Treatment Settings

Various treatment formats, either in a live-in facility or through regular visits to a clinic, are designed for ongoing support, to help maintain recovery, and to prevent relapse.

Financial Capability Program and Condom Use among Sexually-Active Youth in the Ghana Youthsave Project

Scientific article

Rainier Masa , Gina Chowa Background: Despite high level of knowledge about condoms, condom use remains low among sexually active youth globally, including Ghana. Although interventions that promote condom use have been implemented, few...

Most-Read Knowledge Share Articles of 2017

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Here is a selection of the most-read Knowledge Share articles of 2017. These are the articles that captivated our members most.

Gender Differences in Risk Factors for Adolescent Binge Drinking & Implications for Interventions

Scientific article

22 December 2017

Alcohol use, particularly binge drinking (BD), is a major public health concern among adolescents. Recent national data show that the gender gap in alcohol use is lessening, and BD among girls is rising. Considering the increase in BD among...

Material Hardship, Perceived Stress, and Medication Adherence among Treatment-Experienced People Living with HIV in Rural Zambia

Scientific article

Rainier Masa , Gina Chowa Introduction: The intersection of poverty and HIV/AIDS creates a cycle, with poverty increasing risk to HIV exposure and infection, and HIV/AIDS in turn heightening vulnerability to poverty. Further, economic...

UK Biobank: An Open Access Population-Based Prospective Study of 500,000 Participants

Scientific article

Jo Holliday , Thomas Littlejohns, Ligia Adamska, Cathie Sudlow, Nicola Doherty, Naomi Allen Introduction: UK Biobank was created as an open-access resource for the investigation of the genetic, environmental and lifestyle determinants of a...

Prevention Programs for Eating Disorders and Obesity in Germany

Scientific article

Luise Adametz , Felicitas Richter, Julia Mühleck, Katharina Wick, Bernhard Strauß, Uwe Berger Disordered eating and partial eating disorder (ED) syndromes are widespread in childhood and adolescence. They are associated with decreased...

Predictors of Treatment Response Following Parent Management Training: Child, Context, and Therapy Factors

Scientific article

Terje Gunnar Ogden , Kristine Amlund Hagen Parent Management Training- the Oregon model (PMTO) was introduced as a treatment alternative to families in both child welfare services and child psychiatric out-patient clinics in Norway, in 2001...

Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Is the Most Essential Intervention among People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) to Achieve Reduction HIV Transmission through Pwid to Others in Myanmar

Scientific article

Rosie Myint , Wah Wah Lwin Background : There is a sustained downward trend in HIV prevalence among the sentinel groups which include People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) reflecting the effectiveness of programme for safer sexual behaviors and...

NIDA Humphrey Fellows Participate in ISSUP's Third Workshop

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NIDA Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows from Virginia Commonwealth University participated in the Third Annual Meeting of the International Society of Substance Use Professionals. More than 3,000 participants attended the meeting for drug treatment...

The American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline for the Pharmacological Treatment of Patients with Alcohol Use Disorder

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5 January 2018

Rationale The goal of this guideline is to improve the quality of care and treatment outcomes for patients with alcohol use disorder (AUD), as defined by DSM-5 (American Psychiatric Association 2013). The guideline focuses specifically on...