All Resources for 'Medical, Clinical & Healthcare Services'

Overcoming barriers to traditional care delivery and pharmacy challenges: a qualitative study of buprenorphine, telehealth, and a digital therapeutic for opioid use disorder

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Telehealth

Background
The opioid epidemic in the U.S. contributes to increased morbidity and mortality from drug overdoses, but barriers to traditional opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment limit access to care. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Public...

Substance Use Monitoring and Surveillance: Challenges faced by LMICs

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Format
Opinion piece, commentary
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Populations
Quality Assurance
Monitoring and Evaluation
Public Health
Global Health Perspectives
Policy Advocacy
Statistics
Policy
Data
Epidemiology, Aetiology and Statistics

Substance use surveillance has emerged as a crucial public health strategy across Africa, particularly in light of the alarming rise in substance use among adolescents (1). This trend poses significant health risks that require a...

Rapid Adaptation to Prevent Drug Use (RAPD): protocol of a pilot randomized trial to enhance the impact of an evidence-based intervention for youth

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Prevention
School-Based
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances

Background

Drug use trends among youth change rapidly, making it difficult for experts to respond quickly. Delays in addressing these issues can lead to preventable health problems and deaths. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for...

Changing public perceptions of alcohol, alcohol harms and alcohol policies: A multi-methods study to develop novel framing approaches

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Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings

Background and Aims
Public views on alcohol, its harms, and related policies can influence behaviour and support for policies. This research aimed to (i) summarise evidence on public understanding of alcohol, (ii) compare public views with...

Nonmedical Benzodiazepines in Canada

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Format
Report
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Partner Organisation

The Canadian Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (CCENDU), co-ordinated by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA), publishes this newsletter regularly to inform people living in Canada about emerging substance use...

ISSUP Nigeria Knowledge Update Series (26th Session): The Role of Family in Substance Use Prevention

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Format
ISSUP Webinar
Themes
Faith-Based Strategies 
Prevention
Community-Based
Faith-Based
Treatment
Faith-Based
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Faith-Based
Psychoactive Substances
Populations
Family
ISSUP Nigeria presents the 26th session of its bi-monthly webinar in the Knowledge Update Series. This webinar focuses on the topic of 'The Role of Family in Substance Use Prevention'.

2025 NIDA International Forum: Research Poster Abstract Submission and Travel Award Requests

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News
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Pharmacological Interventions
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Epidemiology, Aetiology and Statistics
Partner Organisation

Join the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) International Program for the 2025 NIDA International Forum, which will be held June 13–14, 2025, at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

The Forum research...

Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment: Problems and Solutions

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Pharmacological Interventions
Treatment Settings
This review outlines challenges that face the alcohol field in closing this treatment gap and offers solutions, including broadening end points for the approval of medications for the treatment of AUD

NAADAC 2025 Annual Conference: Call for Presentations

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News
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Workforce Mental Health and Well-Being
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion
Partner Organisation

We invite you to submit a proposal at the NAADAC Annual Conference: Addiction Pros 2025! NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals, will hold its 2025 Annual Conference on October 11-13, 2025, in Seattle, WA, at the Hyatt Regency...

Frontal White Matter Changes and Craving Recovery in Inpatients With Heroin Use Disorder

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Women
Abstract

Importance  Amidst an unprecedented opioid epidemic, identifying neurobiological correlates of change with medication-assisted treatment of heroin use disorder is imperative. White matter impairments in individuals with heroin use...