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This editorial examines whether training and education in the addictions field has considerably made a difference in workforce development.  It concludes that transformational change has not occurred because beyond training and education, a...

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This paper focuses on Kenya’s course of action to address the drug problem, specifically, treatment and rehabilitation of persons with Substance Use Disorders (SUDs). Treatment and rehabilitation of persons with SUDs was...

یونیورسٹی آف وکٹوریہ میں کینیڈین انسٹی ٹیوٹ فار سبسٹنس یوز ریسرچ نے الکوحل کے نقصانات اور پالیسیوں کا بین الاقوامی ماڈل جاری کیا ہے۔

ہدایات ، طریقوں اور اوزاروں کے ایک سیٹ پر مشتمل یہ وسیلہ شراب کے محققین کے لئے طریقہ کار کا ایک معیاری...

 ایڈکشن ٹیکنالوجی ٹرانسفر سینٹر (اے ٹی ٹی سی) نیٹ ورک نشے کے علاج اور بازیابی کی خدمات کے شعبے میں پیشہ ور افراد کے لئے ایک بین الاقوامی، کثیر شعبہ جاتی وسیلہ ہے۔  اے ٹی ٹی سی مادہ کے استعمال کی خرابی (ایس یو ڈی) کے علاج کے لئے استعمال ہونے...

Clinical psychology is particularly well suited to offering a multifaceted response in order to help those living with a substance use disorder. A new study published in the academic journal American Psychologist investigates the extent to...

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Although progress in science has driven advances in addiction medicine, this subject has not been adequately taught to medical trainees and physicians. As a result, there has been poor integration of evidence-based...

A free online training course from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is now available.

The course addresses the CDC recommendations with respect to the prescription of opioids for chronic pain as well as their...

The Talking Route to Recovery

Time to consolidate the lessons of last five instalments of the online course on alcohol treatment research. Every treatment involves direct or indirect human interaction, but this row is about therapies in...

Fortnightly instalment of online course on alcohol treatment research starts with a study which concluded that “leaders have a cascading impact on their staff in ways other than through mandate”. Findings that post-training ‘coaching’ is...

SPYM has started a prison intervention program among drug abusing youth who are inmates of the Central Jail, Tihar in New Delhi. Peer educators have been identified and a training program was conducted by Dr. Rajesh Kumar, Executive...

Research has shown that the problem of driving while impaired by drugs has become comparable in seriousness to alcohol-impaired driving. In order to inform driving school staff and young drivers about drug-impaired driving, the Canadian...

En un acto que se llevó a cabo en la sede de la Facultad de Filosofía de la Universidad Católica “Nuestra Señora de la Asunción”,  el Rector de la citada Universidad y el Ministro de la SENAD dieron lugar a la firma de un convenio de...

A new study carried out at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has found that results from drug and alcohol addiction treatment programmes improve amongst teens when they stop smoking. The findings, which have been...