The Many Paths to Wellness: Explore Chapter 5 in "Facing Addiction in America: The Surgeon General's Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health," which defines the concept of recovery from substance use disorders and reviews methods used by mutual aid groups and recovery support services to foster and sustain recovery. Understand why recovery matters and the diverse paths to wellness.

The American Addictions Centers provide insights into how a healthy diet and exercise can enhance overall health and recovery. This resource offers an overview of the root of addiction and how to overcome it through healthy life habits. This guidance will emphasize the benefits of a healthy diet in improving overall health and supporting recovery. It will also shed light on the positive impact of exercise, including therapies like yoga, on both physical and mental well-being. Additionally, it will provide an overview of the underlying causes of addiction and offer insights on how to overcome...

SAMHSA explains the concept of wellness, encompassing physical and mental health. This resource elaborates on the eight dimensions of wellness that cover various aspects of modern-day life, highlighting the interconnection between physical and mental well-being.

BACKGROUND: The role of physicians is crucial in the prevention and treatment of substance use disorders and addiction. The quality of addiction-specific medical education varies, as do postgraduate and continuing medical education programmes in different countries. In order to ensure a high level of quality education, it is necessary to name and define competency-based quality standards that enable physicians to provide the highest quality care to patients.

METHODS: The objective of the study will be the identification of quality standards in competency-based postgraduate and continual...

Background

In the entire world, smoking is a major contributor to preventable deaths and years of life with a disability. Nevertheless, little is known about the factors that influence women's smoking habits. This study evaluated the factors that influence smoking and smoking frequency among Nigerian women of reproductive age.

Methods and materials

This study uses information from the 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) (n = 41,821). The data were adjusted for sampling weight, stratification, and cluster sampling design. Smoking status and frequency (daily and occasional...

Dr Jaleh Gholami mempresentasikan di Seri Webinar NDARC pada Kamis, 9 Maret 2023.

Iran, yang terletak di Timur Tengah, memiliki tingkat konsumsi opioid yang tinggi dan pola penggunaan narkoba yang berbeda. Dalam webinar ini, kami akan menyajikan epidemiologi dan tren penggunaan metadon, buprenorfin, dan tramadol di Iran, serta dampak kesehatan negatif dari penggunaan opioid resep, seperti toksisitas dan kematian. Presentasi ini didasarkan pada tiga tinjauan sistematis yang diterbitkan dan membahas signifikansi dan implikasi dari temuannya.

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Jaleh Gholami adalah Postdoctoral...

Individu yang mengunjungi klub malam dan festival musik dansa elektronik (EDM) cenderung menggunakan zat psikoaktif, seringkali beberapa zat, dalam pengaturan ini dan berisiko mengalami efek kesehatan negatif yang serius. Makalah ini bertujuan untuk mengeksplorasi pengalaman dan persepsi responden agar memiliki pemahaman yang lebih baik tentang pola dan motif yang terkait dengan penggunaan zat psikoaktif dan perilaku berisiko tinggi pada peserta acara EDM.

METODE: Wawancara kelompok mendalam dan fokus dengan 30 peserta acara EDM yang melaporkan penggunaan zat psikoaktif di acara kehidupan...