Addiction

Plausibility of patient-centred care in high-intensity methadone treatment: Reflections of providers and patients

Scientific article

29 June 2021

Abstract Background: Patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) often have complex health care needs. Methadone is one of the medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) used in the management of OUDs. Highly restrictive methadone treatment...

Abstract submission for the Society for the Study of Addiction (SSA) Conference

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Delegate abstracts are welcome for the SSA’s 2021 Conference. Deadlines: Oral paper abstracts – Monday 5 July 2021 Poster abstracts – Monday 9 August 2021 Judges will review posters on both days of the Conference. Posters must be...

Development of an unannounced standardized patient protocol to evaluate opioid use disorder treatment in pregnancy for American Indian and rural communities

Scientific article

25 June 2021

Abstract Background: Opioid use disorder (OUD) disproportionately impacts rural and American Indian communities and has quadrupled among pregnant individuals nationwide in the past two decades. Yet, limited data are available about access...

Reimagining brief interventions for alcohol: Towards a paradigm fit for the twenty first century?

Scientific article

29 June 2021

Abstract Background: There is no longer support for the idea that brief intervention programmes alone can contribute meaningfully to the improvement of population health relating to alcohol. As a result, calls for major innovations and...

Tobacco Smoking and Associated Factors Among People Living With HIV in Uganda

Scientific article

Rates of smoking among people living with HIV are greater than the number of people who smoke within the general population. This article, published in the Journal of Nicotine and Tobacco, examines the smoking patterns and behaviours of...

Primate Ventral Striatum Maintains Neural Representations of the Value of Previously Rewarded Objects for Habitual Seeking

Scientific article

8 April 2021

Abstract The ventral striatum (VS) is considered a key region that flexibly updates recent changes in reward values for habit learning. However, this update process may not serve to maintain learned habitual behaviours, which are...

Addiction

Plausibility of patient-centred care in high-intensity methadone treatment: Reflections of providers and patients

Abstract submission for the Society for the Study of Addiction (SSA) Conference

Development of an unannounced standardized patient protocol to evaluate opioid use disorder treatment in pregnancy for American Indian and rural communities

Reimagining brief interventions for alcohol: Towards a paradigm fit for the twenty first century?

Tobacco Smoking and Associated Factors Among People Living With HIV in Uganda

Primate Ventral Striatum Maintains Neural Representations of the Value of Previously Rewarded Objects for Habitual Seeking

Atención visual a las señales de consumo de tabaco: Un estudio preliminar empleando el seguimiento ocular

Prison and drugs in Europe: Current and future challenges

Current Status of Violence, Suicide, Alcohol Use, and Stigma in Mexico

“100 program Challenge” for drug prevention by Ecolink Institute receives good response