Towards a New Consensus for Addiction Medicine Training
A new study asks for the opinions of addiction experts, with a view to reaching a consensus on the necessary core skills that medical education ought to cover.
Search
Drug Misuse and Dependence: UK Guidelines on Clinical Management
There is no more important document for doctors treating problem drug use in the UK than the so-called ‘Orange guidelines’. This major update will substantially inform judgements of what constitutes acceptable medical practice - should...
Tackling Youth Substance Use with 12-Step Programmes
A new study recently published in the academic journal Addiction suggests that substance use treatment programmes that incorporate 12-step practices, such as that used by Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), are more effective for combatting...
Call for Papers: Ensure Healthy Development for All Youth through the Power of Prevention
The Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research
Parents Are a Key Influence on Teenage Drinking Habits, Study Finds
A new study that provides details of drinking habits and influential factors among Australian teenagers appears in the latest edition of the academic journal BMC Public Health.
The investigation’s findings notably include:
- Most students...
Review: Pharmacogenetics of Alcoholism Treatment: Implications of Ethnic Diversity
Abstract
Background and Objectives
Pharmacogenetic studies of alcohol use disorder (AUD) have suggested that the efficacy of treatments for AUD is, in part, influenced by the genetic background of an individual. Since the frequency of...
The Role of Science in Addressing the Opioid Crisis
Opioid misuse and addiction is an ongoing and rapidly evolving public health crisis, requiring innovative scientific solutions. In response, and because no existing medication is ideal for every patient, the National Institutes of Health...
Using Behavioral Triage in Court-Supervised Treatment of DUI Offenders
San Joaquin county in California has pointed the way forward to a system which conserves treatment resources yet achieves greater reductions in drink/drug-driving incidents. The first evaluation of systematically escalating offenders to...
Matriks Perawatan Alkohol Baris 5: Menjaga Komunitas
Saatnya untuk mengkonsolidasikan pelajaran dari lima angsuran terakhir kursus tentang perawatan yang dimaksudkan untuk melindungi masyarakat, baris terakhir dari Matriks Perawatan Alkohol. Tema umum adalah kontradiksi antara perawatan yang...
Quality Standards for Drug Dependence Treatment
The TREATNET Quality Standards are based on the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Principles of Drug Dependence Treatment and Care.
They represent a set of evidence-based standards for drug-dependence treatment.
Click here...
Mengatasi Manual Praktik Penggunaan Alkohol
Penggunaan alkohol berisiko, didefinisikan sebagai tingkat konsumsi alkohol apa pun yang meningkatkan risiko bahaya bagi diri sendiri atau orang lain, adalah gangguan penggunaan zat dan masalah medis. Diakui sebagai salah satu penyebab...
Principles of Adolescent Substance Use Disorder Treatment: A Research-Based Guide
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) presents its Principles of Adolescent Drug Addiction Treatment.
The document focuses exclusively on the realities of substance use among youth (12 to 17 years).
Illegal substances, prescription...
Growing Up Drug Free: A Parent’s Guide to Prevention
This guide presents information on raising children to be drug free.
It includes:
- An overview of substance use among youth, with a focus on how it can affect academic performance
- Drug descriptions
- Risk factors that could make youth...
UK Health Professionals Call for Minimum Unit Pricing of Alcohol in England
Senior health professionals are calling for Westminster to introduce minimum unit pricing of alcohol and clampdown on drinks advertising in England.
They claim that within the next five years up to 63,000 people across the country will die...
ISSUP di Forum Internasional Penyalahgunaan Narkoba Tahunan ke-22
Forum Internasional National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) ke-22 diadakan di Montreal, Kanada dari tanggal 16 - 19 Juni 2017.
Predicting the Size and Characteristics of the Drug Treatment Population – Technical Methods
Aim and data specification
This analysis was based on monthly data from the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS) from December 2005 to November 2016. NDTMS is taken to be a comprehensive description of drug treatment provision...
Family Therapy for Adolescents with Behavioural Problems
Multidimensional family therapy addresses:
- Mental health, substance use and other behavioural issues affecting young people
- The parents’ childrearing skills/personal functioning
- Parent-child communication/relationship
- Family members'...
Dokumen Konsensus Baru Untuk Pengujian Obat dalam Pengobatan Kecanduan Klinis
Sebuah Dokumen Konsensus baru dari American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) muncul dalam edisi baru Journal of Addiction Medicine.
Dokumen ini memberikan rekomendasi praktis dan berbasis bukti mengenai penggunaan pengujian obat untuk...
Long-Term Effects of the Strong African American Families Programme on Youths’ Alcohol Use
Long-term results from an alcohol use prevention programme developed for poor black US families with 11-year-old children reinforce the potential of an approach which engages parents and children to improve parenting and change the children...
Penggunaan Tembakau selama Kehamilan dan Faktor-Faktor Terkaitnya di Distrik Pegunungan Nepal Timur
Latar Belakang: Penggunaan tembakau di kalangan wanita lebih umum di Nepal dibandingkan dengan negara-negara Asia Tenggara lainnya. Efek penggunaannya terlihat tidak hanya pada wanita hamil, tetapi juga kesehatan janin yang sedang tumbuh...