By Decree No. 10,282 of March 2, 2020, in articles I and II of Art. 3, the activities and services performed by the Therapeutic Communities are considered essential and, therefore, it is important to guide coronavirus prevention and clarify how chemical dependents should be welcomed in these institutions.

Thinking about it, the National Secretariat for Drug Care and Prevention - SENAPRED, in partnership with the Ministry of Citizenship, published a guidebook directed to the work of therapeutic communities,addressing information about the virus, its symptoms, its transmission and preventive...

Dr. Joo Paulo Lotufo, paediatrician, member of the Smoking Commission of the Brazilian Medical Association, director of ISSUP Brazil and partner of Freemind, this video provides facts and advice on the relationship between coronavirus and smoking.

A study published in late February 2020 by the Chinese Medical Journal evaluated 78 patients hospitalized with COVID-19, of whom 14.1% evolved with worsening of their condition and 85.9% stabilized or improved.

With this follow-up, they achieved the following complication factors of pneumonia:

- The age of over 60 increases the risk of the...

This webinar focuses on the issue of self-care for addiction professionals and was delivered by ICUDDR Deputy Director Cary Hopkins Eyles.

Many of us are drawn to work in the field of substance use disorders due to our history, family, and personal traits, such as compassion and empathy. While these can be great assets, they can also be detrimental to us personally.

In this webinar, Cary explains how to identify healthy and unhealthy traits, how we can care for ourselves, and what authentic self-care looks like.

Cary has worked in the field of substance use disorders for 18 years. She...

1. O que funciona na prevenção do abuso de substâncias?
Todos nós (esperamos) concordar que as autoridades e outras instituições responsáveis devem investir seus recursos em práticas eficazes de prevenção baseadas em evidências, baseadas em teorias científicas e avaliação de necessidades, que correspondam à idade e ao nível de risco dos grupos-alvo e sejam culturalmente adaptados e avaliados, especialmente em relação aos resultados e impacto nas populações-alvo. Todas as intervenções de prevenção devem ser implementadas por pessoal treinado e o programa deve ser cuidadosamente planejado desde...

The role of genetics in prevention

Substance use disorders can occur in families. Research suggests that genetics represents about 1-2 of a person's likelihood of developing a substance use disorder.

Genes are the functional units of our DNA that drive the development and functioning of every cell in our body. Some diseases, such as sickle cell anemia or cystic fibrosis, are caused by a "mutation" in a single gene. But many diseases, such as cancer, heart disease, and substance use disorder, involve variations in many different genes that contribute to a person's overall level of risk...

Publicado originalmente em acesso aberto em The Lancet Global Health (8:3, PE329-E330, 2020).

Tradução de texto de Robert Marten, Gianna Gayle Herrera Amul, Sally Casswell. Disponível também em: http://bit.ly/3apiouO

As doenças não transmissíveis representam mais de 72% das mortes globais anuais e agora estão recebendo, com razão, maior atenção na agenda global de saúde. No entanto, um dos principais fatores de risco para doenças não transmissíveis continua sendo negligenciado: o álcool. Embora a indústria do álcool use sofisticadas campanhas de relações públicas para manter essa quase...

The Permanent Forum for Drug Mobilization was launched by the Ministry of Citizenship on Wednesday, February 12, 2020, in Brasilia and called for entities and society to participate in the work of prevention and combating drugs. In addition to the federal government's commitment to investing in effective public policies in defense and assistance to drug addicts and family members, the mobilization warned of the harms of the use of narcotics.

The proposal also wants to raise awareness among the population on central topics, reflecting the position of the Brazilian population mainly contrary...

O uso nocivo de álcool e outras drogas é tema que, frequentemente, a sociedade brasileira discute, mas por sua amplitude e complexidade, também, é assunto que retorna ao debate em razão da profundidade das suas causas e da severidade dos seus efeitos, além de exigir abordagem sistemática e contínua.

A legislação brasileira cuida da questão das drogas, propondo ações de prevenção, tratamento e reinserção social que são exigidas dos entes federados cuja execução requer suporte social e comunitário. Referidas ações devem ser realizadas pelos organismos das áreas da saúde, educação, trabalho...

في المؤتمر الدولي السادس للعقل الحر ، الذي عقد في الفترة من 4 إلى 7 ديسمبر 2019 ، في Águas de Lindóia / SP - البرازيل ، كان لدينا حضور الدكتور William D. Crano ، الذي يشغل كرسي Oskamp وهو أستاذ علم النفس في قسم العلوم السلوكية والتنظيمية في جامعة كليرمونت للدراسات العليا.

شارك الدكتور ويليام في حلقة نقاش كان موضوعها "السيجارة العادية وطرق جديدة للتسمم بالنيكوتين" وتناول قضية ظهور السجائر الإلكترونية (vapes) وإعادة النيكوتين كإدمان أساسي للشباب.

وتحدث عن المشاكل والمخاطر التي ينطوي عليها استخدام السجائر الإلكترونية والمبخرات وأيضا كيف تم استخدام الصحافة لتشجيع هذا النوع من الاستهلاك. وقدم...

Research carried out at the Federal University of Goiás (UFG) – Brazil has developed a particle capable of capturing cocaine circulating in the blood of a living organism. The formulation proved to be efficient even in lethal doses of the drug, which means that it can reverse an overdose that would lead to death. It is the first time that a particle produced from nanotechnology has been used for this purpose.

The work was developed in the Graduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences at UFG by researcher Sarah Rodrigues Fernandes, under the guidance of Professor Eliana Martins Lima. They...

طورت مدينة أغوا برانكا ، في ولاية بياوي ، مشروع "العيش بشكل جيد هو العيش بدون مخدرات" ، بسبب المطالب العديدة للعائلات التي تعاني من هذه العوامل. كثيرا ما يستقبل مركز دعم صحة الأسرة في أغوا برانكا الأسر التي تحيلها استراتيجيات صحة الأسرة في معاناة شديدة بسبب تعاطي المخدرات من قبل فرد واحد أو أكثر من أفراد الأسرة.

ويهدف المشروع إلى العمل الوقائي، وتعزيز نوعية الحياة، وتعزيز الروابط الأسرية والاجتماعية.

تفهم فترة المراهقة على أنها مرحلة التطور البيولوجي النفسي الاجتماعي حيث تظهر الظروف العاطفية والاجتماعية من خلال العبور. تنتقل الروابط المهمة مع الآخرين من البيئة الأسرية إلى المجال...

المراضة المشتركة

يمكن تعريف الاعتلال المشترك على أنه تزامن اثنين أو أكثر من الأمراض أو الاضطرابات في نفس الشخص في فترة زمنية معينة (أو لفترة زمنية غير محددة).

وقد درس على نطاق واسع مظاهر الاضطرابات العقلية والسلوكية الناتجة عن تعاطي المخدرات وغيرها من الاضطرابات النفسية منذ ثمانينيات القرن العشرين. يمكن القول أن تعاطي المواد ذات التأثير النفساني هو الاضطراب المتعايش الأكثر شيوعا بين المرضى الذين يعانون من اضطرابات عقلية ، والتشخيص الصحيح للأمراض المعنية أمر ضروري.

تشمل الاضطرابات الأكثر شيوعا اضطرابات المزاج مثل الاكتئاب واضطرابات القلق واضطرابات السلوك واضطراب نقص الانتباه وفرط...

Drugs are problems that integrate virtually all contemporary societies, causing great social and economic impacts. In Brazil, illicit drugs also finance crime and violence, so their fight remains a huge challenge for our country.

Most users are young and start using these substances still at school, at an increasingly premature age. The truth is that, both in large metropolises and in regions farther from Brazilian territory, consumption and addiction start more and earlier.

According to the Brazilian Center for Information on Psychotropic Drugs (CEBRID), adolescence is a period of...

University students are considered a risk population with regard to alcohol consumption, either by frequency of consumption or its consequences, which can even considerably affect the academic performance of the student. For this reason, alcohol consumption in this population has been the focus of concerns and searches for effective interventions to reduce consumption, as well as associated problems and consequences.

According to data from the United Nations (UN, 2013), alcohol is the most consumed psychoactive substance in the world, with significant growth in consumption among university...

What is prevention?
I think the definition of "prevention science" by the Academic Science for Prevention Network (SPAN) fully encompasses the role of this field. It is a very rich field in terms of combining and using knowledge from many disciplines to consider etiology, epidemiology, intervention design, efficacy and implementation for the prevention of a variety of health and social problems. We don't just talk about substance use prevention, but also violence, suicide, obesity, mental illness, sexual health, chronic disease, etc. We focus on behavior as a determinant of poor health and...