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Drug use severity in adolescence affects substance use disorder risk in adulthood
Although more than 1 in every 3 US individuals will develop a substance use disorder in their lifetime, relatively little is known about the long-term patterns of substance use disorder symptoms from adolescence through adulthood.
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...The burden of mental disorders, substance use disorders and self-harm among young people in Europe
Summary
Mental health is a public health issue for European young people. The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2019 provides internationally comparable information on trends in the health status of populations and changes in the...
New European mini guides on responding to drug use in specific settings by EMCDDA
Focusing treatments on specific settings where problems may develop is an important approach to implementing health and social responses to drug problems. As a result, the EMCDDA's Health and social solutions to drug problems: a European...
Prevention toolkit — a new one-stop shop for EMCDDA prevention materials
The EMCDDA launched a new Prevention toolkit, bringing together all of its key prevention-related materials to date. Part of the agency’s toolkit series, this new resource is aimed at anyone involved in shaping decisions, opinions and...
په لویدیځ افریقا کې د الکول پورې اړوند زیانونو مخنیوی لپاره چمتووالی ارزونه
د الکول پورې اړوند زیان په نړیواله کچه او په ځانګړی توګه په لویدیځ افریقا کې مخ په زیاتیدونکی اندیښنه ده. په هرصورت ، په ټیټ سرچینو ترتیباتو کې د الکول پورې اړوند زیانونو مخنیوی لپاره چمتووالی ارزولو لپاره وسیلې نشته. دا څیړنه په لویدیځ...
Development and Implementation of Prevention Programs with Youth
آیساف د ګامبیا پیل
Final Evaluation Report of Capacity Building for Effective Implementation of UPC Core Course in NDDCB Preventive Staff, Sri Lanka
Law Enforcement in Prevention Programming
Alcohol and suicide
Drinking alcohol can increase someone's risk of dying by suicide. This is connected to both the impact of long-term alcohol use and the immediate effects of drinking.
Samaritans and Suicide Prevention Consortium have conducted research...
The Impact of Substance Use Disorder in Educational Institutions in Kenya: Possibilities for Mitigation
ISSUP Kenya are pleased to present their next Bi-Monthly Webinar on The Impact of Substance Use Disorder in Educational Institutions in Kenya.
This Webinar will discuss:
- Nature of Substance Use Disorder
- Epidemiology of SUD with...
UPC Community-Based Prevention Implementation Systems: Training report
REMINDER: Call for Team Applications, SPR Seventeenth Annual Sloboda and Bukoski SPR Cup
Organisational strategies for addressing burnout and trauma-related employment stress
When examining trauma-related employment stress, it is important to look beyond the individual factors that can make someone more susceptible to burnout and secondary trauma and explore the work environment and organisational factors that...
Adverse childhood experiences and related outcomes among adults experiencing homelessness
People who are homeless experience significant physical, mental and social challenges that are linked with poor health and functioning. Rates of substance use issues, mental health difficulties, injury and chronic disease are significantly...
Alcohol-attributable burden of cancer in Argentina
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Introduction
Alcohol consumption is a risk factor for several types of cancer. Alcohol consumption levels in Argentina are among the highest in the world, and malignant neoplasms are the second cause of death in the country...
د اپیوایډ پورې اړوند مړینې: روغتیا او ټولنیز غبرګونونه
دا مینی لارښود یو له لوی سیټ څخه دی ، کوم چې په ګډه د مخدره توکو ستونزو ته روغتیا او ټولنیز ځوابونه لری: د اروپا لارښود 2021.
دا د خورا مهم اړخونو عمومی کتنه وړاندې کوی چې په پام کې ونیول شی کله چې د اپیوایډ پورې اړوند مړینو ته روغتیا...
Take-Home Naloxone and the Prevention of Deaths from Heroin Overdose
Naloxone is a drug that can reverse the effects of opioid drugs like heroin, methadone, opium, codeine, morphine and buprenorphine, and is an important aid in preventing drug-related deaths.
Overdose deaths are often witnessed and can be...
Implementing and Evaluating the UPC to Promote Capacity Building among Drug Demand Reduction Practitioners in Nigeria: Lessons Learned and Future Directions
BACKGROUND
There has been a growing need to improve the knowledge and skills of addiction practitioners worldwide. The development of the Universal Prevention Curriculum (UPC) is one effort to address these needs. This paper is the first...
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