Prevalence of Drug Addiction among Children in Delhi
CNN News18, a leading Indian news channel, investigates the issue of drug addiction among children in Delhi.
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Publishing Addiction Science: A Guide for the Perplexed
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
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...
Cosa c'è di nuovo nella prevenzione delle dipendenze per i giovani?
Valutare le ultime conoscenze sui programmi di prevenzione delle dipendenze per i giovani.
Orientamento sessuale e stime del consumo di sostanze negli adulti e della salute mentale
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La ricerca suggerisce che le minoranze sessuali (ad esempio le persone che si identificano come lesbiche, gay o bisessuali) sono a maggior rischio di uso di sostanze e problemi di salute mentale rispetto alla popolazione della...
WHO Forum on Alcohol, Drugs and Addictive Behaviours
To mark World Drug Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) is holding a three-day global forum event on alcohol, drugs and addictive behaviours.
Metodi di abbandono utilizzati dai fumatori di sigarette adulti statunitensi, 2014-2016
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Per quantificare la prevalenza di 10 metodi di abbandono comunemente usati dai fumatori di sigarette adulti, abbiamo utilizzato i dati di un sondaggio online longitudinale rappresentativo a livello nazionale (2014-2016) sui...
Alcohol Interventions in Primary Care Settings: What Works, What Doesn’t and What's Next?
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 U...
Mortality Risk During and After Opioid Substitution Treatment
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Objective
To compare the risk for all cause and overdose mortality in people with opioid dependence during and after substitution treatment with methadone or buprenorphine and to characterise trends in risk of mortality after...
Smoking Report: New Figures from NHS England
New figures from NHS England present the most recent smoking statistics nationwide.
The report offers a general image of smoking habits and related health issues across England.
It includes information on:
- Smoking patterns in adults...
La vita in recupero dalla dipendenza in Canada
Il Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) ha recentemente collaborato con il National Recovery Advisory Committee per produrre il primo sondaggio canadese sulle persone in recupero dalla tossicodipendenza e / o dall'alcolismo...
European Drug Report 2017
The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) has recently released its European Drug Report for 2017. The document offers an overview of the drug situation across the continent. It covers drug supply and use as well...
Il costo sociale del disturbo da uso di eroina negli Stati Uniti
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Obiettivo
Il consumo di eroina negli Stati Uniti ha raggiunto proporzioni epidemiche. L'obiettivo di questo documento è stimare il costo sociale annuale del disturbo da uso di eroina negli Stati Uniti in dollari USA 2015.
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...A Growing Issue: An Increased Number Are Entering Drug Treatment for Cannabis Use Across Europe
New research published in the journal European Addiction Research paints a picture of drug treatment services for cannabis-related problems between 2003 – 2014 across 22 European countries.
Notably, it suggests that, on the whole, during...
Effectiveness Bank Matrix Bite: Managing Coerced Alcohol Treatment
Key studies on the role of management in the treatment of problem drinking in criminal justice settings and/or to safeguard the community. Just as for practitioners, for managers the challenge is to extract therapeutic benefit out of a...
Prevention and Treatment for Drug Use in Rural Settings
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has recently published what the organisation describes as ‘an awareness-raising tool’ aimed at policy-makers, public health officials, local authorities and other stakeholders.
Its...
Consumo di stupefacenti ad alto rischio e nuove sostanze psicoattive
"Consumo di droghe ad alto rischio e nuove sostanze psicoattive", una nuova relazione dell'Osservatorio europeo delle droghe e delle tossicodipendenze (OEDT), esamina l'emergere di forme più problematiche di consumo di nuove sostanze...
How to Implement Effective School-Based Drug Education
The United Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) outlines a number of methods that can be adopted by schools.
Trattamento per il disturbo da uso di oppioidi: cosa c'è da imparare?
Questo uso improprio di oppioidi da prescrizione è una delle principali sfide per la salute pubblica. La buprenorfina-naloxone (bup-nx) è tipicamente usata per trattare i disturbi da uso di oppioidi. Tuttavia, la sperimentazione clinica del...
Can Depression Lead to E-Cigarette Use?
There remain many unanswered questions regarding the health effects of e-cigarettes. A new study published in the journal Nicotine & Tobacco suggests that there may be a link between e-cigarette use among university students and depression...