This website offers resources developed from a two-year research programme on end of life care for people with alcohol and other drug problems. The research programme was the first of its kind to explore current practice and service experience from a range of perspectives.

The findings have been used to develop information and resources on how best to support people with substance use problems, or how substance use services can support people with serious and life-limiting conditions.

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 psychological distress, however this can lead to increased emotional dysregulation in the long term.

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) for adolescent suffering from PTSD and SUDs focuses on developing awareness of unhelpful thought patterns and cognitive restructuring. 

A recent study, published in the Journal of Psychology and Psychotherapy, has...

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 of NAS and need treatment compared to girls. The researchers suggest this may be because males may be more sensitive to the methadone and buprenorphine used to treat their mothers' opioid use disorder (OUD).

Their analysis also found that maternal polysubstance use and high doses of buprenorphine were also linked with greater infant NAS severity. 

These...

Abstract

Aims

The main aim was to investigate the relative roles of mental distress and intrinsic motivation for relapse after inpatient substance use disorder (SUD) treatment, while adjusting for demographics and treatment variables.

Methods

The study is based on a prospective multicenter study with a baseline gross sample of 607 patients with SUD (response rate = 84%) admitted to an inpatient stay at one of five specialized SUD treatment centers in Norway. The analytical sample consisted of patients with illicit drug use (n = 374) who took part in a follow-up interview three months after...

Obat opioid untuk nyeri kronis bisa menjadi pengobatan yang efektif. Sebagian besar pasien minum obat sesuai resep, namun beberapa individu dapat menjadi kecanduan obat, yang menyebabkan penyalahgunaan opioid. Penyalahgunaan opioid resep adalah masalah kesehatan masyarakat yang signifikan yang dapat mengakibatkan risiko kesehatan dan psikologis yang parah.  

Intervensi yang terbukti efektif dalam mengurangi penyalahgunaan opioid oleh pasien nyeri kronis adalah Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE) - pendekatan terapeutik yang  mengintegrasikan pelatihan kesadaran, keterampilan...

Penggunaan zat adalah salah satu cara orang mengatasi gejala sulit yang ada pada gangguan mood dan kecemasan. Ketika orang menjadi lebih bergantung pada efek zat untuk menghilangkan kesusahan, penggunaannya dapat berkembang menjadi ketergantungan. Pengobatan sendiri telah diusulkan sebagai alasan tingginya tingkat komorbiditas antara gangguan mood dan kecemasan dan gangguan penggunaan zat.

Sebuah tinjauan baru-baru ini, yang diterbitkan dalam Journal of Depression and Anxiety , telah meneliti literatur saat ini tentang prevalensi penggunaan zat sebagai pengobatan sendiri, komorbiditas antara...