Interventions in Substance Use Disorders (SUD): A View from Psychology and Neuroscience
ISSUP presents its webinar on Interventions in Substance Use Disorders (SUD) with experts from Uruguay: A view from Psychology and Neuroscience.
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Review of Competency-Based Models and Quality Standards in Training and Education in the Addiction Field: Study Protocol
BACKGROUND:
There is a growing trend of development and improvement of education and training in the field of addictions, hand in hand with the increase and changes of substance use-related issues. To ensure a high level of education...
AddictologyIssue 3/2023
Narcissistic Phenomena in Patients with Substance Use Disorder: Narrative Review
INTRODUCTION:
The interplay between pathological narcissism and substance use disorder (SUD) complicates diagnosis and treatment planning. A lack of clarity and consensus surrounding the different forms of narcissism has made it difficult...
AddictologyIssue 3/2023
Selected Lifestyle Factors of Candidate Sperm Donors and Their Effect on Spermiogram Values in the Moravian Part of the Czech Republic. Study Protocol
INTRODUCTION:
Male infertility affects nearly 14% of men in Europe, and approximately 44% of them are unaware of the cause of their infertility. Thanks to the plentitude of research, we can now clearly define the risk factors that...
AddictologyIssue 3/2023
The public mental health revolution must privilege lived experience voices and create alliances with affected communities
In a new editorial in World Psychiatry, Prof. Helen L. Fisher discusses how public health must recognise the influence of social circumstances and experiences and calls for lived experience to be at the centre of this revolution.
Fisher...
“I’m almost opioid-a-phobic”: family medicine residents’ perceptions of enhancing opioid analgesic and agonist treatment training in a Canadian setting
Purpose
As deaths from the illicit drug poisoning crisis continue to rise in Canada, increasing the number of healthcare professionals qualified to effectively prescribe opioids could be beneficial. The willingness of family medicine...
Handbook on Youth Participation in Drug Prevention Work
The goal of the present handbook is to offer encouragement, examples, rationales and concrete advice on how to increase youth participation in substance use prevention, harnessing the insights of young people on the most important target...
Residential addiction treatment for adolescents is scarce and expensive
NIH-supported analysis finds just seven states had a facility that accepted Medicaid, had a bed open the same day, and offered buprenorphine
UGANDA NATIONAL ALCOHOL CONTROL POLICY
The Government of Uganda (GOU) is making every possible effort to improve the health and socio-economic conditions of the people of Uganda in line with the policy of poverty eradication.
The government recognizes the role that alcohol...
Stigmatizing imagery for substance use disorders: a qualitative exploration
This study used qualitative methods to identify stigmatizing and non-stigmatizing imagery for SUD and explore the reactions of people with lived experience with SUD to SUD-related imagery. We conducted focus groups and brief semi-structured qualitative interviews with 14 individuals in recovery from a range of SUD.
