All Resources for 'Medical, Clinical & Healthcare Services'

The National Protocol for Treatment of Substance Use Disorders in Kenya

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Book
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Treatment
Pharmacological Interventions
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Populations
Family
Public Health
Policy

Substance (Drug) Abuse is increasing in Kenya and especially among the youth. Current statistics indicate that more than half of drug users are aged 10-19 years. Most studies done in the country indicate that the commonly used drugs are...

Guidelines on the Management of Co-Occurring Alcohol and Other Drug and Mental Health Conditions in Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Settings

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Book
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Treatment
Pharmacological Interventions
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Populations
Family
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

In a nutshell...

These Guidelines aim to provide alcohol and other drug (AOD) workers with evidence-based information to assist with the management of co-occurring, or comorbid, AOD and mental health conditions. They represent an update...

United Kingdom Drug Situation: Focal Point Annual Report

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Book
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Public Health
Infectious Diseases
Statistics
Policy
Ethics
Supply & Market Disruption
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion
Partner Organisation

The United Kingdom Focal Point on Drugs (UK Focal Point) 2017 report is available on the UK government's digital portal.

Based at Public Health England, the UK Focal Point is the national partner of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs...

Factors Associated with the Efficacy of Smoking Cessation Treatments and Predictors of Smoking Abstinence in EAGLES

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings

Abstract

Aims

To assess (1) how far the efficacies of front‐line smoking cessation pharmacotherapies vary as a function of smoker characteristics and (2) associations between these characteristics and success of smoking cessation attempts...

Barriers and Facilitators Affecting the Implementation of Substance Use Screening in Primary Care Clinics: A Qualitative Study of Patients, Providers, and Staff

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Scientific article
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings

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Background

Alcohol and drug use are leading causes of morbidity and mortality that frequently go unidentified in medical settings. As part of a multi-phase study to implement electronic health record-integrated substance use...

Impact of Binge Drinking in Adolescence. Are we doing it right?

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Book
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Public Health

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Nowadays, one of the most prevalent patterns of alcohol consumption is called binge drinking (BD). In 2015, the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Drugs (ESPAD) Group estimated that about 35% of adolescents of 15-16...

Effectiveness Bank Matrix Cell: Ethos, Dose, Organisation

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Format
Book
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction

Seminal work from Australia identified these as the three pillars of medication-based treatment of drug dependence; they form the kernel of this bite’s exploration of organisational influences on these treatments. Ethos, dose, and...

Medication for the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder

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Book
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Public Health
Mental Health
Ethics
Partner Organisation