All Resources for 'Education & Training'

Effectiveness Bank Analysis: UPDATED Long-Acting Buprenorphine an Advance on Daily Doses

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings

*Updated with UK licensing information and advice released in February 2019 by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence*

What could prove a technical advance in the medication-based treatment of dependence on heroin and allied...

Drug-Induced Prolonged Corrected QT Interval in Patients with Methadone and Opium Overdose

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction

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Background

Iran is a country with the highest rate of opioid addiction in the world. The most commonly used opioid in Iran is opium, and methadone is in second place. The trend of drug use has changed from opium to methadone from...

Magnitude of Substance Use in India

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Book
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Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Public Health
Policy
Ethics
Data
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion
The National Survey assesses the extent and patterns of substance use in India.

Standards of Evidence for Conducting and Reporting Economic Evaluations in Prevention Science

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Scientific article
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Prevention

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Over a decade ago, the Society for Prevention Research endorsed the first standards of evidence for research in preventive interventions. The growing recognition of the need to use limited resources to make sound investments in...

Book Unveiling Ceremony of 'The Known and Unknowns of Drug Dependence'

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News
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family

Drug use has been identified as one of the ominous problems that the society faces nowadays. Every drug dependent person has different and complex difficulties to go through in the process of recovering from such harmful habit. Person...

Adolescent Beliefs About Hookah and Hookah Tobacco Use and Implications for Preventing Use

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Scientific article
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Prevention

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Introduction

Hookah tobacco use is popular among youths and there is evidence that perceived risks and normative beliefs are associated with hookah use. The aim of this study was to further examine associations between perceived...

Marchiafava-Bignami Disease: Case Report and Review of the Literature

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Populations
Family

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INTRODUCTION: Marchiafava-Bignami (MB) is a rare disease characterized by the primary degeneration of the callosum mainly associated with chronic consumption of alcohol. However, this condition can be mistaken for many other...

Addiction Journal Podcast: March 2019

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Book
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Addiction
Mental Health
Public Health

The latest Addiction Journal Podcast gives listeners a snapshot overview of the research that has been published in the March edition of the Addiction Journal.