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Reducing the risk factors and enhancing the protective factors associated with initiating substance use.
How to Tackle America’s Opioid Crisis?
Much the result of a poor understanding of how to treat chronic pain, the United States has in recent years been rocked by an unprecedented drug crisis: The opioid epidemic.
Opioids include drugs derived from opium, such as heroin, as...
په افغانستان کې د ماشومانو د مداخلې تطبیق او ارزونه
په دې څېړنه کې د هغو ماشومانو لپاره چې د نشه یی توکو د استعمال له خطر سره مخ دی او یا په فعاله توګه د هغو موادو په کارولو سره چې په افغانستان کې د ۴ او ۱۸ کلونو تر منځ عمرونو ماشومانو ته ورکړل شوی، د ناولې مداخلې اغیزې څېړل شوې دی. دوی د...
Towards a New Consensus for Addiction Medicine Training
A new study asks for the opinions of addiction experts, with a view to reaching a consensus on the necessary core skills that medical education ought to cover.
Is There a Link between Personality and Exposure to Second-Hand Harms from Alcohol Consumption?
‘Second-hand harm’ from alcohol use can include accidents and/or violence, interrupted sleep, destruction of property, relationship and/or financial problems.
While previous research has found that as much as 70% of undergraduate...
Call for Papers: Ensure Healthy Development for All Youth through the Power of Prevention
The Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research
Parents Are a Key Influence on Teenage Drinking Habits, Study Finds
A new study that provides details of drinking habits and influential factors among Australian teenagers appears in the latest edition of the academic journal BMC Public Health.
The investigation’s findings notably include:
- Most...
The Role of Science in Addressing the Opioid Crisis
Opioid misuse and addiction is an ongoing and rapidly evolving public health crisis, requiring innovative scientific solutions. In response, and because no existing medication is ideal for every patient, the National Institutes of Health...
Using Behavioral Triage in Court-Supervised Treatment of DUI Offenders
San Joaquin county in California has pointed the way forward to a system which conserves treatment resources yet achieves greater reductions in drink/drug-driving incidents. The first evaluation of systematically escalating offenders to...
Hippocampus-Dependent Memory and Allele-Specific Gene Expression in Adult Offspring of Alcohol-Consuming Dams after Neonatal Treatment with Thyroxin or Metformin
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), the result of fetal alcohol exposure (FAE), affects 2–11% of children worldwide, with no effective treatments. Hippocampus-based learning and memory deficits are key symptoms of FASD. Our previous...
Child Mental Health Problems Increase Risk of Addiction, Study Finds
A new study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP) suggests there to be a correlation between childhood psychiatric disorders and an increased risk of developing addiction in adulthood.
...د ځوانانو د موادو د استعمال اصول د بې نظمۍ درملنه: د څیړنې پر بنسټ لارښود
د مخدره توکو د ناوړه ګټه اخیستنې ملی انسټیټیوټ (NIDA) د مخدره توکو د روږدی کیدو درملنې اصول وړاندې کوی.
دا سند یوازې د ځوانانو ترمنځ د موادو کارولو واقعیتونو باندې تمرکز کوی (له 12 څخه تر 17 کلونو پورې).
غیرقانونی مواد ، د نسخې درمل ،...
Growing Up Drug Free: A Parent’s Guide to Prevention
This guide presents information on raising children to be drug free.
It includes:
- An overview of substance use among youth, with a focus on how it can affect academic performance
- Drug descriptions
- Risk factors that could make...
UK Health Professionals Call for Minimum Unit Pricing of Alcohol in England
Senior health professionals are calling for Westminster to introduce minimum unit pricing of alcohol and clampdown on drinks advertising in England.
They claim that within the next five years up to 63,000 people across the country will...
په کلینیکی روږدی درملو کې د مخدره توکو ازموینې لپاره د نوی اجماع سند
د روږدی درملو د امریکایی ټولنې (ASAM) څخه د اجماع نوی سند د روږدی درملو ژورنال په نوې نسخه کې څرګندیږی.
سند د پیژندلو ، تشخیص ، درملنې او نظارت لپاره د مخدره توکو ازموینې کارولو په اړه عملی ، د شواهدو پراساس وړاندیزونه چمتو کوی چې د...
ای سګریټ د دودیزو سګریټو په پرتله لږ روږدی ، مطالعه موندل
ای سګریټ د دودیزو سګریټو په پرتله لږ روږدی دی، د یوې نوې څیړنې له مخه چې په مخنیوونکی طب کې خپور شوی.
هغه وویل، شاوخوا 75٪ ای سګریټ څکوونکی اوس هم ځانونه د استعمال پورې اړه لری.
د دې تر څنګه ، د درملو شاهی ټولنه سپارښتنه کوی چې درمل...
SAMHSA Opioid Overdose Prevention Toolkit
This toolkit offers strategies to health care providers, communities, and local governments for developing practices and policies to help prevent opioid-related overdoses and deaths. Access reports for community members, prescribers...
د ځوانانو لپاره د روږدو د مخنیوی په برخه کې څه نوی دی؟
د ځوانانو لپاره د روږدو د مخنیوی د پروګرامونو د وروستۍ پوهې ارزونه.
2017 UNODC World Drug Report
Now in its 20th year of publication, the UNODC World Drug Report for 2017 is now available.
It consists of 5 accessible booklets:
Booklet 1 provides a summary of the subsequent 4 booklets. It also discusses the policy implications of...
د الکولو ، نشه یی توکو او روږدو چلندونو په اړه د WHO Forum
د نشه یی توکو د نړۍ والی ورځی په نښه کولو لپاره، د روغتیا نړیوال سازمان د الکولو ، نشه یی توکو او روږدو ونکو چلندونو په اړه د نړیوال فورم درې ورځینی پیښه جوړوی.
Alcohol Interventions in Primary Care Settings: What Works, What Doesn’t and What's Next?
This week saw the seminar launch at Edinburgh’s Royal College of Physicians of two key reports on alcohol interventions in primary care settings published by the Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) in collaboration with the U...
