O manejo de contingência (MC) é um tratamento psicológico baseado no condicionamento operante. Consiste em fornecer incentivos em troca de alcançar um comportamento-alvo, como a abstinência ou outras variáveis relacionadas com o tratamento (por exemplo, participação na sessão, adesão à medicação). O objetivo deste artigo foi apresentar a lógica do MC para o uso de substâncias e, mais especificamente, para a cessação do tabagismo. Um crescente corpo de literatura empírica apóia a MC como um tratamento eficaz para parar de fumar, tanto na população em geral quanto entre outros fumantes difíceis...

For behavioral health providers, the effectiveness of clinical work is dependent upon the clinician/client relationship. When appropriate boundaries are not maintained, it is these same relationships that can be at the root of serious professional misconduct. In this one hour workshop, participants will be provided with a summary overview of the legal ethical standards regarding non-clinical relationships with behavioral health clients. We will then apply these standards to discussion of scenarios and real-world examples. The focus will be dedicated to applying legal and standards from...

Background

Appointment no-show and early dropout from treatment represent major challenges in outpatient substance use disorder treatment, adversely affecting clinical outcomes and health care productivity. In this quasi-experimental study, we examined how a brief reminder intervention for new patients before their first appointment affected treatment participation and retention. No-shows (not attending any sessions) and dropouts (discontinuation of initiated treatment because of three consecutively missed appointments) were compared between a period with pre-admission telephone calls...

Background

In somatic health care settings, interdisciplinary collaborations (where various disciplines work coordinated and interdependently toward shared goals) are considered to yield higher team effectiveness than multidisciplinary approaches (where various disciplines work in parallel within their professional boundaries). Nonetheless, research on multidisciplinary techniques for the treatment of alcohol use disorder (AUD) in hospitalised patients is limited since these approaches are relatively uncommon. The purpose of this study is to evaluate a novel multidisciplinary AUD treatment...

Fundo

Programas de pós-atendimento para pessoas com transtornos por uso de substâncias (PWSUD) são frequentemente desafiados com uma série de obstáculos sobrepostos, incluindo consequências políticas incertas e falta de recursos. Apesar da variedade demográfica, os prestadores de serviços na África do Sul são obrigados a oferecer programas de pós-atendimento que efetivamente reintegrem as pessoas com PWSUD à sociedade, à força de trabalho, à família e à vida comunitária, conforme especificado pela Lei nº 70 de 2008. Pouco se sabe sobre a disponibilidade de serviços de pós-atendimento na...

Presented by Jo Cassar (The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney), by the end of this webinar, attendees will be able to:

- Recognise the importance of assessing for substance use when a client presents with a mental health disorder;

- Use some key tools from CBT such as cognitive restructuring and activity scheduling with clients presenting with co-occurring substance use and mental disorders;

- Understand some common challenges associated with developing activities for behaviour change when working with co-occurring substance use and mental...

O escritório nacional do Paquistão do "Escritório das Nações Unidas sobre Drogas e Crime" (UNODC) tem o prazer de oferecer o curso Avançado de Treinamento de Instrutores (ToT) no Currículo de Tratamento Universal (UTC) 9-15. Estamos convidando a inscrição para o ToT nos seguintes cursos avançados no Paquistão.

1. Curso 9: Farmacologia e SUD (3 dias)
2. Curso 10: Gerenciando Programas de Tratamento Assistido por Medicamentos (4 dias)
3. Curso 11: Aprimorando as habilidades de entrevista motivacional (5 dias)
4. Curso 12: Terapia Cognitivo-Comportamental (4 dias)
5. Curso 13: Gestão de Contingências (3...

Background

Opioid overdose remains a public health crisis in diverse communities. Between 2019 and 2020, there was an almost 40% increase in drug fatalities primarily due to opioid analogues of both stimulants and opioids. Medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD; e.g., buprenorphine) are effective, evidence-based treatments that can be delivered in office-based primary care settings. We investigated disparities in the proportion of national prescribers who have obtained a waiver issued to prescribe MOUD by demographic characteristics.

Methods

Data for the secondary data analyses were...

Background

Substance use among youth (ages 12–24) is troublesome given the increasing risk of harms associated. Even more so, substance use services are largely under utilised among youth, most only accessing support when in crisis. Few studies have explored young people’s help-seeking behaviours to address substance use concerns. To address this gap, this study explored how youth perceive and experience substance use services in British Columbia (BC), Canada.

Methods

Participatory action research methods were used by partnering with BC youth (under the age of 30) from across the province...

Background

When used in combination with other therapies for drug use disorders, neurofeedback (NF) has been classified as "probably effective," according to recent research in the community of people with opioid use disorder. Despite these encouraging results, the severity of the opioid crisis, and the high risk of relapse even with the most effective medication-assisted maintenance therapy, NF remains a little-studied therapeutic option. The possibility of incorporating Alpha/Theta Neurofeedback into standard opioid addiction therapy in an outpatient urban treatment facility is examined in...