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.

Extending the Reach of Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders into Rural Areas

Scientific article

9 May 2017

A new study published in the Journal of Addiction Medicine suggests that a tele-psychiatric approach which uses video-link technology in combination with medicinal treatment in the form of buprenorphine could be as effective as the usual...

Now Available: European Facility Survey Questionnaire (EFSQ) Package

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3 May 2017

The European Facility Survey Questionnaire (EFSQ) can be used for data collection in any country by those looking to investigate facilities that provide interventions for drug users. Its aim is to collect information on facilities in...

Aggression Linked to Substance Use

Scientific article

8 May 2017

New Research published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry has found that people with intermittent explosive disorder (IED) – a condition with a significant genetic component characterised by regular outbursts of aggression, whether...

So What’s the Knowledge Share All About?

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ISSUP promotes effective and evidence-based practice through the exchange of knowledge on its website.

Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix Row 4: The Talking Route to Recovery

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3 May 2017

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...

What Is There to Know About Psychosocial Interventions in Drug Treatment?

Book

26 April 2017

Psychosocial interventions are psychological or social interventions used to tackle issues related to substance abuse and behavioural addictions. They can be employed to identify and treat problems, as well as to assist with user...

Can We ‘Switch Off’ Our Need to Drink Alcohol?

Scientific article

23 April 2017

New research by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) may lead to the development of personalised treatments for alcohol dependence. The study evaluated how people’s responses in the brain differ to various therapeutic...

Cocaine Elicits Autophagic Cytotoxicity via a Nitric Oxide-GAPDH Signaling Cascade

Scientific article

19 January 2016

Abstract Cocaine exerts its behavioral stimulant effects by facilitating synaptic actions of neurotransmitters such as dopamine and serotonin. It is also neurotoxic and broadly cytotoxic, leading to overdose deaths. We demonstrate that the...

New Evidence in Mice That Cocaine Makes Brain Cells Cannibalize Themselves

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Working with mice, researchers at Johns Hopkins have contributed significant new evidence to support the idea that high doses of cocaine kill brain cells by triggering overactive autophagy, a process in which cells literally digest their...

Source: https://twitter.com/HopkinsMedicine/status/855446793730916357

ISSUP Mexico 2017

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At the beginning of April ISSUP’s Deputy Executive Director, Joanna Travis-Roberts, headed to Cancún, Mexico to plan for this year’s Annual ISSUP Workshop.