Sono aperte le candidature per gli European Health Awards. Coordinati dall'European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG), i premi sono assegnati a iniziative di sanità pubblica e assistenza sanitaria in Europa.
Il premio si concentra sulle...
The purpose of this publication is to develop and provide basic guidelines and criteria for the development of programmes to assess standards of care in the treatment of substance abusers in the CARICOM region. This handbook is adapted from...
A study published in the International Journal of Drug Policy, Fatal and Non-Fatal Overdose among Opiate Users in South Wales: A Qualitative Study of Peer Responses, explores the behaviour of witnesses to opiate overdoses.
The research...
This report presents information on four types of outcomes from the four different data sources:
These Guidelines aim to provide alcohol and other drug (AOD) workers with evidence-based information to assist with the management of co-occurring, or comorbid, AOD and mental health conditions. They represent an update...
Substance (Drug) Abuse is increasing in Kenya and especially among the youth. Current statistics indicate that more than half of drug users are aged 10-19 years. Most studies done in the country indicate that the commonly used drugs are...
The United Kingdom Focal Point on Drugs (UK Focal Point) 2017 report is available on the UK government's digital portal.
Based at Public Health England, the UK Focal Point is the national partner of the European Monitoring Centre for...
A study exploring the factors leading to menstrual cycle irregularity and menopause has discovered smoking may contribute to irregular menstrual cycles. The research, carried out in Korea, also found an association with the early initiation...
Un lavoro seminale dall'Australia ha identificato questi come i tre pilastri del trattamento farmacologico della tossicodipendenza; Costituiscono il nocciolo dell'esplorazione di questo morso delle influenze organizzative su questi...
Le informazioni sanitarie digitali sui rischi delle droghe sono disponibili attraverso il sito web dell'Australian Alcohol and Drug Foundation (ADF ). Il database online ricercabile, Drug Facts, contiene informazioni su una serie di...
A study published in the Lancet details the discovery of a link between the respiratory disease Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and childhood exposure to parental smoking or childhood illnesses, such as asthma, bronchitis...
Uno studio finanziato dal National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) esplora l'azione dei farmaci psicostimolanti sul glutammato, uno dei neurotrasmettitori più abbondanti nel corpo umano.
I farmaci con un effetto stimolante sono...
A study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has found an association with young people being exposed to adverts for electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) and taking up smoking later in life.
The study followed 10 989...
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), the Health and Human Services US Government Department (HSS) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) have collaborated to create a manual on...
SAMHSA ha lanciato il nuovo Evidence Based Resource Center che consentirà agli operatori di trovare strumenti, manuali, linee guida per la pratica clinica e risorse basate sulla scienza.
Disponibile direttamente attraverso il sito samhsa...
Questo rapporto quantifica l'impatto sulla salute che l'uso di alcol e droghe illecite ha sull'Australia, compresi i fattori di rischio per altre malattie e lesioni. Si stima che l'alcol e le droghe illecite siano stati collettivamente...
Methamphetamine is one of the most widely used illicit drugs in several Southeast Asian countries, including the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR). The purpose of this study was to examine the socio-cultural...
Key Points
Question: Does cue-induced craving follow a parabolic trajectory as a function of duration of abstinence in humans with cocaine use disorders, as previously shown in preclinical studies?
Findings: The results of this...
Adquiriendo un Rol Protagónico frente a una realidad social olvidada
Eduardo H. Loyola Arguello (ISSUP Member)
El Salvador es un país geográficamente pequeño, con una historia caracterizada por el dolor, conflictos y grandes...
