BACKGROUND: The dropout rate from the treatment of patients with substance use disorders (SUD) negatively affects overall treatment outcomes. Little is known about the specific role of various psychiatric and psychosocial factors in the individual patients. Limited data is available in regards to mindset and addiction treatment, giving the opportunity of testing such interventions in the future.

AIM: To identify the key psychological, psychosocial, and other treatment related factors in the patients from the inpatient substance use treatment with addiction who have dropped out of the program...

BACKGROUND: Heated tobacco products along with electronic cigarettes represent the current trend in nicotine use. These novel products are appealing to teenagers and young adults especially. Generation Z representatives are characterized as native digital and internet users who are exposed to online marketing intensively including tobacco and nicotine products marketing. AIM: The purpose of this study was to explore how Generation Z perceives the promotional techniques of HTP products (IQOS and glo) in the Czech Republic.

METHODS: We conducted qualitative research using semi-structured...

Background: Physical health problems are common in people receiving opioid agonist treatment (OAT). A study was conducted on these health issues in OAT patients in the Czech Republic and Norway from 2010 to 2019, with a focus on gender differences.

Methods: In this study, it was a population-based cohort study that linked multiple health records to investigate physical diseases (using ICD-10 codes) in patients receiving OAT in the Czech Republic (4,280 patients) and Norway (11,389 patients) from 2010 to 2019. A gender-stratified analysis was performed.

Results: The study found that both male...

INTRODUCTION: The study protocol is focused on qualitative and quantitative analysis and reflection of the media image and presentation of direct and hidden alcohol advertising in the Czech mass media, with an emphasis on social network platforms with a high degree of influence on young people. It responds to the need for verified resource points for discussion of the effectiveness and extent of the existing statutory regulation of alcoholic beverage advertising and methods for its possible tightening.

METHODS: For the analysis of traditional (printed) media, the method of content analysis...

پس منظر: چیک جمہوریہ میں نفسیاتی نسخے کی ادویات کا غلط استعمال تیزی سے عام ہو گیا ہے. ان منشیات میں سکون آور ادویات، ہپنوٹکس، انزیولائٹکس (بینزوڈیازپائنز اور زیڈ-ہپنوٹکس) اور اوپیوئڈز شامل ہیں۔ ان نسخے والی ادویات کی لت میں مبتلا مریض طویل مدتی استعمال سے وابستہ علامات ظاہر کرتے ہیں ، خاص طور پر نفسیاتی اور جسمانی مسائل ، نیند میں خلل ، کمزور علمی کارکردگی ، اور چڑچڑاپن۔ ان کی ضروریات کے لئے لچکدار جواب کی ضرورت ہے.

مقصد: تحقیق کا مقصد نشے کے علاج میں نفسیاتی منشیات کے عادی افراد کی منتخب نفسیاتی علامات اور معیار زندگی کی وضاحت کرنا ہے۔ تحقیق کے اہم نتائج میں ایک جائزہ مطالعہ اور اعداد و شمار...

وی این جی او سی این وائی این جی او سی اور یو این او ڈی سی سول سوسائٹی یونٹ کے ساتھ مل کر 31 جنوری 2023 کو صبح 8.30 بجے ای سی او ایس او سی پارٹنرشپ فورم 2023 کے حاشیے میں ایک آن لائن سائیڈ ایونٹ کا انعقاد کر رہا ہے۔ اس تقریب کا عنوان ہے: منشیات کی پالیسیوں، کوویڈ 19 اور 2030 ایجنڈے کے حصول میں سول سوسائٹی کا مرکزی کردار

INTRODUCTION:

Screening and brief interventions (SBI) consist of a variety of activities aimed at people who engage in risky alcohol drinking, but who are not severely alcohol-dependent. Many studies have proved that SBI might serve as a very effective tool for reducing alcohol consumption and the associated negative consequences. However, the rate of SBI provided by healthcare professionals in the Czech Republic is relatively low. Our aim is to perform a quantified economic evaluation of SBI in the Czech Republic and thus point out its high importance in the field of alcohol policy.

METHODS

BACKGROUND:

Heated tobacco products represent a new phenomenon, called novel tobacco products, and one that is not unique to the Czech market. These are electronic tobacco heating and aerosol-producing devices. Although studies on the prevalence of heated tobacco use are already available, patterns of use have not yet been sufficiently mapped.

AIM:

The aim of this article is to map and describe the patterns of heated tobacco use among adult tobacco users in the Czech Republic.

METHODS:

The study was conducted in the form of an online survey. Respondents were recruited through selected...

Brief Description:

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...

Dear friends and colleagues, 

The Commission on Narcotic Drugs is starting very soon! In fact, tomorrow, Monday, 14 March 2022. 

Once again, all sessions, as well as the side events, are to be held online due to the pandemic. The good thing about that means that, you can still follow the plenaries and the side events! That’s why we thought that you might appreciate having all the links in one place.

GENERAL LINKS TO FOLLOW CND

• Link to 65th session with general information on organizational arrangements: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/commissions/CND/session/65_Session_2022/65CND_Main...