Adfam is a UK charity tackling the negative effects of substance use on families and friends. This week is Families Awareness Week 2023 (26 June - 2 July), Adfam’s campaign to raise awareness of the 5 million people in the UK negatively...
The fourth European Conference on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies took place in Lisbon from 23–25 November 2022.
Under the overarching theme of Global Addictions, LxAddictions22 showcased cutting-edge research to help characterise...
Sexual and gender minority individuals face marked disparities in substance use.
This narrative review explores research on substance use in sexual and gender minority communities. The authors define the sexual and gender minority...
Importance A previous meta-analysis of the association between alcohol use and all-cause mortality found no statistically significant reductions in mortality risk at low levels of consumption compared with lifetime nondrinkers...
A l’occasion de la journée internationale de la famille, célébrée le 15 mai de chaque année, l’ONG RAPAA (Recherche Action Prévention Accompagnement des Addictions) a organisé une cérémonie de lancement d’un guide destiné aux familles...
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted healthcare and substance use services engagement, including primary and mental health services as well as residential and outpatient drug treatment. Women who inject drugs (WWID)...
September 21, 2022, National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare
This webinar features experts from CREOKS Health Services in Oklahoma and Hushabye Nursery in Arizona. Panelists and NCSACW staff highlight the importance of...
Drinking alcohol during pregnancy is associated with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD), and women who drink at higher levels are more likely to have a baby with FASD.
Efforts to better understand and respond to ‘high risk’...
A publication on predictors of substance use disorder symptoms among women in Katsina State, Nigeria.
Social stigma is the main obstacle for female substance users’ treatment.
Social stigma is the reason why females who use substances are unwilling to seek treatment. The rate of substance abuse among the female is frightfully increasing...
In the entire world, smoking is a major contributor to preventable deaths and years of life with a disability. Nevertheless, little is known about the factors that influence women's smoking habits. This study evaluated the...
INTRODUCTION: The study protocol is focused on qualitative and quantitative analysis and reflection of the media image and presentation of direct and hidden alcohol advertising in the Czech mass media, with an emphasis on social network...
Seminar on “Psycho-Education about Drugs and Child Abuse” for Drug Use Prevention In Schools, Colleges, and Universities organized by Department of Psychiatry Poonch Medical Collage Rawalakot-AJK in collaboration with ISSUP Pakistan Chapter...
Ecolink Institute in India has honored two outstanding women professionals engaged in the prevention and management of Substance Use Disorder, in connection with the International Women's Day celebration.
Odireleng Kasale, a recovery...
Tento systematický přehled, publikovaný v časopise Drogová a alkoholová závislost, zkoumá překážky a zprostředkovatele přístupu k hospitalizaci a komunitním službám léčby užívání návykových látek a minimalizaci škod pro lidi, kteří užívají...