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Building resilience in survivors of sexual exploitation: The role of children in activities implemented by NGOs in Uganda
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Children are increasingly affected by sexual exploitation (SEC), and the subsequent hardships arising out threaten their lives. Resilience is the process of adapting well in the face of trauma or other significant sources of...
Associations of common mental disorder with alcohol use in the adult general population
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Background and Aims
Research has shown that alcohol use and common mental disorders co-occur; however, little is known about how the global prevalence of alcohol use compares across different common mental disorders. The aim...
Birth Outcomes of Neonates Exposed to Marijuana in Utero A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
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Importance While some studies have found an association between marijuana use and adverse neonatal outcomes, results have not been consistent across all trials.
Objective To assess available data on neonatal outcomes in...
Reducing the harm from alcohol by regulating cross-border alcohol marketing, advertising and promotion
This comprehensive report details the full extent of the way that alcohol is being marketed across national borders – often by digital means – and often regardless of the social, economic or cultural environment in receiving countries.
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Международная организация по прикладной профилактике отмечает Неделю профилактики
8-14 мая - Национальная неделя профилактики!
Каждый день APSI будет освещать один из своих профилактических самородков, профилактических бесед и портретов профилактики, все они сосредоточены на одной конкретной теме профилактики.
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Implementing Adolescent SBIRT
Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) is an evidence-based approach to early intervention of substance use.
This mixed-methods evaluation assessed the implementation of an adolescent SBIRT change package across...
Слова имеют значение Руководство по языку
Необходимость изменения нашего языка по отношению к людям, употребляющим наркотики, становится все большей темой обсуждения, но еще предстоит пройти долгий путь. Люди, употребляющие наркотики, очень разнообразны, и их связь с употреблением...
Severe bacterial infections in people who inject drugs: The role of injection-related tissue damage
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Background
In the context of the current U.S. injection drug use epidemic, targeted public health harm reduction strategies have traditionally focused on overdose prevention and reducing transmission of blood-borne viral...
The role of specialist addiction nurses in alcohol treatment
A recent study has found that embedding specialist Addiction Nurses within general practice teams can help address alcohol problems in deprived areas.
In this blog, the lead author Dr Andrea Mohan examines why the role of the Addiction...
Schools and drugs: health and social responses
A new handy mini guide by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) on evidence-based policymaking for prevention of drug use in schools and educational settings.
Тренинг УНП ООН для албанских политиков по природе, профилактике, лечению и уходу за расстройствами, связанными с употреблением наркотиков
УНП ООН организовало тренинг для 19 албанских политиков по природе, профилактике и лечению расстройств, связанных с употреблением наркотиков, с 12 по 14 апреля 2022 года в Тиране, Албания. Участники из министерств здравоохранения и...
Kenya introduces tax on alcohol advertising
A 15% tax on fees charged by television stations, print media, billboards, and radio stations for advertisements of alcohol products, gaming, and gambling has been proposed in the 2022/23 budget.
Here you can read the news article...
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...
Европейская комиссия принимает меры по контролю над двумя новыми вредными препаратами на фоне проблем со здоровьем и резкого роста поставок
Сегодня Европейская комиссия приняла меры по контролю над двумя новыми вредными психоактивными веществами (НПВ) на всей территории ЕС. Вещества, о которых идет речь, — 3-метилметкатинон (3-MMC) и 3-хлорметкатинон (3-CMC) — являются...
Overcoming the pains of recovery: The management of negative recovery capital during addiction recovery pathways
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Pains experienced as a result of negative recovery capital are often thought to stimulate motivations for positive behavioural change, usually through a ‘rock bottom’ type moment. Whilst recovery capital and barriers to...
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...
Риски и вред, связанные с немедицинским использованием бензодиазепинов в нерегулируемых поставках лекарств в Канаде
Сводка
Риски употребления психоактивных веществ значительно выше у людей, которые приобретают наркотики на нерегулируемом рынке, поскольку отсутствует контроль качества, а состав наркотиков непредсказуем. Эта непредсказуемость усилилась...
Концепция травмы и руководство для подхода, основанного на травме
Это руководство вводит концепцию травмы и предлагает основу для того, чтобы стать организацией, системой или сектором услуг, информированным о травме.
Руководство содержит определение травмы и подход, основанный на травме, и предлагает 6...
The intersection of homelessness, trauma, and substance use: Reading list
This reading list is designed to complement the webinar presented by Lili Lemieux-Cumberlege on trauma, homelessness, and substance use. The presentation explored the subject through a personal, interpersonal, and systemic lens, and...
Introducing compassion focused therapy
Compassion focused therapy (CFT) is based on the evolutionary, functional analysis of basic social motivational systems (e.g., to exist within groups and care for kin) and emotional systems (e.g., to respond to threats, seek out contentment...
