The US is experiencing an unprecedented opioid overdose epidemic fostered in recent years by regional contamination of the heroin supply with the fentanyl family of synthetic opioids. Since 2011 opioid-related...
Background and Aims: Childhood trauma is associated with increased levels of anxiety later in life, an increased risk for the development of substance use disorders, and neurodevelopmental abnormalities in the amygdala and frontostriatal...
In 1960s Britain a chasm of opposing agendas and social distance opened up between doctors treating drug addiction and their patients. This cell of the Drug Treatment Matrix examines how bridging such chasms makes treatment more effective...
Researchers at the University of Michigan’s Centre for the Study of Drugs, Alcohol, Smoking and Health have been exploring the link between drug dependence, ongoing drug use, relapse and exposure to stress or experience of stressful events...
A new study published in the Drug and Alcohol Dependence journal focuses on an often-neglected topic – opioid use in older adults. This systematic literature review, Treatment for Opioid Use and Outcomes in Older Adults, included 76 papers...
Μια ομάδα ερευνητών από την Ιατρική Σχολή του Χάρβαρντ στη Βοστώνη δημοσίευσε μια νέα μελέτη που υποδηλώνει ότι οι αλλαγές στον τρόπο συνταγογράφησης των οπιοειδών μετά από χειρουργική επέμβαση θα μπορούσαν να είναι ένας τρόπος μείωσης της...
El objetivo de esta guía es facilitar la comprensión del problema de consumo de sustancias en adolescentes, así como presentar las prácticas basadas en la evidencia clínica más efectivas para la orientación e intervención con esta población...
Background: New technologies can profoundly change the way we understand psychiatric pathologies and addictive disorders. New concepts are emerging with the development of more accurate means of collecting live data, computerized...
Φόντο: Η εφαρμογή της θεωρίας στο σχεδιασμό και την αξιολόγηση των παρεμβάσεων είναι πιθανό να αυξήσει την αποτελεσματικότητα και να βελτιώσει τη βάση στοιχείων από την οποία αναπτύσσονται μελλοντικές παρεμβάσεις, αν και λίγες...
In 2009, Mexico reformed its health law to partially decriminalize drug possession considered for personal use and to increase mandatory referrals to certified drug rehabilitation centers in lieu of incarceration...
Abstract
Background: Although some data existed suggesting that there was high prevalence of drug use among the general population in Kenya with 39-48% of 15-65 year olds having used alcohol and at least one other substance, there was a...
Introduction: The study investigates health and social conditions among pregnant substance abusers and the children that were born from these pregnancies, and analyses outcomes in relation to type of substance abuse.
Methods...
Background: Salt consumption activates the brain reward system, inducing cravings and the search for salted food. Its excessive intake is associated with high blood pressure and obesity. The high quantity of salt in processed...
[ABSTRACT]. Objective: To analyze trends in mortality due to diseases and conditions fully attributable to alcohol in Brazil. Methods: This was an ecological time-series study. Proportional, specific, and age-standardized...
Οι επιζώντες από καρκίνο του μαστού που καταναλώνουν υπερβολική κατανάλωση αλκοόλ διατρέχουν αυξημένο κίνδυνο υποτροπής και έχουν χειρότερη πρόγνωση. Επειδή τα περιβάλλοντα στα οποία ζουν οι άνθρωποι διαμορφώνουν...
Question: What is the association of cigar, pipe, and cigarette use with mortality risk in the US population?
Findings: In this nationally representative longitudinal cohort study of 357 420 participants comparing exclusive...
