All Resources for 'Education & Training'

Effects of Long‐Term Alcohol Drinking on the Dopamine D2 Receptor: Gene Expression and Heteroreceptor Complexes in the Striatum in Rats

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Treatment
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Addiction
Regulatory Control of Substances

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Background

Reduced dopamine D2 receptor (D2R) ligand binding has repeatedly been demonstrated in the striatum of humans with alcohol use disorder (AUD). The attenuated D2R binding has been suggested to reflect a reduced D2R...

Research Shows Relationship Between Alcohol, Drugs and Violence

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Scientific article
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Treatment
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Psychoactive Substances
Populations
Family
Men

It is already expected that alcohol and other drugs lead the person to a path of violence, but recently this was proven through research by a group from the School of Medicine of the University of São Paulo (USP). They published the results...

Research Explicit Relationship between Alcohol, Drugs and Violence

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Scientific article
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Treatment
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Psychoactive Substances
Populations
Family
Men

It is already expected that alcohol and other drugs lead the person to the path of violence, but recently this was proven through a study of the group of the University of São Paulo Medical School (USP). They published results of a survey...

Duration of Therapy – Does It Matter?

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Scientific article
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Treatment
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Addiction

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  • Planned duration of therapy not associated with outcome in use of alcohol
  • Actual attended sessions of therapy not associated with outcome in use of alcohol
  • Frequency of research assessments significantly associated with use...

The Global Drug Survey for 2019

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News
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Prevention
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Addiction
Policy
Data
The Global Drug Survey for 2019 (GDS2019) was launched on the 29th of October.

Self‐Medication with Alcohol or Drugs for Mood and Anxiety Disorders

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Addiction
Mental Health
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Substance use is one way that people deal with the difficult symptoms present in mood and anxiety disorders. As people become more reliant on the effects of the substances to relieve distress the use can develop into dependence. Self‐medica...

European Action for Employment in Recovery

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Treatment
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Recovery Support

A new European project has been developed to provide individuals in recovery from substance use in Scotland the opportunity to a part in a work and learning experience in another European country.

The European Action for Employment in...