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Supporting the Families of Substance Users
ISSUP Expert Days Event: Supporting the Families of Substance Users - An Interview with Vivienne Evans OBE
Vivienne Evans OBE is an ISSUP Board member and Chief Executive of Adfam - the UK’s national umbrella organisation for children and...
Longitudinal Assessment of Mental Health Disorders and Comorbidities Across 4 Decades Among Participants in the Dunedin Birth Cohort Study
Abstract
Importance: Mental health professionals typically encounter patients at 1 point in patients’ lives. This cross-sectional window understandably fosters focus on the current presenting diagnosis. Research programs, treatment...
Distanciamento Social? Mantenha uma Atitude Positiva
É difícil se sentir positivo quando nossas crianças e adolescentes estão nos deixando loucos. Geralmente, terminamos dizendo “parem com isso!”, mas crianças estão muito mais para fazerem o que pedimos se lhes dermos instruções positivas e...
Long-Term Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Videoconference-Delivered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Panic Disorder, and Social Anxiety Disorder in Japan: One-Year Follow-Up of a Single-Arm Trial
ABSTRACT
Background: Face-to-face individual cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and internet-based CBT (ICBT) without videoconferencing are known to have long-term effectiveness for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), panic disorder (PD)...
Monitoramento e Supervisão Parental
A adolescência é caracterizada pela passagem da infância para a vida adulta. Nesta fase, é totalmente normal e comum os filhos estarem propensos a viverem novas experiências fora do ambiente familiar. Eles querem construir a própria...
Opioid Overdose Reversal with Naloxone (Narcan, Evzio)
What is Naloxone?
Naloxone is a medication designed to rapidly reverse opioid overdose. It is an opioid antagonist—meaning that it binds to opioid receptors and can reverse and block the effects of other opioids. It can very quickly...
Une formation sur UTC 5, les cours de recyclage et un examen ICAP 1 se déroulent en Tunisie, du 25 février au 5 mars 2020
Pour promouvoir des interventions fondées sur des données scientifiques dans le traitement des troubles liés à l'usage de drogues, la section ONUDC PTRS a soutenu la dernière session de formation sur l'admission, le dépistage, l'évaluation...
Distanciamento Social? Ofereça Tempo de Qualidade a seus filhos
Não pode ir trabalhar? As escolas estão fechadas? Preocupado com dinheiro? É normal se sentir estressado e sobrecarregado.
O fechamento das escolas também representa a chance de construir relacionamentos melhores com as crianças e...
Webinar grabado: Recomendaciones de cuidado para las personas usuarias de drogas frente a la pandemia de COVID-19
Prevención en consumos problemáticos desde el modelo participativo
El 22 de abril de 2020, el capítulo argentino de ISSUP en colaboración con ISSUP global organizó webinar en el que se abordaron las dificultades y desafíos a los que nos...
Attitudes towards Cough Syrup Abuse: A Study of Adolescents in Southwest, Nigeria
One area of substance misuse among adolescents that is currently a problem, and has not been fully understood in the Nigerian context is the attitudes of adolescents towards cough syrup abuse. Thus, to inform policy actions for reducing...
Assessing Compliance with Tobacco Packaging and Labeling Regulations
Source: https://www.issup.net/node/8539
The Institute for Global Tobacco Control (IGTC) has collaborated with the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK), and the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) to...
Consumo de tabaco en adolescentes y jóvenes de México que no estudian y no trabajan
Resumen
Introducción: La falta de oportunidades de estudio o trabajo incrementa la vulnerabilidad de los jóvenes, quienes ante la inestabilidad pueden iniciarse en el consumo de tabaco o de otras sustancias adictivas.
Objetivo: Analizar...
Diferencias sociodemográficas entre usuarios de inhalables, usuarios de otras drogas y adolescentes no consumidores en una muestra mexicana de estudiantes
Resumen
Introducción: Los inhalables como el pegamento, el thinner y otros derivados del petróleo son uno de los grupos de sustancias más utilizados entre la población adolescente mexicana. Estudios recientes han mostrado que, junto con la...
The Impact of COPD and Smoking History on the Severity of Covid‐19: A Systemic Review and Meta‐Analysis
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Aims
Comorbidities are associated with the severity of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid‐19). This meta‐analysis aimed to explore the risk of severe Covid‐19 in patients with pre‐existing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD...
Exploring the Experiences of Social Service Providers regarding the Implementation of the National Drug Master Plan (2013-2017)
This research study entails an analysis and evaluation of the South African National Drug Master Plan for 2013-2017 through a Social Work perspective in the context of substance use disorder policy. It was done in fulfillment of...
Collision of the COVID-19 and Addiction Epidemics
Coronavirus is one of the most significant public health challenges we have faced in the past 100 years. Everyone is effected. However, the strain is particularly great for those working on the front line to detect and treat people who have...