All Resources for 'Medical, Clinical & Healthcare Services'

Stimulant Use and Related Harms in Canada: Recent Trends

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Format
Report
Themes
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Quality Assurance
Monitoring and Evaluation
Public Health
Global Health Perspectives
Statistics
Mental Health
Resilience and Coping Strategies
Data
Epidemiology, Aetiology and Statistics
Partner Organisation

This report highlights a growing concern around stimulant use and related harms in Canada, particularly involving cocaine and methamphetamine. Data from multiple national sources show that stimulant-related deaths have significantly...

Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA) data sheets

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Format
Leaflet, Infographic, Fact sheet, Poster
Themes
Quality Assurance
Monitoring and Evaluation
Public Health
Global Health Perspectives
Statistics
Policy
Law
Data
Service Provision & Engagement 
Epidemiology, Aetiology and Statistics
Partner Organisation

The European Union Drugs Agency has released updated data sheets providing a clear and comparable overview of drug-related indicators across six Western Balkan partners under the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA). These include...

Feasibility and tolerability of group cognitive behavioral therapy on improving functioning and managing craving and psychosocial factors among incarcerated women with methamphetamine use disorder

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Women
Prisons / Corrections

Women with methamphetamine use disorder (MUD) in correctional settings often face complex challenges, including trauma histories, stigma, mental health difficulties, and limited access to evidence-based treatment. In Indonesia, structured...

Psilocybin in the Treatment of Cocaine Use Disorder A Randomized Clinical Trial

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Men
Abstract

Importance  Cocaine use disorder is a serious public health problem and no medications have been proven effective for its treatment.

Objective  To evaluate psilocybin in the treatment of cocaine use disorder. It was hypothesized...

The Pleasure That Doesn't Return: Dopaminergic Synergy, Sexuality and Relapse in Cocaine Addiction

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Format
Opinion piece, commentary
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Populations
Men
Women

This work emerges from clinical observation in addiction treatment settings regarding a frequent yet systematically overlooked phenomenon: the convergence of cocaine use and sexual activity as a specific relapse mechanism. It is proposed...

Implementation of a universal prevention model to reduce substance use in adolescents in the municipality of San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca, Argentina

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Format
ISSUP Webinar
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Children, Adolescents & Youth 
ISSUP Chile presents a webinar 'Implementation of a universal prevention model to reduce substance use in adolescents in the municipality of San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca, Argentina'

The Pleasure That Doesn't Come Back: Dopaminergic Synergy, Sexuality and Relapse into Cocaine Addiction

Publication Date
Format
Opinion piece, commentary
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Populations
Men
Women

 This work arises from the clinical observation in addiction treatment devices of a frequently and systematically ignored phenomenon: the convergence between cocaine consumption and sexual activity as a specific mechanism of relapse. It is...

The Opioid Crisis Practical Toolkit: Supporting Faith and Community Responses

Format
Toolkit
Themes
Faith-Based Strategies 
Recovery Support 
Treatment
Prevention
Prevention
Community-Based
Faith-Based
Family-Based
Treatment
Faith-Based
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Faith-Based
Peer and Community Support
Recovery-Oriented Services
Populations
Family
Public Health
Policy Advocacy
Mental Health
Resilience and Coping Strategies

This practical toolkit highlights the role of faith-based and community leaders in responding to the opioid crisis in the United States. Developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, it recognizes that community and faith...