Addiction

Reaching smoke-free: how can we improve smoking cessation treatment?

Video and audio recordings

This webinar explored the provision of smoking cessation treatments, including e-cigarettes, in the context of primary care. It provided an overview of investigations into how smoking cessation treatment provision in the UK could be...

2023 Australian and New Zealand Addiction Conference

26 April 2023

Gold Coast

Australia

The Pinnacle Event for Behavioural Health,

SRNT 2023 Annual Meeting

1 March 2023

San Antonio

United States

SRNT 2023 is being planned as an in-person meeting. The meeting will feature all of the keynote speakers, symposia, podium sessions, poster presentations, and networking events that the SRNT community has come to know and love.

Abstracts will be accepted through December 19, 2022.

International Medicine in Addiction Conference

17 February 2023

Melbourne

Australia

International Medicine in Addiction (IMiA) Conference

EU Early Warning System on NPS- Poster

Poster

Summary This poster, presented during the IX International Conference on NPS(24 to 26 Oct 2022, Panama), showcases some of the work of the EU Early Warning System on new psychoactive substances. Operated by the EMCDDA, in close cooperation...

Recreational use of nitrous oxide — a growing concern for Europe

10 November 2022

Summary The purpose of this report is to examine the current situation, risks and responses to the recreational use of nitrous oxide in Europe. To support this, the report also provides a state-of-the-art review of the chemistry...

Correction: Interdisciplinary collaboration in the treatment of alcohol use disorders in a general hospital department: a mixed-method study

Scientific article

12 August 2022

Background Interdisciplinary collaborations (i.e., where various disciplines work coordinated and interdependently toward shared goals) are stated to yield higher team effectiveness than multidisciplinary approaches (i.e., where various...

Understanding injecting drug use in Afghanistan: A scoping review

Scientific article

Background Several reports have described a growing prevalence of illicit drug use in Afghanistan, with recognition of a recent shift from traditional modes of consumption involving inhalation and oral ingestion to injecting drug use...

Correlates of treatment engagement and client outcomes: results of a randomised controlled trial of nabiximols for the treatment of cannabis use disorder

Scientific article

8 October 2022

Introduction and aims There is increasing interest and evidence for the use of cannabinoid medications in the treatment of cannabis use disorder, but little examination of the correlates of successful treatment. This paper is a secondary...

Disruptions to U.S. local public health’s role in population-based substance use prevention and response during COVID-19

Scientific article

13 October 2022

Background The COVID-19 emergency has tested the public health, medical, and public safety infrastructure of the United States (U.S.) in unprecedented ways. As the focal point for public health in their communities, local health departments...