All Resources for 'Education & Training'

A Pragmatic Trial of E-Cigarettes, Incentives, and Drugs for Smoking Cessation

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Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Pharmacological Interventions
Treatment Settings
Addiction

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND

Whether financial incentives, pharmacologic therapies, and electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) promote smoking cessation among unselected smokers is unknown.

METHODS

We randomly assigned smokers employed by 54...

Patrones de consumo de heroína en una cárcel de la frontera norte de México: barreras de acceso a tratamiento

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections

RESUMEN

Objetivo: Describir la prevalencia del consumo de heroína, los patrones de inicio, el alto consumo y la dependencia a esta sustancia e identificar barreras que impidan a los adictos acudir a tratamiento. Material y métodos: El...

Factors associated with cocaine use in users of injectable heroin in Colombia

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Scientific article
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Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Populations
Men

OVERVIEW

Introduction: People who consume heroin and cocaine have increased sexual activity, risk behaviours associated with injection and inconsistent condom use, which would increase the risk of sexually transmitted infections and the...

Pre-Conceptional and Peri-Gestational Maternal Binge Alcohol Drinking Produces Inheritance of Mood Disturbances and Alcohol Vulnerability in the Adolescent Offspring

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Scientific article
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Populations
Women
Public Health

Although binge drinking is on the rise in women of reproductive age and during pregnancy, the consequences in the offspring, in particular the inheritance of alcohol-related mood disturbances and alcohol abuse vulnerability, are still...