Treatment

Applying interventions designed to reduce and manage the symptoms of substance use disorders.

Transferring Patients from Methadone to Buprenorphine: The Feasibility and Evaluation of Practice Guidelines

Scientific article

ABSTRACT Introduction and Aims: Transfer from methadone to buprenorphine is problematic for many opioid-dependent patients, with limited documented evidence or practical clinical guidance, particularly for the range of methadonedoses...

Cost of Provision of Opioid Substitution Therapy Provision in Tijuana, Mexico

Scientific article

23 May 2018

Abstract Background Mexico recently enacted drug policy reform to decriminalize possession of small amounts of illicit drugs and mandated that police refer identified substance users to drug treatment. However, the economic implications of...

OPIÁCEOS: Guías Clínicas SOCIDROGALCOHOL basadas en la evidencia científica

Book

Este documento forma parte de las Guías Clínicas SOCIDROGALCOHOL, basadas en la evidencia científica. Es de utilidad para los profesionales que atienden a personas con problemas por consumo de heroína y otros opiáceos. La evidencia...

Drug Addiction: Is Brain Stimulation the Answer?

News

Transcranial magnetic brain stimulation has allowed researchers to reduce how "excited" the brains of chronic cocaine and alcohol users become in response to drug cues. Drug addiction is a chronic disease affecting 5.4 percent of the...

Factors Related to Simultaneous Cocaine and Alcohol Use for Clients in Treatment

Scientific article

29 March 2015

Research shows that alcohol and cocaine are frequently used simultaneously.

Abuse-Deterrent Opioid Formulations

Scientific article

Abstract Abuse-deterrent opioid formulations have been suggested as one way to decrease the abuse, addiction, and overdose of orally prescribed opioids. Ten oral opioid formulations have received abuse-deterrent labeling by the U.S. Food...

Webinar: Programa de intervención breve para adolescentes que abusan de las drogas (PIBA)

31 May 2018

Washington, DC

United States

La Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS) extiende una cordial invitación para que el jueves 31 de mayo, a las 12:00 pm (hora de Washington, DC) participen en el seminario virtual gratuito "Programa de intervención breve para adolescentes que abusan de las drogas (PIBA): retos en la implementación y la investigación". Se analizará el proceso de desarrollo y evalua

Effectiveness Bank Matrix Cell: Psychosocial Treatment; Individuals, Not Programmes

Every treatment involves direct or indirect human interaction, but this cell is about interventions in which interaction is the main ingredient, from mutual support groups through to professionally delivered psychological programmes....

Family Rejection as a Predictor of Suicide Attempts and Substance Misuse among Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Adults

Scientific article

5 April 2016

A study published in the LGBT Health Journal explores family rejection as a predictor for substance misuse in transgender and gender nonconforming adults. Taking data from the National Transgender Discrimination Survey the study involved...

5th ISSUP Workshop- Vienna

1 July 2019

Vienna

Austria

Please mark your calendar for the 5th ISSUP Workshop! The Workshop will take place in Vienna, Austria from July 1-5, 2019.