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The intersection of substance use with broader public health concerns.
The Impact of Alcohol Use and Related Disorders on the HIV Continuum of Care
Alcohol use is highly prevalent globally with numerous negative consequences to human health, including HIV progression, in people living with HIV (PLH). The HIV continuum of care, or treatment cascade, represents a sequence of targets for...
Evaluation Report on Drug Control for the Sixth Evaluation Round of the Multilateral Evaluation Mechanism (MEM)
The Evaluation Report on Drug Control (2014) for the Sixth Evaluation Round of the Multilateral Evaluation Mechanism (MEM) measures the progress of actions taken by the 34 OAS (Organization of American States) member states to address the...
The Drug Problem in the Americas: Drugs and Public Health
Summary and Findings
Most people do not use illicit drugs and among those who try them, only a fraction will develop patterns of dependence. Still, drug use constitutes a serious health problem for many people in the Americas. Early age of...
په لاتینه امریکا کې د تنباکو د بندیدو په اړه د اوسنی طبی چلند د بدلون لپاره بیله اړتیا
ابسرکټ
د ساینسی شواهدو د راټولیدو سره سره چې د سګرټ څکولو روغتیایی پایلې تاییدوی او د سګریټ څکولو نوی پاراډایم د یوې داسې ناروغۍ په توګه چې هلته نیکوټین هغه نشه یی توکی دی چې په سګریټو پورې تړلو سګریټو کې د مغزو کاری او مورفولوجیکی...
Participation in School Sports and Marijuana Use among Male and Female Students
Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit substance among adolescents. There is a paucity in the literature on the relationship between school sports participation and marijuana use.
منظمه کتنه : په ټاکلشویو عصبی ګډوډیو کې د طبی ماریونا اغېزه او خوندیتوب
خلاصه
هدف : په څو نورومنطقو کې د طبی ماریونا د اغیز معلومولو لپاره.
میتودونه : مونږ د طبی ماریجونا ( ۱۹۴۸ - نومبر ۲۰۱۳ ) په اړه منظمه کتنه ترسره کړه تر څو د ایم پلس کلروز ( ایم ایس ) ، اپیلپس ، او د حرکت د اختلاص د نښی علاج وکړی. موږ زده...
Thousands Die without Access to Alcohol Treatment
The BBC reports that almost 8,000 high-risk drinkers died from alcohol-related causes in Wales, UK between 2005 – 2014 without having received treatment for alcohol addiction. This is despite repeated hospital and A&E admissions for as much...
په امیندوارۍ کې د موادو کارولو او د مادې کارولو اختلالاتو پیژندلو او مدیریت لپاره لارښوونې
پدې لارښوونو کې د روغتیا پاملرنې خدماتو لپاره د موادو کارولو او د موادو کارولو اختلالاتو پیژندلو او مدیریت په اړه وړاندیزونه شامل دی چې د امیندواره میرمنو سره مرسته کوی ، یا پدې وروستیو کې ماشوم لری ، او څوک چې الکول یا مخدره توکی کاروی یا...
Whole Family Recovery
This document provides an overview of themes that emerged from the Adfam’s Whole Family Recovery and Alcohol Focus Groups and interviews. This research was conducted to scope the impacts of the recovery of someone with an alcohol problem on...
Adfam’s Manifesto for Families: 5 Key Challenges for Supporting Families Affected by Drug and Alcohol Use
“You don’t have to use drugs to be affected by them.”
In 2010 Adfam identified five key challenges for families that the Government should address, identified by stakeholders across England. They were:
- Supporting families in their own...
Supporting Families Affected by Substance Use and Domestic Violence
This research report analyses how domestic violence and abuse is more likely than not to occur within intimate partner relationships where one partner has a problem with alcohol or drugs. The aims of this research project were:
- To...
د پوهنتون په محصلانو کې د الکولو ، سګرټ څکولو ، او د موادو د لاس وهنې د سکرینکولو د آزموینې ( ASSIST ) اعتبار او اعتبار
د الکولو، سګرټ څکولو او د موادو د لاس وهنې د سکرینکولو ازموینه ، چې د روغتیا نړیوال سازمان ( WHO ) لخوا جوړه شوې ده ، په ډیرو هیوادونو کې په بریالیتوب سره کارول شوی، خو د مکسیکو د نفوس لپاره د هغې د اعتبار او اعتبار په اړه لږ مطالعات شتون...
Drug and Alcohol Related Bereavement - Scoping Review
Adfam and Cruse Bereavement Care carried out a four year drug and alcohol related bereavement project funded by the Big Lottery and running from 2010-14. The purpose of this review is to create a solid evidence-base from which the project...
Consultation Findings for the BEAD Project
Adfam and Cruse Bereavement Care undertook an exploration of the experiences of families and friends bereaved through drug and/ or alcohol use, with the aim of developing a range of peer support services and targeted information...
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: How Parents Deal with Children Who Use Substances and Perpetrate Abuse
This report has been written by Adfam and Against Violence and Abuse (AVA) and covers the processes and findings of a joint project carried out by the two organisations in 2011/12 on child to parent violence and abuse. It reveals that every...
په داوطلبۍ کې ریښتینی غږونه
Adfam دا د رضاکارانه وسیلې کټ خپور کړ ترڅو د رضاکارانه کار ، کورنیو او د موادو کارولو په اړه اړین ټول معلومات ، پالیسی ، قانون او سرچینې چمتو کړی.
رضاکاران تل د کورنۍ ملاتړ او د موادو کارولو برخو کې مهم رول لوبولی دی. اوسنی مالی محدودیتونه...
Psychometric and Diagnostic Properties of the Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST): Comparing the DAST-20 vs. the DAST-10
ABSTRACT
Background: The use of reliable and valid self-report questionnaires to identify drug use disorders (DUD) is a strategy that has shown usefulness for screening. One of the instruments more used for detection is the Drug Abuse...
Synthetic Pot: Not Your Grandfather’s Marijuana
In the early 2000s in Europe and shortly thereafter in the USA, it was reported that ‘legal’ forms of marijuana were being sold under the name K2 and/or Spice. Active ingredients in K2/Spice products were determined to be synthetic...
د مخدره توکو په درملنه کې درمل: ماشومانو ته د خطرونو سره مبارزه - یو کال وروسته
دا 'یو کال وروسته' راپور د مخدره توکو درملنې کې د اډفام درملو موندنو او وړاندیزونو ته پراختیا ورکوی: ماشومانو ته د خطرونو سره مبارزه ، چې په 2014 کې خپره شوې ، او د اپیوایډ بدیل درملنې (OST) کې کارول شوی وړاندیز شوی درملو لخوا رامینځته شوی...
Medications in Drug Treatment – Tackling the Risks to Children
This report examines cases where children have died or come to harm from ingesting Opioid Substitution Treatment (OST) medicines prescribed to help people overcome drug addiction. There have been 17 Serious Case Reviews involving the...
