All Resources for 'Medical, Clinical & Healthcare Services'

Effectiveness Bank Matrix Cell: Reconciling the Interests of Community, Clients, and Families

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

Key studies on the roles of management in treatment’s impacts on crime and safeguarding the community, with a focus on criminal justice and child protection. Explore what research can offer managers who have to reconcile the interests of...

Quick Reference Guide: Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence

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Book
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction

This clinician guide describes the development process, analysis and discussion of the available research while providing more complete information for health care decision-making.

The Effect of Public Health-Oriented Drug Law Reform on HIV Incidence in People who Inject Drugs in Tijuana, Mexico

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Public Health
Policy
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections

Summary

Background

As countries embark on public health-oriented drug law reform, health impact evaluations are needed. In 2012, Mexico mandated the narcomenudeo reform, which depenalised the possession of small amounts of drugs and...

Effectiveness Bank Matrix Cell: Coercion Tests Therapeutic Skills

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

Key studies on the contribution of the practitioner to reducing crime and safeguarding the community. Commentary risks formulating a general rule: The trickier the situation, the more the worker matters. Implication is that therapeutic...

Differential Intervention Effectiveness of a Universal School-Based Resilience Intervention in Reducing Adolescent Substance Use within Student Subgroups

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Scientific article
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Prevention
School-Based
Treatment
Treatment Settings

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Objectives: Interventions addressing the individual and environmental protective factors of adolescents are suggested to have potential for reducing adolescent substance use. While universally delivered school-based substance use...

Webinar: Authentic Self-Care for Addiction Professionals

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Video and audio recordings
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Populations
Family
Mental Health

Many of us are drawn to addiction work due to our history, family, and personal traits, such as compassion and empathy. While these experiences and strengths can be great assets, they can also be detrimental without care and awareness. In...

Federal Response to the Opioid Crisis in the US

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Scientific article
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Public Health

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Purpose of Review: In light of the current crisis in opioid involved overdose deaths, the federal Department of Health and Human Services operating divisions are working together to implement a data-driven, research-based strategy...

NIDA Notes: Impacts of Drugs on Neurotransmission

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Partner Organisation

This articles discusses the central importance of studying drugs’ effects on neurotransmission and describes some of the most common experimental methods used in this research.

Drugs can alter the way people think, feel, and behave by...