Biotechnological treatment, including addiction treatment, is the way of the future. Researchers and pharmaceutical companies praise depot injections, agonist/antagonist implants, deep brain stimulation, and hapten conjugate vaccines as medicine's greatest chance for reducing illegal usage, reducing the danger of overdose and severe withdrawal, and preventing drug diversion to criminal markets.

Old conflicts around ideas of addiction and treatment are revealed by marketing and the use of new technologies: between medical condition and will disorder, between criminal justice and health, and...

Курение табака является основной причиной болезней и ранней смерти во всем мире: ежегодно от заболеваний, связанных с курением, умирает 8 миллионов человек. Использование фармацевтической или поведенческой помощи повышает шансы курильщиков бросить курить; Тем не менее, большинство усилий по отказу от курения предпринимаются без посторонней помощи.

Участие в онлайн-мероприятиях по отказу от курения является сильным предиктором сохранения данных в клинических исследованиях и успешного изменения поведения.

WebQuit — это веб-вмешательство в курение, основанное на терапии принятия и...

Brief treatment (BT) or regular outpatient alcohol use or substance use disorder (SUD) treatment is a key element of the Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) model. It can be an effective, short-term, and low-cost treatment option for many people who misuse alcohol and drugs. Nevertheless, inconsistent BT implementation often costs similar to regular outpatient care. Prior research is also prevalent with inconsistent operationalizations regarding the measurement of BT received by patients. Therefore, there is a need to more explicitly identify and document...

Background:

Substance use disorders are reliably associated with high impulsivity and sensation seeking. Importantly, both precede problematic substance use, implicating them as risk factors. Individuals with substance use disorders show variable degrees of substance use (combined quantity and frequency) and substance-related problems and differ in both aspects from healthy controls. Dimensional research has indicated differential associations of impulsivity-related traits as well as sensation seeking with the degree of substance use and substance-related problems. The current study aimed...

Региональный офис УНП ООН для Центральной Азии оказал поддержку региональному тренингу тренеров (ToT) по курсу 11  «Повышение мотивационных навыков интервьюирования». Этот курс является частью Продвинутого уровня Универсальной учебной программы по лечению расстройств, связанных с употреблением психоактивных веществ (учебный пакет UTC) для национальных тренеров из Таджикистана и Узбекистана, который проходил в автономном режиме в Ташкенте, Узбекистан, 24-28 мая 2021 года.

В тренинге приняли участие 16 членов национальных команд тренеров из Таджикистана (5) и Узбекистана (11). Основные цели...

Abstract

Objectives: 

Face-to-face meetings are key components of Twelve Step (TS) fellowships’ support of members’ abstinence. Home confinement during COVID-19 made this less feasible. Our objective was to ascertain whether a transition to virtual online meetings among TS members took place, and whether it was potentially effective.

Methods: 

Two thousand one hundred fifty-two long-standing USA members of Narcotics Anonymous (NA) were surveyed to ascertain their recovery-related experiences and their relation to the transition to virtual meetings.

Results: 

During the...

This article from Scientific American covers recent advances in treating Methamphetamine Use Disorder.