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Normalisation Process Theory
Theories are important tools in the health and social science world. However, it is important to consider how they are formed and how they inform everyday practice.
In this paper, the authors discuss the Normalisation Process Theory...
Profesionalización y fortalecimiento del campo laboral en reducción de la demanda
Coordinado por Livia Edegger, directora adjunta de la International Society of Substance Use Professionals (ISSUP), los especialistas en este panel hablaron sobre la importancia de crear y robustecer la fuerza laboral en la reducción de la...
New Zealand Announces Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan
New Zealand is making history with the launch of a bold Smokefree Action Plan that aims to reduce daily smoking prevalence to less than 5 percent for all population groups across the country by 2025.
The aim of the new plan is to...
Perspectives of healthcare providers, service users, and family members about mental illness stigma in primary care settings: A multi-site qualitative study of seven countries in Africa, Asia, and Europe
Stigma among healthcare providers is a barrier to the effective delivery of mental health services in primary care. Few studies have been conducted in primary care settings comparing the attitudes of healthcare providers and experiences of...
Στρατηγικές που υιοθετήθηκαν από εγκαταστάσεις εθισμού κατά τη διάρκεια της πανδημίας του κοροναϊού για την υποστήριξη της θεραπείας για άτομα που βρίσκονται σε ανάρρωση ή αγωνίζονται με διαταραχή χρήσης ουσιών: Μια ανασκόπηση πεδίου εφαρμογής
Αυτή η ανασκόπηση είχε ως στόχο να προσδιορίσει και να συνθέσει στρατηγικές και δράσεις που υιοθετήθηκαν από εγκαταστάσεις απεξάρτησης για την υποστήριξη και τη διατήρηση της θεραπείας κατά τη διάρκεια της πανδημίας της νόσου του κορονοϊού 2019 (COVID-19).
Two new tobacco cessation medicines added to the WHO essential medicines list
Every two years, the World Health Organization (WHO) publishes its Model List of Essential Medicines (EML), a collection of medicines considered essential by WHO experts.
The purpose of the list is to guide national authorities on the...
Επισήμανση της ενέργειας αλκοόλ (θερμίδων): Αποδεικτικά στοιχεία, δημόσια υποστήριξη, εναλλακτικές λύσεις και ευρύτερα ζητήματα επισήμανσης
Αυτή η ενημέρωση συνθέτει τα υπάρχοντα στοιχεία σχετικά με την επισήμανση της ενέργειας αλκοόλης (θερμίδες), που καλύπτουν την τελευταία πενταετία (2016-2021).
Αυτή η ενημέρωση καλύπτει ανασκοπήσεις στην ακαδημαϊκή βιβλιογραφία σχετικά...
Προκλήσεις στην πρόληψη και τη θεραπεία μετά την πανδημία (Αργεντινή-Χιλή-Μεξικό-Περού)
Το ISSUP Argentina παρουσίασε ένα διαδικτυακό σεμινάριο που ασχολήθηκε με τον αυξημένο αντίκτυπο της απομόνωσης και της κοινωνικής αποστασιοποίησης που προέρχεται από την πανδημία στην ποιότητα ζωής των ευάλωτων πληθυσμών στη Λατινική...
Impact of Cannabis Legalization on Youth Contact with the Criminal Justice System
The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) provided funding to Dr. Akwasi Owusu-Bempah and Dr. Scot Wortley from the University of Toronto to research youth interactions with the criminal justice system, including the nature...
Lifelong consequences of prenatal drug exposure
This webinar explored the issues of infants withdrawing from maternal drugs of addiction, and problems beyond the newborn period.
Newborn drug withdrawal is often attributed to maternal opioids, but many other drugs can cause serious...
Smoking and drinking- Selected articles from the journal of alcohol and alcoholism
The featured articles investigate the association of smoking products and alcohol consumption, identify causes and influences, and explore therapeutic avenues and cessation interventions.
Free to access until 31 January!
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Considerations for Virtual Services and Supports for Substance Use and Concurrent Disorders [Policy Brief]
The Canadian Centre for Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) in partnership with the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre, the Canadian Psychological Association and Canada Health Infoway, collected national data on the experience and...
Study: Combined treatments are the most effective to stop smoking
This is a study, led by the University of Bristol, and published in Addiction Journal. It was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), the research partner of the NHS, public health and social care.
The most effective...
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Behaviour and Preference Changes in Relation to Selected Anabolic Androgenic Substances and Steroids: A Research Study
BACKGROUND: In December 2019, a severe acute respiratory syndrome caused by coronavirus 2 (SARS- CoV-2 or COVID-19) broke out in China. The virus spread rapidly throughout the country and around the globe. In an effort to prevent the spread...
AddictologyIssue 2/2021
Biographic Burden and Initiation into the Use of Amphetamine-Type Stimulants from the Perspective of Users: The Qualitative Arm of the ATTUNE Research Study in the Czech Republic
BACKGROUND: The Czech Republic has a long tradition of methamphetamine use. Less is known about the circumstances of initiation into its use at the level of individual users. The aim of the research was to analyse the biographic burden...
AddictologyIssue 2/2021
Trends in healthcare expenditures and resource utilization among a nationally representative population with opioids in the United States: a serial cross-sectional study, 2008 to 2017
One of the most serious public health concerns in recent decades has been the opioid epidemic in the United States (US). Over 9.9 million Americans aged 12 and up abused prescription pain drugs in 2018, and roughly 2 million Americans were...
Health and social responses to drug problems: a European guide 2021
The Health and social responses to drug problems: a European guide 2021 was developed to support practitioners and policymakers in tackling the negative consequences of drug use.
The guide is composed of four sets of miniguides that look...
Cannabis and the Gateway Drug Theory: Correlation or Causation – Where does the Evidence Point?
Cannabis and the Gateway Drug Theory: Correlation or Causation – Where does the Evidence Point? (Dalgarno Institute Research Report, October 2021)
This Research Report looks a the ever oscillating debate around Cannabis and the 'Gateway...
Impact of an adult family member’s problematic substance use on family life
Problematic substance use can be a significant cause of stress for family members of the person using substances. This review, published in the journal Drug: Education, Prevention and Policy, examines current research in order to explore...