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Involving Service Users in Mental Health Policy Making
There has been increasing support for the engagement of people who use mental services in the process of policy improvement. It would seem to make sense that those most directly affected by policy responses should have their views...
Mental Health in the Americas: An Overview of the Treatment Gap
To understand the mental health treatment gap in the Region of the Americas by examining the prevalence of mental health disorders, use of mental health services, and the global burden of disease.
The AU-EU Youth Hub is calling on all civil society organisations to submit concept notes for the AU-EU Youth Hub Call for Proposals
The AU-EU Youth Hub is calling on all civil society organisations to submit concept notes for the AU-EU Youth Hub Call for Proposals. The Call makes available EUR 10 million in 7 lots:
Culture, Arts and Sports
Peace and Security
Governan...
Evidence-Based Practices Resource Center
SAMHSA has launched a new Resource Center that includes a collection of scientifically-based resources for a broad range of audiences
Comparing Credentialing Requirements of Substance Abuse Treatment Staff by Funding Source
Studies have found that clinicians with higher education and/or attainment of national certification have a more favorable outlook regarding the adoption of evidence-based practices. However, staff hiring decisions may be based on a...
Podcast: Alcohol Alerts
This episode focuses on data released ahead of the first anniversary of the Scottish Government's flagship health policy of minimum unit pricing. You might be mistaken in thinking the issue is a simple one – has minimum unit pricing led to...
Podcasts: Say Why to Drugs
The internet is full of misinformation about recreational drugs - both legal and illegal.
Dr Suzi Gage, a psychologist interested in understanding associations between substance use and mental health, tackles one substance per episode -...
Follow the Data Podcast: Tobacco Industry Watchdogs
Episode 32: Tobacco Industry Watchdogs Soundcloud Podcast
The Stopping Tobacco Organizations and Products (STOP) competition was launched by Bloomberg Philanthropies at the March 2018 World Conference on Tobacco or Health in Cape Town...
Podcast: Recovery-focused Care Planning
The Collaborate Care Planning Project (COCAPP) studies mental health risk, care planning and therapeutic relationships. This podcast interview with Alan Simpson and Sarah Carr explores the importance of assessing and managing risk, how to...
Gender Differences in the Bidirectional Relationship between Alcohol Consumption and Sleeplessness
Abstract
Background
The degree to which the relationship between alcohol use and sleeplessness is unidirectional or reciprocal is unclear due to great variation among the results of previous studies. The aim of the present study was to...
Metabolic Pathways and Potencies of New Fentanyl Analogs
Up to now, little is known about the metabolic pathways of new fentanyl analogs that have recently emerged on the drug markets worldwide with high potential for producing addiction and severe adverse effects including coma and death. For...
Prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder among Special Subpopulations: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis
Abstract
Aim
To collate prevalence estimates of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) among special subpopulations (defined by service use).
Design
Systematic literature review and meta‐analysis of original, quantitative studies...
Alcohol Misuse in the Armed Forces
In a research project, researchers and professionals from the University of Liverpool, King’s College London, Alcohol Research UK and Royal British Legion joined together to developed an app, to help people monitor and manage their alcohol consumption.
Smoke Signals: What Does Legalised Cannabis Mean for Mental Health?
Smoke Signals: what does legalised cannabis mean for mental health?
Chaired by: Ian Hamilton, University of York
Panellists:
- Prof Val Curran, Professor of Psychopharmacology, UCL
- Dr Marta Di Forti, Psychiatrist, London
- Dr Suzi Gage...
A Public Health Approach to Alcohol Use and its Related Harms in Iran
In Iran, alcohol consumption, production, and trade are criminalised for Muslim citizens; however, bootleg alcohol and harmful alcohol consumption is a burden that should not be overlooked.
Currently the Iranian Ministry of Health has...
Combined Effects of Marijuana and Nicotine on Memory Performance and Hippocampal Volume
Highlights
- Examined drug effects of tobacco, marijuana and combined marijuana + nicotine use.
- Hippocampal volumes were smaller in marijuana users (with or without nicotine).
- Abnormal brain-behavior relationships in combined marijuana +...
Infografika zdanění alkoholu
Zdanění alkoholu má obrovský potenciál pro globální zdraví, pro pomoc při dosahování cílů udržitelného rozvoje a také pro významný příspěvek k financování zdraví a rozvoje.
Tato infografika, navržená společností IOGT International...
Youth Perspective on Parental Approaches to Substance Use
Reducing the harms of youth substance use is a global priority. Parents have the potential to play a key role in these efforts. However, it is felt that parents are often unsure about how to address substance use with their children. Parent...
Seminar Presentation: Ecological Momentary Assessment of Alcohol Use
The majority of existing knowledge on patterns of alcohol consumption is based on retrospective-recall methodologies.
These are cost-efficient and convenient but are limited in their capacity to record data on the circumstances of alcohol...