Although progress in science has driven advances in addiction medicine, this subject has not been adequately taught to medical trainees and physicians. As a result, there has been poor integration of evidence-based...
The European Masters in Drug and Alcohol Studies is designed to stimulate reflection and debate on crucial topics in substance use and misuse from a multi-disciplinary, European and cross-national perspective. It is run jointly by four...
A free online training course from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is now available.
The course addresses the CDC recommendations with respect to the prescription of opioids for chronic pain as well as their treatment...
The Talking Route to Recovery
Time to consolidate the lessons of last five instalments of the online course on alcohol treatment research. Every treatment involves direct or indirect human interaction, but this row is about therapies in...
Fortnightly instalment of online course on alcohol treatment research starts with a study which concluded that “leaders have a cascading impact on their staff in ways other than through mandate”. Findings that post-training ‘coaching’ is...
SPYM has started a prison intervention program among drug abusing youth who are inmates of the Central Jail, Tihar in New Delhi. Peer educators have been identified and a training program was conducted by Dr. Rajesh Kumar, Executive...
Research has shown that the problem of driving while impaired by drugs has become comparable in seriousness to alcohol-impaired driving. In order to inform driving school staff and young drivers about drug-impaired driving, the Canadian...
En un acto que se llevó a cabo en la sede de la Facultad de Filosofía de la Universidad Católica “Nuestra Señora de la Asunción”, el Rector de la citada Universidad y el Ministro de la SENAD dieron lugar a la firma de un convenio de...
A new study carried out at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has found that results from drug and alcohol addiction treatment programmes improve amongst teens when they stop smoking. The findings, which have been...
The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) defines contingency management as “a general behavioural intervention technique used in the treatment of drug dependence … designed to weaken drug use and strengthen...
A recent review of studies focusing on excessive drinkers identified and counselled in primary care settings has found that, when combined with screenings and assessments, brief, regular intervention sessions lead to greater reductions in...
د هند د ټولنیز عدالت او پیاوړتیا وزارت د بیا رغاوی او بیا رغښت مدیریت په اړه یوه غونډه جوړه کړه. په دې غونډه کې د هند په ټول هندوستان کې د ۱۱ ایالتونو شاوخوا ۲۲ ګډون کوونکو ګډون کړی وو چې ډاکټران ، مشاوران ، ارواپوهان او د ښه والی خلک پکې...
د مخدره توکو کارول یوه جدی نړیواله ستونزه ده. د ملګرو ملتونو د نشه یی توکو او جرمونو اداره (یو این او ډی سی) اټکل کوی چې په ۲۰۱۳ کال کې ۲۴۶ میلیونه کسانو، چې عمرونه یې له ۱۵ څخه تر ۶۴ کلونو پورې دی، یو یې غیر قانونی مخدره توکی کارولی دی. د...
ای سی سی ای خپل لومړنی روزنه د ۲۰۱۶ کال د فبرورۍ له ۲۲مې نېټې څخه د ۲۰۱۶ کال د مارچ تر دریمې نېټې پورې د تنزانیا په دار السلام کې په کندوچی بیچ هوټل کې ترسره کړه. د 9 ورځنی روزنه پلان شوې وه چې د مختلف مسلکی سکتورونو څخه 15 برخه اخیستونکی د...
اتیا په سلو کې ۳- تر ۱۷ کلنو پورې ماشومان یو ډول سپورټ کوی. د نشه یی توکو د مخنیوی په برخه کې د زده کړو ترسره کوونکی په دې نظر دی چې د ځوانانو په منځ کې د مادې د استعمال لپاره د یوه سالم بدیل په توګه سپورتی فعالیت ته وده ورکړی. د کاناډا د...
