use are referred for SUD assessment and potentially life-saving treatment...
اختلال در نقش بهداشت عمومی محلی ایالات متحده در پیشگیری و پاسخ مصرف مواد مبتنی بر جمعیت در طول COVID-19
سابقه و هدف
COVID-19 مقیاس و دامنه کار بخش بهداشت محلی (LHD) را به طور چشمگیری محدود کرد و منابع را به پاسخ تغییر تغییر داد. با این حال، نیاز به خدمات ضروری بهداشت عمومی- از جمله پیشگیری از مصرف مواد- کاهش نمی یابد.
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Experiences of frontline healthcare workers and their views about support during COVID-19 and previous pandemics: a systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis
Background
Healthcare workers across the world have risen to the demands of treating COVID-19 patients, potentially at significant cost to their own health and wellbeing. There has been increasing recognition of the potential mental...
The Canadian Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (CCENDU) Bulletin: An Update on Stimulant Use and Related Harms in Canada and the United States
The Canadian Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (CCENDU) is a pan-Canadian network of community partners co-ordinated by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA). The network has sites in British Columbia, Manitoba...
درک استفاده از مواد مخدر در افغانستان: بررسی
سابقه و هدف
گزارش های متعددی از افزایش مصرف مواد مخدر در افغانستان با به رسمیت شناختن تغییر اخیر از حالت های سنتی مصرف شامل استنشاق و مصرف دهانه به تزریق مواد مخدر توصیف کرده اند.
هدف
بررسی جامع ادبیات موجود را برای نقشه برداری از...