All Resources for 'Education & Training'

Sulphated dehydroepiandrosterone serum levels are reduced in women with alcohol use disorder and correlate negatively with craving: A sex-separated cross-sectional and longitudinal study

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Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Populations
Men
Women
Abstract

Previous studies have established a role of sex hormones in alcohol use disorder (AUD).Only few clinical investigations with low numbers of patients with AUD have focused on the sulphated form of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA-S)...

UTC-2 Training for Addiction Treatment Professionals of South Punjab, Pakistan.

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News
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings

“Training of Addiction Professionals for Pakistan Addiction Treatment Practitioners”

February 22-25, 2022 (8 am to 6pm)

Multan, Islamic Republic of Pakistan

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    1. Training Name:    Training of Addiction Professionals for...

Law Enforcement in Prevention Programming

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Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Faith-Based Strategies 
Prevention
Community-Based
Faith-Based
Treatment
Faith-Based
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Faith-Based
Populations
Family
Policy Advocacy
Policy
Law Enforcement
Police 
Supply & Market Disruption
Regulatory Control of Substances
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Partner Organisation
An APSI Prevention Talk on how to appropriately engage law enforcement in the implementation of evidence-based prevention strategies, with specific reference to the prevention of substance use.

Study of SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in patients undergoing treatment for addictions in Madrid

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Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Men
Women

Summary

Background: Patients with addiction are a vulnerable group in which there is little data on the infection and severity of COVID-19. The objective of this study was to analyze the seroprevalence against SARS-CoV-2 in users in...

Personal characteristics of migrants and licit and illicit drug use: a systematic review

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Scientific article
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Populations
Family
Summary

Introduction. Migration has an effect on the individual, social and family spheres, these effects will require adaptation processes that affect lifestyles, will be reflected in the processes of health, disease and risk behaviors...

Alcohol Use Among Girls and Young Women: A Worrying Trend

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Book
Themes
Populations
Men
Women
Partner Organisation

Alcohol use by people under the legal drinking age of 21 has decreased over the past few decades, but the decreases were more pronounced for males than for females. In 2020, more girls and young women reported past-month alcohol use than...

Risk of Opioid Overdose Associated With Concomitant Use of Oxycodone and Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Addiction
Populations
Women
Public Health
Abstract

Importance  Some selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) inhibit the enzymes responsible for the metabolism of oxycodone, a potent prescription opioid. The clinical consequences of this interaction on the risk of opioid...

Mental Health Surveillance Among Children — United States, 2013–2019

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Scientific article
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Mental Health
Summary

Mental health encompasses a range of mental, emotional, social, and behavioral functioning and occurs along a continuum from good to poor. Previous research has documented that mental health among children and adolescents is...

Family profile and drug use in women inmates in Recovery Centers in Northwestern Mexico

Format
Scientific article
Themes
Populations
Family
Women
Summary

Addictions are a social and public health problem whose latest trends in Latin America show an increase in women. The objective of this study was to compare the family variables and the consumption of harmful substances of women...