Addiction

Drug Misuse and Dependence: UK Guidelines on Clinical Management

Book

14 July 2017

Often called the Orange Book, this is guidance for clinicians treating people with drug problems. This 2017 version offers new guidelines on: prison-based treatment new psychoactive substances and club drugs mental health co-morbidity...

Prevalence of Drug Addiction among Children in Delhi

News

CNN News18, a leading Indian news channel, investigates the issue of drug addiction among children in Delhi.

Publishing Addiction Science: A Guide for the Perplexed

Book

1 January 2017

Publishing Addiction Science is a comprehensive guide for addiction scientists facing the complex process of contributing to scholarly journals. Written by an international group of addiction journal editors and their colleagues, it...

Helping Patients Who Drink Too Much: A Clinician’s Guide

Book

1 July 2016

Introduction This Guideis written for primary care and mental health clinicians. It has been produced by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA),a component of the National Institutes of Health, with guidance from...

What’s New in Addiction Prevention for Young People?

Scientific article

6 July 2017

Assessing the latest knowledge of addiction prevention programmes for young people.

58th Annual Institute on Addiction Studies

9 July 2017

Innisfil

Canada

The Annual Institute on Addiction Studies offers professional development and learning opportunities to those working and involved in substance use and related fields in Canada. All workshops and presentations attended at the Annual Institute on

Sexual Orientation and Estimates of Adult Substance Use and Mental Health

Book

1 December 2016

Abstract Background: Research suggests that sexual minorities (e.g. people who identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual) are at greater risk for substance use and mental health issues compared with the sexual majority population that...

WHO Forum on Alcohol, Drugs and Addictive Behaviours

News

To mark World Drug Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) is holding a three-day global forum event on alcohol, drugs and addictive behaviours.

Quit Methods Used by US Adult Cigarette Smokers, 2014–2016

Scientific article

13 April 2017

Abstract To quantify the prevalence of 10 quit methods commonly used by adult cigarette smokers, we used data from a nationally representative longitudinal (2014–2016) online survey of US adult cigarette smokers (n = 15,943). Overall, 74.7%...

Alcohol Interventions in Primary Care Settings: What Works, What Doesn’t and What's Next?

Book

23 June 2017

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...