On 25 March 2022 the UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia held a National Round Table Discussion on application of new methods and tools of drug use disorders’ diagnostics and treatment in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The meeting was attended by...
Presenter: Dr. Richard Pates, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Editor in Chief, Journal of Substance Use
Watch the video of the SHAAP/SARN 'Alcohol Occasionals' webinar presentation, held over Zoom on 31 March 2022: "Minimum Unit Pricing (#MUP): Qualitative study of the experiences of homeless drinkers, street drinkers and service providers"...
Αν και περισσότερα από 1 στα 3 άτομα των ΗΠΑ θα αναπτύξουν μια διαταραχή χρήσης ουσιών στη διάρκεια της ζωής τους, σχετικά λίγα είναι γνωστά για τα μακροπρόθεσμα πρότυπα συμπτωμάτων διαταραχής χρήσης ουσιών από την εφηβεία έως την...
The UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia supported a training of trainers (ToT) on Course 13 – “Contingency Management: A Reinforcement Based Treatment” and “Course 18 – “Clinical Supervision” which took place in person in Bishkek...
The necessity of a gendered understanding of recovery is becoming increasingly evident. There have been reports of gender disparities in the character and amount of substance use, the paths to and through substance use disorder...
The long-running opioid epidemic and the more recent COVID-19 pandemic are two interrelated events with major public health implications for people who use opioids (OUD). The majority of studies on the interaction of these two...
This presentation explored the who, how and why of non-opioid prescription drug misuse focusing on antipsychotics, stimulants and pregabalin.
While much is known about the prevalence and associated harms of prescription opioid and...
In this webinar, findings were reported from the CoLAB qualitative study, which aimed to examine the multiple social, material and temporal effects of extended-release buprenorphine depot (BUP-XR) treatment in clients’ lives, among a group...
Τρεις διεθνείς εμπειρογνώμονες συζήτησαν αναβολικά ανδρογόνα στεροειδή – παράνομα ή συνταγογραφούμενα μόνο φάρμακα που κατασκευάζονται για να μιμούνται τις επιδράσεις της ανδρικής ορμόνης τεστοστερόνης, και που μερικές φορές λαμβάνονται για...
Περιγραφή: Αυτή η έκθεση παρουσιάζει τα ευρήματα της Adfam από μια σειρά ερευνητικών δραστηριοτήτων, συμπεριλαμβανομένων τεσσάρων συγκεκριμένων ερευνών που σχετίζονται με τα τυχερά παιχνίδια, εκπαίδευσης υποστήριξης από ομοτίμους και...
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected persons suffering from substance use disorders (SUDs) all around the world. The purpose of this study was to investigate changes in the number of SUD treatment...
Dear friends and colleagues,
The Commission on Narcotic Drugs is starting very soon! In fact, tomorrow, Monday, 14 March 2022.
Once again, all sessions, as well as the side events, are to be held online due to the pandemic. The good...
Για να προσδιοριστεί κατά πόσον η συμμετοχή στο Γραφείο των Ηνωμένων Εθνών για τα Ναρκωτικά και το Έγκλημα (UNODC) και στο εκπαιδευτικό πρόγραμμα του Παγκόσμιου Οργανισμού Υγείας (ΠΟΥ) σταματήστε την υπερβολική...
While it has been suggested that cocaine use and relapse in women is more strongly related to stress-relief craving, whereas cocaine use in men is more strongly related to reward craving, the neural mechanisms that underlie these...
Some evidence suggests that males and females may differ in their responses to acute cannabis effects, including subjective drug effects and behavioural effects, and cannabinoid pharmacokinetics. This is significant given current...
Η βαριά χρήση κάνναβης (HCU) συνδέεται συχνά με πληθώρα γνωστικών, ψυχοπαθολογικών και αισθητικοκινητικών φαινομένων. Αν και η ΜΕΘ είναι συχνή, συγκεκριμένα μοτίβα μη φυσιολογικής δομής και λειτουργίας του εγκεφάλου στα οποία...
Abstract:
Pains experienced as a result of negative recovery capital are often thought to stimulate motivations for positive behavioural change, usually through a ‘rock bottom’ type moment. Whilst recovery capital and barriers to recovery...
To investigate how alcohol container labels can be used to build public awareness, the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction commissioned Enhanced Alcohol Container Labels: A Systematic Review and developed a summary of the report...
