All Resources for 'Education & Training'

The Prognostic Significance of Smoking Cessation after Acute Coronary Syndromes

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Scientific article
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Prevention

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Objective: We aim to ascertain the prognostic significance of persistent smoking and smoking cessation after an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in the era of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and optimal secondary prevention...

World Mental Health Day 2017

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News
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Women
Mental Health

Dhaka: World Mental Health Day

Speakers at a press conference at Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) called for taking comprehensive steps for preventing the use of drugs among women, saying that drug addiction affects women's mental health as...

Associations of Perceived Interparental Relationship, Family Harmony and Family Happiness with Smoking Intention in Never-Smoking Chinese Children and Adolescents

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Scientific article
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Prevention
Populations
Family

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Objective: To examine the associations of perceived interparental relationship, family harmony and family happiness with smoking intention in never-smoking Chinese children and adolescents in Hong Kong.

Design, settings and...

Childhood Matters: Alcohol and Drug Problems from a Child Rights Perspective

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Book
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Addiction
Populations
Family
Men

Millions of children globally suffer as a consequence of the use of intoxicating substances like alcohol and illicit drugs. This is an important, but too often neglected, child rights issue. The new FORUT publication “Childhood matters”...

Financial Incentives to Discontinue Long-Term Benzodiazepine Use

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings

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Objectives: Investigate the acceptability of financial incentives for initiating a medically supervised benzodiazepine discontinuation programme among people with long-term benzodiazepine use and to identify programme features...

8 Steps Towards Minimising the US Opioid Crisis

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News
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Public Health
Law Enforcement

Current levels of opioid addiction in the US are so alarming that in July 2017 the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis urgently suggested that President Trump declare a national emergency to free up...

Alcohol on YouTube: What Are Kids Viewing?

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Scientific article
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Addiction
Prevention
Public Health

New research appearing in the latest volume of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs examines YouTube videos that reference alcohol brands, and which are popular among underage audiences. Together, the videos analysed received just...

Brief Intervention to Promote Smoking Cessation and Improve Glycemic Control in Smokers with Type 2 Diabetes

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings

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The aim of the study was to examine the effects of a brief stage-matched smoking cessation intervention group compared with a control group (with usual care) in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients who smoked by randomized controlled...

Patterns of Polydrug Use among Pregnant Substance Abusers

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Populations
Women

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Studies of drug use during pregnancy have generally focused on individual substances or specific combinations of drugs. The aim of this article is to increase our knowledge about polydrug use and pregnancy in a Nordic...