All Resources for 'Medical, Clinical & Healthcare Services'

ICUDDR Training Sessions at ISSUP Conference in Kenya

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Video and audio recordings
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Public Health
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UNODC Global eLearning

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Video and audio recordings
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Law Enforcement
Border Control
Supply & Market Disruption
Partner Organisation

 

UNODCs online eLearning courses deliver trainings to a community of over 50,000 Member State officials on international security threats such as transnational organized crime, terrorism, illicit drugs, trafficking in persons and...

Cognitive and Mindfulness‐Based Therapy for Adolescents with Co‐Occurring Post‐Traumatic Stress and Substance Use Disorder

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Behavioural Therapy Interventions
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Addiction
Theories and Science
Mental Health

Early life experiences of trauma are known to significantly increase the risk of substance use in adolescence and adulthood. It has been suggested that individuals may use alcohol or drugs as a means of temporarily relieving themselves from...

HIV Knowledge and Risk Behaviors among Drug Users in Three Vietnamese Mountainous Provinces

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings

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Background

Globally, people who inject drugs are highly vulnerable to HIV transmission. Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) programs are one of the most cost-effective mechanisms to substitute opioid use and improve the quality...

NIDA Resource: Opioid Facts for Teens

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Book
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Public Health
Mental Health
Data
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The National Institute on Drug Abuse has published a new resource to provide teenagers with accurate information about opioids.

The publication includes a selection of facts on opioids, a section on opioids and heroin, and a helpful list...

Managing Alcohol-Related Attendances in Emergency Care: Can Diversion to Bespoke Services Lessen the Burden?

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction

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Acute alcohol intoxication (AAI) has a long history of burdening emergency care services. Healthcare systems around the world have explored a variety of different services that divert AAI away from EDs to better manage their...

ICUDDR Conference: Call for Proposals

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News
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Partner Organisation
The International Consortium of Universities for Drug Demand Reduction (ICUDDR) is soliciting proposals for presentations at its 4th Annual Conference.

Risk Factors for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

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Scientific article
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Treatment
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Addiction
Populations
Women
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Recent studies carried out by researchers from Vanderbilt University and Johns Hopkins University have examined characteristics linked with the heightened risk NAS.

The researchers found that boys are more likely to receive a diagnosis of...

Addiction Journal Podcast - January 2019

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Book
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction

The Addiction Journal Podcast takes the listener through the content of the January edition of the journal, selects and discusses some of the highlights and includes interviews, which have been conducted with some of the authors.