The present study examines the trajectories of unhealthy food and alcohol consumption over time and considers whether perceived impact of COVID-19 and psychological variables are predictors of these trajectories. We ascertained...
Luciano Squillaci, FICT President: "We express satisfaction for several reasons: because the delegation to anti-drug policies has finally been assigned after years of emptiness, because it has been assigned to a Ministry and because it is a...
KYDA presented a poster on family therapy interventions taking place at their centre during the second Uganda Alcohol Policy Conference. Family therapy is a collection of therapeutic approaches that share a belief in family-level assessment...
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Over 87,000 Americans have died of drug overdoses over a 12 month period ending in September 2020.
Without question, there is a link between the increased numbers of people dying from drug overdoses and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fear, stress...
This report presents the current status of alcohol consumption, alcohol-attributable harms and the implementation of alcohol control policies in the WHO European Region, using available data from 2010, 2016 and 2019.
A detailed overview is...
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Importance The rapid increase of opioid-related overdoses and deaths has become a public health concern in the US. Use of prescription opioids in pregnant women has increased; results from teratogenicity studies remain...
The European Region has the highest level of alcohol consumption in the world.
To reduce these harms, WHO/Europe has identified three affordable, feasible and cost-effective intervention strategies:
