Treatment Settings

Various treatment formats, either in a live-in facility or through regular visits to a clinic, are designed for ongoing support, to help maintain recovery, and to prevent relapse.

Strategy to Combat Opioid Abuse

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released its five point strategy to combat opioid abuse, misuse, and overdose. The five points that the strategy is based on are to: Improve access to prevention, treatment and recovery...

Educational Packages for Opioid Use Disorders

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The Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network has released a set of educational packages that can be used by professionals working with individuals with opioid disorders. Online booklets, which have been specially designed for peer...

El consumo de drogas y su tratamiento dese la perspectiva de familiares y amigos de consumidores - Guatemala

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17 December 2009

Actualmente Guatemala cuenta con una población de 13,344,770 personas que tiene una elevada tasa de población migrante, tanto nacional como internacional. Relacionado con el abuso de drogas, el país presenta la más alta tasa de consumo de...

Planning and Designing the Improving Addiction Care Team (IMPACT) for Hospitalized Adults with Substance Use Disorder

Scientific article

1 May 2017

Abstract People with substance use disorders (SUD) have high rates of hospitalization and readmission, long lengths of stay, and skyrocketing healthcare costs. Yet, models for improving care are extremely limited. We performed a needs...

Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Problems among Refugees in Primary Health Care

Scientific article

24 November 2014

Abstract Background Population-based epidemiological research has established that refugees in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) are at increased risk for a range of mental, neurological and substance use (MNS) problems. Improved...

Mombasa to set up prison drug rehabilitation clinic

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Mombasa's prison department will soon be introducing methadone programs for heroin injecting drug users.

According to Nascop, there are about 18,300 drug users who inject heroin in Kenya.

2018 NDARC Annual Research Symposium - Presentations

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A number of presentations from the 2018 NDARC Annual Research Symposium, which was held on Monday, 8 October 2018, have been made available. The theme of the event was C linical, community and policy responses to emerging problems in drug...

Internet-Delivered Drug and Alcohol Treatment

Scientific article

27 September 2018

Study examining the link between cognitive functioning and treatment outcomes of an internet-delivered intervention

Drug Misuse and Hepatitis C Virus Infection Profiles for Three Generations of Patients Being Monitored for Prescription Drug Adherence

Scientific article

16 October 2018

ABSTRACT Objectives: Two epidemics in the United States are related: opioid drug injection and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. This study quantifies the relationship between illicit/prescription drug misuse and HCV infection in 3...

Tobacco Use by Clients Receiving SUD Treatment

Scientific article

3 September 2018

Although cigarette smoking among adults in the United States has been steadily decreasing, rates continue to remain high amongst certain vulnerable populations. A recent study published in the international journal of Addictive Behaviours...