Adfam and Cruse Bereavement Care carried out a four year drug and alcohol related bereavement project funded by the Big Lottery and running from 2010-14. The purpose of this review is to create a solid evidence-base from which the project...
Adfam and Cruse Bereavement Care undertook an exploration of the experiences of families and friends bereaved through drug and/ or alcohol use, with the aim of developing a range of peer support services and targeted information...
This report has been written by Adfam and Against Violence and Abuse (AVA) and covers the processes and findings of a joint project carried out by the two organisations in 2011/12 on child to parent violence and abuse. It reveals that every...
Adfam published this volunteering toolkit to provide all the information, policy, law and resources needed on volunteering, families and substance use.
Volunteers have always played an essential role in the family support and substance...
ABSTRACT
Background: The use of reliable and valid self-report questionnaires to identify drug use disorders (DUD) is a strategy that has shown usefulness for screening. One of the instruments more used for detection is the Drug Abuse...
2000 жылдардың басында Еуропада және аз уақыттан кейін АҚШ-та марихуананың «заңды» формалары K2 және/немесе Spice атауымен сатылатыны хабарланды. К2/Дәмдеуіш өнімдеріндегі белсенді ингредиенттер синтетикалық каннабиноидтар (СКБ) болып...
This ‘One Year On’ report expands upon the findings and recommendations of Adfam’s Medications in Drug Treatment: Tackling the risks to children, published in 2014, and further contributes to the debate on reducing the risks to children...
This report examines cases where children have died or come to harm from ingesting Opioid Substitution Treatment (OST) medicines prescribed to help people overcome drug addiction. There have been 17 Serious Case Reviews involving the...
The past 30 years has seen a huge amount of change in the policy, practice and politics around both families and drug/alcohol (‘substance’) use. Laws, behaviours and public perceptions have all altered substantially. As part of Adfam’s 30th...
Stigma and drug use have been associated for a long time, and in recent years they have been popular topics of debate and the focus of a growing body of research. But in the same way that families have often been absent in other drug policy...
In 2006 Adfam was awarded a three year grant by the Department for Communities and Local Government to work with the Somali community around substance use and family support in London. Becoming visible gives an overview of the issues...
Vacancy: Project Support Specialist, Tobacco Control (Grade: P2)
The Unit of Risk Factors and Nutrition at the Department of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health has opened a vacancy for a Project Support Specialist, Tobacco...
Alcohol-related crime and social disorder is estimated to cost UK taxpayers £11bn per year, at 2010/11 prices.[1]
Alcohol-related crime makes up a substantial portion of violent offences across the UK (47% in England and Wales in 2014/15...
What is already known about this topic?
Fentanyl and its analogs have been substituted for heroin and other opioids, and are usually marketed to persons seeking opioids. Because of fentanyl’s high potency compared with heroin...
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Introduction: New therapeutic strategies against cocaine overdose toxicity have been developed. These new approaches are based on the design and synthesis of proteins involved in the destruction of cocaine before...
Реферат
Аясы: Апиынды қолдану Аляскадағы елеулі проблема болып табылады. Апиынды, оның ішінде бупренорфинді қолдану кезінде дәрі-дәрмекпен қамтамасыз етілген емдеу шығару симптомдарын және апиынды теріс пайдалануға байланысты зиянды...
Қоғамдық денсаулық сақтау Англияның жақында жарияланған шолуы елдің есірткіні мақсатсыз пайдалануды емдеу жүйесі жақсы жұмыс істеп жатқанын анықтады. Дегенмен, жақсартуға шақыратын бірнеше бағыт әлі де бар.
Есептің қорытындыларының...
The longer teenagers delay the use of marijuana, the better it is for their developing brains. However, a new study has found that there may be little adverse effect if one starts smoking the drug after the age of 17. According to the...
Finland plans to cut consumption of tobacco products - in any form – to less than 2% among adults by 2040. As is the case with many industrialised countries, Finland’s smoking rates have decreased in recent years as a result of various...
Жасөспірімдердің ересектерге қарағанда тәуекелді мінез-құлыққа индульгенция жасауға тырысатыны кеңінен қабылданған. Макс Планк атындағы адами даму институтының зерттеушілері жақында бізге осындай қауіп-қатердің негізгі себептері туралы...
