All Resources for 'Education & Training'

Should you Recommend Acupuncture to Patients with Substance Use Disorders?

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News
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Public Health
Theories and Science

Acupuncture is an ancient therapeutic tool known to be the core of traditional Chinese medicine. Two theories suggest positive outcomes in patients treated with acupuncture:

  • The oxidative stress reduction theory states that a “large body...

SAMHSA Opioid Overdose Prevention Toolkit

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Book
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Law Enforcement

This toolkit offers strategies to health care providers, communities, and local governments for developing practices and policies to help prevent opioid-related overdoses and deaths. Access reports for community members, prescribers...

Helping Patients Who Drink Too Much: A Clinician’s Guide

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Book
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Addiction
Populations
Men
Women
Public Health

Introduction

This Guideis written for primary care and mental health clinicians. It has been produced by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA),a component of the National Institutes of Health, with guidance from...

Effectiveness Bank Matrix Bite: Treatment Systems to Reduce Alcohol-Related Crime and Safeguard the Community

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Book
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

Final cell of the Alcohol Treatment Matrix. The theme is set by an Australian review which argues that despite radically different starting points, criminal justice and treatment systems must collaborate to deliver treatment. We invite you...

Systematic Review of Screening Instruments for Psychosocial Problems in Children and Adolescents with Long-Term Physical Conditions

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Scientific article
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Populations
Family
Public Health

Abstract

Children and adolescents with long-term physical conditions (LTPCs) are at greater risk of developing psychosocial problems. Screening for such problems may be undertaken using validated psychometric instruments to facilitate...

What’s New in Addiction Prevention for Young People?

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Scientific article
Themes
Addiction
Prevention
Assessing the latest knowledge of addiction prevention programmes for young people.

The 'Explosion’ That Never Happened: Crack and Cocaine Use in Britain

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Book
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Public Health

In 1989 a whirlwind of concern was stirred up by a US drug enforcement officer who predicted for Britain a US-style “explosion” of violence associated with the ‘almost instantly addictive’ crack version of cocaine. That did not happen - but...

An Integrative Overview of the Cannabinergic System and Mental Health

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Scientific article
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Mental Health

ABSTRACT

Background: The endocannabinoid system (eCBs) is one of the modulatory systems widely expressed in the brain. It consists of receptors expressed in the cytoplasmic (CB1 and CB2), the mitochondrial membrane (CB1), and the...

Contextual Factors Associated with Marijuana Use in School Population

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Scientific article
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Populations
Family
Public Health

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Introduction: Marijuana use among the student population has increased in Mexico and Latin America. There are social, interpersonal and individual factors associated with the onset and continuation of marijuana use. These include...