BACKGROUND: The dropout rate from the treatment of patients with substance use disorders (SUD) negatively affects overall treatment outcomes. Little is known about the specific role of various psychiatric and psychosocial factors in the individual patients. Limited data is available in regards to mindset and addiction treatment, giving the opportunity of testing such interventions in the future.

AIM: To identify the key psychological, psychosocial, and other treatment related factors in the patients from the inpatient substance use treatment with addiction who have dropped out of the program...

BACKGROUND: Heated tobacco products along with electronic cigarettes represent the current trend in nicotine use. These novel products are appealing to teenagers and young adults especially. Generation Z representatives are characterized as native digital and internet users who are exposed to online marketing intensively including tobacco and nicotine products marketing. AIM: The purpose of this study was to explore how Generation Z perceives the promotional techniques of HTP products (IQOS and glo) in the Czech Republic.

METHODS: We conducted qualitative research using semi-structured...

Antecedentes: Los problemas de salud física son frecuentes en las personas que reciben tratamiento con agonistas opioides (TAO). Entre 2010 y 2019 se llevó a cabo un estudio sobre estos problemas de salud en pacientes con TAO en la República Checa y Noruega, centrándose en las diferencias de género.

Métodos: En este estudio, se trató de un estudio de cohorte de base poblacional que vinculó múltiples registros de salud para investigar enfermedades físicas (utilizando códigos CIE-10) en pacientes que recibieron TAO en la República Checa (4.280 pacientes) y Noruega (11.389 pacientes) entre 2010...

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 platforms with a high degree of influence on young people. It responds to the need for verified resource points for discussion of the effectiveness and extent of the existing statutory regulation of alcoholic beverage advertising and methods for its possible tightening.

METHODS: For the analysis of traditional (printed) media, the method of content analysis...

BACKGROUND: The abuse of psychoactive prescription drugs has become increasingly common in the Czech Republic. These drugs include sedatives, hypnotics, anxiolytics (benzodiazepines and Z-hypnotics), and opioids. Patients with an addiction to these prescription drugs exhibit symptoms associated with long-term use, particularly psychological and somatic problems, sleep disturbances, impaired cognitive functioning, and irritability. There is a need for a flexible response to their needs.

AIMS: The aim of the research is to describe selected psychological symptoms and the quality of life of...

El VNGOC, junto con NYNGOC y la Unidad de la Sociedad Civil de la UNODC, está organizando un evento paralelo en línea al margen del Foro de Asociaciones del ECOSOC 2023 el 31 de enero de 2023 a las 8:30 a.m. El evento se titula: El rol central de la sociedad civil en las políticas de drogas, el COVID-19 y el logro de la Agenda 2030

INTRODUCCIÓN:

Las pruebas de detección e intervenciones breves (SBI, por sus siglas en inglés) consisten en una variedad de actividades dirigidas a las personas que consumen alcohol de riesgo, pero que no son gravemente dependientes del alcohol. Muchos estudios han demostrado que el SBI podría servir como una herramienta muy eficaz para reducir el consumo de alcohol y las consecuencias negativas asociadas. Sin embargo, la tasa de SBI proporcionada por los profesionales de la salud en la República Checa es relativamente baja. Nuestro objetivo es realizar una evaluación económica cuantificada...

BACKGROUND:

Heated tobacco products represent a new phenomenon, called novel tobacco products, and one that is not unique to the Czech market. These are electronic tobacco heating and aerosol-producing devices. Although studies on the prevalence of heated tobacco use are already available, patterns of use have not yet been sufficiently mapped.

AIM:

The aim of this article is to map and describe the patterns of heated tobacco use among adult tobacco users in the Czech Republic.

METHODS:

The study was conducted in the form of an online survey. Respondents were recruited through selected...

Brief Description:

The Executive Secretariat of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (ES-CICAD) is seeking expressions of interest from experts in the field of alternatives to incarceration and social integration to be trained as Master Trainers for the delivery of the Case Care Management curriculum internationally. Upon successful completion of the Training of Trainers, these Master Trainers will be included on the Case Care Management roster of trainers and can be contacted to deliver the training when scheduled. If interested, please submit your resume and relevant information...

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 thing about that means that, you can still follow the plenaries and the side events! That’s why we thought that you might appreciate having all the links in one place.

GENERAL LINKS TO FOLLOW CND

• Link to 65th session with general information on organizational arrangements: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/commissions/CND/session/65_Session_2022/65CND_Main...