Rempala, H.A., Barterian, J.A. Neurofeedback for opioid dependent patients in an outpatient setting: a pilot feasibility study. Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy 17, 28 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13011-022-00458-2
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When used in combination with other therapies for drug use disorders, neurofeedback (NF) has been classified as "probably effective," according to recent research in the community of people with opioid use disorder. Despite these encouraging results, the severity of the opioid crisis, and the high risk of relapse even with the most effective medication-assisted maintenance therapy, NF remains a little-studied therapeutic option. The possibility of incorporating Alpha/Theta Neurofeedback into standard opioid addiction therapy in an outpatient urban treatment facility is examined in...
The Executive Secretariat of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (ES-CICAD) is seeking expressions of interest from experts in the field of alternatives to incarceration and social integration to be trained as Master Trainers for the delivery of the Case Care Management curriculum internationally. Upon successful completion of the Training of Trainers, these Master Trainers will be included on the Case Care Management roster of trainers and can be contacted to deliver the training when scheduled. If interested, please submit your resume and relevant information...
This document, ‘The International Standards for the Treatment of Drug Use Disorders' is the work of UNODC and WHO to support Member States in their efforts to develop
and expand effective, evidence-based and ethical treatment for drug use disorders.
The Standards are intended for all those involved in the policy development, planning, funding, delivery, monitoring and evaluation of treatment services and interventions for drug use disorders.
This document is based on currently available scientific evidence on treatment for drug use disorders and sets out a framework for the implementation of...
کمیسیون مواد مخدر خیلی زود شروع می شود! در واقع، فردا، دوشنبه، 14 مارس 2022.
یک بار دیگر، تمام جلسات، و همچنین رویدادهای جانبی، به دلیل بیماری همه گیر به صورت آنلاین برگزار می شود. چیز خوب در مورد آن به این معنی است که، شما هنوز هم می توانید از پلناری ها و رویدادهای جانبی پیروی کنید! به همین دلیل ما فکر کردیم که شما ممکن است داشتن تمام لینک ها در یک مکان قدردانی.
Hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial designs have become increasingly prevalent in implementation research. As hybrid designs enter their second decade of widespread use, the Frontiers in Health Services’ Implementation Science section launches a Research Topic to fuel the field’s discourse on the past, present, and future of hybrid designs in knowledge translation. Submissions are welcome of both Original and/or Brief Research, Review, Methods, and Perspective articles. The call addresses critical assessments of hybrid designs, innovative use of hybrid designs in current trials, and...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that one in five African adolescents use tobacco and predict a doubling of deaths related to tobacco use in low- and middle-income countries between 2002 and 2030.
Here, you can find out more about policy and practice that countries are putting in place in an attempt to control tobacco use in Africa.
The World Health Organization’s Less Alcohol Unit, Department of Health Promotion, the Alcohol Research Group, and the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research are pleased to announce a new scientific research and writing mentorship initiative.
The initiative aims to support early-stage researchers from low- and middle-income countries in their work to analyse, report and publish a study related to strengthening alcohol policies tackling the determinants driving the acceptability, availability and affordability of alcohol consumption. The initiative aims to accelerate the finalisation...
The new report sheds more light on the risk and protective factors for suicide among Inuit across Northern Canada. As Inuit have some of the highest suicide rates in Canada, with...
UNODC PTRS is looking for civil society service providers offering drug use disorder treatment or prevention services in humanitarian settings, all over the world.
This week the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) has released the European Prevention Curriculum - a handbook designed for decision, opinion and policy makers in science-based prevention of substance use. The aim of the EUPCinitiative is to implement a standardised prevention training curriculum in Europe and improve the overall effectiveness of prevention.
مهلت ارسال به طور کلی تمدید شد! ارسالی های جدید برای رویداد ما در حال وقوع آنلاین و در فرد در ابوظبی: 11-16 مه, 2022 شده است به 31 اکتبر تمدید! اطلاعات بیشتر در مورد این رویداد و ارسال abstract خود را: issup.net/event2022
#NRC organizes, during October, a series of awareness sessions targeting all segments of society, focusing on families in the #UAE, under the title "Parenting Skills Program", which highlights the role of family in treating addiction and...
به مناسبت روز زنان اماراتی، مرکز ملی توانبخشی از شما دعوت می کند تا در جلسه بحث با کارمندان این مرکز تحت عنوان "زنان اماراتی که با اعتیاد مواجه هستند" شرکت کنید که سهم زنان اماراتی در زمینه حفاظت از اعتیاد را برجسته می کند.
Van Hout, M.C., Haddad, P. & Aaraj, E. The Impact of COVID-19 on Drug Use and Harm Reduction Programming in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region: a Regional Consultation of Stakeholders and People Who Use Drugs. Int J Ment Health Addiction (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-021-00500-7
COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) was classified a pandemic on March 11, 2020, with early reports of the disease occurring in the Middle East and North African (MENA) area. On January 2021, the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (WHO-EMRO) reported 5,566,708 confirmed cases with 131,886 fatalities to date. Since 2016, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) area has seen a modest but steady growth in the harm reduction response.
Little is known about the region's health response and the situation of drug users (PWUD) during the outbreak. During COVID-19, the MENA Harm...
Monshi, S.S., Ibrahim, J. Implementation of tobacco control measures in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, 2008–2020. Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy 16, 57 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13011-021-00393-8
Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) was developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to assist nations in reducing the demand and supply of tobacco. In 2020, 182 nations joined the FCTC, approving to implement the recommended tobacco control measures.
By August 2006, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, including Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates (UAE) ratified the WHO FCTC. Given the unique political, cultural, and religious context – and known tobacco industry efforts to influence tobacco use- in these nations, a careful examination...
وبینار آگاهی مجازی که توسط مرکز ملی توانبخشی، در خط با روز بین المللی کنترل مواد مخدر، برای بحث در مورد "اهمیت آگاهی مدارس در پرداختن به مواد مخدر و روانگرد" سازماندهی شده است.
سه شنبه: 29 ژوئن تا 2021 در 8:00 بعد از ظهر (امارات متحده عربی...
گزارش جهانی مواد مخدر 2021 که شامل پنج کتابک جداگانه است، تحلیل عمقی از بازارهای جهانی مواد مخدر ارائه می دهد و تصویر جامعی از اثرات قابل اندازه گیری و تاثیر بالقوه بحران COVID-19 بر مشکل جهانی مواد مخدر را نقاشی می کند.