Un recente studio, pubblicato sul Journal of Addiction, ha esaminato l'associazione tra uso di cannabis, disturbo da uso di cannabis e sintomi di psicosi, depressione e ansia in un campione di adolescenti e adulti. I ricercatori hanno anche...
Early life experiences of trauma are known to significantly increase the risk of substance use in adolescence and adulthood. It has been suggested that individuals may use alcohol or drugs as a means of temporarily relieving themselves from...
Il Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) ha prodotto una nuova serie di podcast che stanno indagando e rivedendo le prove su alcol, cannabis, oppioidi, stigma e altro ancora.
Ogni mese, il podcast The Evidence presenterà...
Il National Institute on Drug Abuse ha pubblicato una nuova risorsa per fornire agli adolescenti informazioni accurate sugli oppioidi.
La pubblicazione include una selezione di fatti sugli oppioidi, una sezione sugli oppioidi e l'eroina...
Acute alcohol intoxication (AAI) has a long history of burdening emergency care services. Healthcare systems around the world have explored a variety of different services that divert AAI away from EDs to better manage their...
The Addiction Journal Podcast accompagna l'ascoltatore attraverso il contenuto dell'edizione di gennaio della rivista, seleziona e discute alcuni dei punti salienti e include interviste, che sono state condotte con alcuni degli autori.
Recent studies carried out by researchers from Vanderbilt University and Johns Hopkins University have examined characteristics linked with the heightened risk NAS.
The researchers found that boys are more likely to receive a diagnosis...
Pre-existing mental disorders increases the risk of developing SUD.
The dopamine (DA) hypothesis posits the increase of mesolimbic dopamine levels as a defining commonality of addictive drugs, initially causing reinforcement, eventually leading to compulsive consumption. While much experimental...
Introduction: Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a major public health concern worldwide. In France, only 10% of people with AUD (PWAUD) receive medical care. General practitioners (GP) are one of the main entry points for AUD care...
Children who are next of kin to parents with physical or mental illness and/or substance abuse need access to mental health support and several cost-effective interventions are available. Because most parents in the target group often...
Background
There is robust evidence that childhood adversity is associated with an increased risk of psychosis. There is, however, little research on intervening factors that might increase or decrease risk following...
It is recognised that veterans are more likely to experience a range of mental health conditions such as anxiety, major depression, substance use disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder. Many individuals use substances as a coping...
Background: The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime’s 2014 survey estimated that there are 6.7 million Pakistanis aged 15-64 who are illegal substance users. In 2014, Pakistan’s drug treatment capacities remained insufficient to meet...
È fondamentale che il trattamento per le persone che vivono con il disturbo da uso di oppioidi sia di alta qualità e informato sull'evidenza.
Il Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction ha lanciato un nuovo rapporto, Best Practices...
Knowledge of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of patients receiving opioid substitution treatment (OST) is limited and fragmented. The present study examines the HRQOL of a large national sample of OST...
Behavioral Interventions are needed to prevent HIV in substance users, which is associated with higher risk for contracting HIV via unprotected sexual intercourse or syringe-based exposure. We reviewed universal...
What is already known about this topic?
Wound botulism is a rare but serious illness associated with black tar heroin use, especially by subcutaneous injection (skin popping).
What is added by this report?
During...