All Resources for 'Education & Training'

Association of Habitual Alcohol Intake With Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

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Scientific article
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Populations
Men
Abstract

Importance  Observational studies have consistently proposed cardiovascular benefits associated with light alcohol consumption, while recent genetic analyses (ie, mendelian randomization studies) have suggested a possible causal...

Drug use severity in adolescence affects substance use disorder risk in adulthood

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Scientific article
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Addiction
Prevention
Mental Health

Although more than 1 in every 3 US individuals will develop a substance use disorder in their lifetime, relatively little is known about the long-term patterns of substance use disorder symptoms from adolescence through adulthood.

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Prevention toolkit — a new one-stop shop for EMCDDA prevention materials

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Book
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Prevention

The EMCDDA launched a new Prevention toolkit, bringing together all of its key prevention-related materials to date. Part of the agency’s toolkit series, this new resource is aimed at anyone involved in shaping decisions, opinions and...

New European mini guides on responding to drug use in specific settings by EMCDDA

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Book
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections
Partner Organisation

Focusing treatments on specific settings where problems may develop is an important approach to implementing health and social responses to drug problems. As a result, the EMCDDA's Health and social solutions to drug problems: a European...

Treatment outcome and readmission risk among women in women-only versus mixed-gender drug treatment programs in Chile

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Women

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Introduction

Traditional treatment programs for substance use disorder (SUD) tend to be male-dominated environments, which can negatively affect women's access to treatment and related outcomes. Women's specific treatment needs...

Frequency and severity of irritable bowel syndrome in cigarette smokers, Turkey 2019

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
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Introduction:
Cigarette smoking has recently been associated with several gastrointestinal symptoms, and smoking cessation has been recommended as a lifestyle change strategy for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). This study assessed...

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder - Quality standard

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Book
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Women
Quality Assurance
Public Health

Latest quality standard published sets out how health and care services can improve the diagnosis, assessment, and prevention of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD).

The quality standard highlights five key areas for improvement:

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