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.

Terminology and Stigma: How Should We Talk about Substance Use?

Scientific article

27 September 2017

In the field of substance use prevention and treatment choosing the correct terminology can be tricky, especially if we want to avoid contributing to stigmatised perceptions of people battling with substance use disorders. ‘Abuse’, ‘abuser’...

The 2014-2015 Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey (TUS-CPS)

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1 August 2017

Especially due to its large sample size and incorporation into the CPS survey, the TUS provides a unique opportunity for tracking long-term trends in tobacco use, cessation attempts, and tobacco-related policies; evaluation of tobacco...

Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing Addiction Medicine Fellowships

Scientific article

20 September 2017

Abstract Background 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...

Effectiveness Bank Drug Treatment Matrix Cell B1: The Practitioner in Harm Reduction

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20 September 2017

Second cell of the Drug Treatment Matrix explores key studies on the impact of the practitioner on reducing harms associated with illegal drug use, in which trust emerges as a fundamental ingredient. Reconceptualise needle exchanges as safe...

Neural Mechanisms of Extinguishing Drug and Pleasant Cue Associations in Human Addiction

Scientific article

5 September 2017

Abstract The neurobiological mechanisms that underlie the resistance of drug cue associations to extinction in addiction remain unknown. Fear extinction critically depends on the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (VMPFC). Here, we tested if...

Multimorbidity in Patients Enrolled in a Community-Based Methadone Maintenance Treatment Programme Delivered through Primary Care

Scientific article

6 October 2014

Abstract Background: Multimorbidity, the co-existence of two or more (2+) long-term conditions in an individual, is common among problem drug abusers. Objective: To delineate the patterns, multimorbidity prevalence, and disease severity in...

What is 'Substance Use'?

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The following tries to summarise both what “substance use” is, and some of the issues that surround the term.

Characteristics of Persons Who Inject Drugs and Who Witness Opioid Overdoses in Vietnam

Scientific article

7 September 2017

Abstract Background Persons who use opioids have a high risk of overdose and associated mortality. In Vietnam, little is known about the characteristics of this population and the persons who are witness to those overdoses. One approach to...

Barriers to Retention in Methadone Maintenance Therapy among People who Inject Drugs in Bangkok

Scientific article

7 September 2017

Abstract Background Methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) is a mainstay for treating opioid use disorder and preventing and managing HIV among people who inject drugs (PWID). While previous research suggested low dosing of methadone and high...

The Importance of Nutrition for Recovery from Addiction

Scientific article

8 September 2017

How important is nutrition for recovery from Substance Use Disorders (SUDs)? According to new research published in the academic journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence the answer is: very. The paper, which looked at the relationship between...