All Resources for 'Justice Systems'

Anomalies in global network connectivity associated with early recovery from alcohol dependence: A network transcranial magnetic stimulation and electroencephalography study

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Recovery Support
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Theories and Science
Abstract

Although previous research in alcohol dependent populations identified alterations within local structures of the addiction ‘reward’ circuitry, there is limited research into global features of this network, especially in early...

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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Format
Scientific article
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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...

Association of Genome-Wide Polygenic Scores for Multiple Psychiatric and Common Traits in Preadolescent Youths at Risk of Suicide

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Scientific article
Themes
Populations
Family
Mental Health
Abstract

Importance  Suicide is the second leading cause of death among youths worldwide, but no available means exist to identify the risk of suicide in this population.

Objective  To assess whether genome-wide polygenic scores for...

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

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Scientific article
Themes
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...

Staff preferences towards electronic data collection from a national take-home naloxone program: a cross-sectional study

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Quality Assurance

In Norway, overdose mortality is over 260 per year, with opioids being implicated in the majority of cases. In 2014, the Norwegian government announced a government-funded nationwide overdose prevention initiative in response to the country...

The prevalence and pattern of cannabis use among patients attending a methadone treatment clinic in Nairobi, Kenya

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Quality Assurance

Cannabis is the most widely used illegal substance in the world, with a global prevalence of 4% among people aged 15 to 64 years and a recent trend of growing use. Cannabis usage can have negative health consequences, such as impaired...

The prevalence of people who inject drugs among those with HIV late presentation: a meta-analysis

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Men
Quality Assurance
Data

Early detection of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome allows infected people to use prophylaxis against opportunistic infections and beginning immediate treatment for secondary complications. People who receive treatment benefit from...