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People who are homeless have complex and challenging lives. They tend to have worse physical and mental health than the general population. Substance use is more prevalent among people who are homeless than in the general population, and...
Dr Gallus Bischof presented AFINet’s second Webinar on “Evidence and Implementation of family-based interventions in the addiction field”.
Dr Bischof described and reported the results of a systematic review on the evidence of...
El consumo de sustancias psicoactivas es un problema de salud pública con alta prevalencia en los adolescentes, situación que influye en el desarrollo individual y social en la adultez.
Determinar los...
CONFERENCE
5th Annual Joint SALIS/AMHL Conference
42nd Annual SALIS Conference
April 27 – 29, 2021 (Virtual)
Information Professionals:
Building Back Better in the Post Pandemic World
The current pandemic has shaken up the...
Co-morbidity or dual diagnosis is established by the World Health Organization (WHO) as the ‘co-occurrence in the same individual of a dysfunction of psychoactive substance use and other psychiatric disorder’ (WHO, 1995). There is a growing...
By Menuse-O Max Khieya, first published in the Eastern Mirror Nagaland on Sunday, March 14, 2021
Sechü-Zubza, March 14 (EMN): The additional deputy commissioner of Kohima, N Bhavani Sri, has expressed concern over the widespread abuse of...
Drug abuse is a foremost public health problem. Cocaine is a widely abused drug worldwide that produces various reward-related behaviors. The mechanisms that underlie cocaine-induced disorders are unresolved, and effective...
Presenters Michal Miovsky and Anna Volfova discuss their implementation of learning outcomes in their addiction education program at Charles University in Prague.
Le Ministère de la Santé, de l’Hygiène publique et de l’Accès universel aux Soins du Togo a mis en place un programme national des addictions aux produits psychoactifs (PNAPP) qui va contribuer à l’amélioration de l’accès aux soins aux...
New psychoactive substances (NPS) are spreading at an unprecedented rate and are becoming a serious health threat and a real problem in drug policy in Central Asian countries. Little is known about the negative impact of NPS on human health...
People with mental health issues are more likely to smoke compared to the general population. They are also more likely to experience severe withdrawals and are less responsive to treatment. Indeed, some people believe that quitting smoking...