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Older adults are often overlooked or even illegally excluded from treatment and support. A recent report found that 75% of residential rehabilitation centres had arbitrary upper age limits and had limited or no disabled access, and follows...
El tabaquismo es una enfermedad crónica que afecta a una quinta parte de nuestra población. No obstante, la mayoría de los fumadores no busca tratamiento de su enfermedad ni la considera tal. Algunos pacientes logran controlar la...
This document is a useful resource for physicians that manage care services of patients with drug use disorders and its related consequences. It is intended to support quality improvement activities conducted by health care provider systems...
سرطان په منځنی ختیځ او د نړۍ په نفوس کې یوه لویه روغتیایی ستونزه ده. دا ښه رامینځته شوی چې د تنباکو سګرټ څښلو او سرطان ترمینځ مستقیم اړیکه شتون لری ، کوم چې به د انسان روغتیا ته د پام وړ ګواښ رامینځته کړی. د سرطان خطر باندې د تنباکو لوګی...
El propósito de esta guía es darle a las personas una idea de lo que pueden esperar cuando hayan terminado su proceso de desintoxicación. Se ofrecen ideas para ayudarles a las personas a mantenerse alejadas del alcohol y otras drogas...
Objective: To understand what number and proportion of dementia cases in Barbados are attributable to modifiable lifestyle factors and what effect a reduction in these risk factors would have on future dementia prevalence.
Method...
Background: The fact that Cannabis use can lead to psychotic symptoms has been recognized years ago. Moreover, when the patient is using cannabis, the distinction between a primary psychotic disorder and a cannabis-induced...
Background: Previous studies have shown that repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) to the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex may serve as a potential treatment for cocaine use disorder (CUD), which remains a public health problem...
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This editorial examines whether training and education in the addictions field has considerably made a difference in workforce development. It concludes that transformational change has not occurred because beyond training and education, a...
Background: Annually, 600 000 deaths are attributed to exposure of non-smokers to secondhand smoke (SHS). These include 165 000 among children, about 60% of which occur in Africa and Southeast Asia. As of 2017, only seven...
In 1960s Britain a chasm of opposing agendas and social distance opened up between doctors treating drug addiction and their patients. This cell of the Drug Treatment Matrix examines how bridging such chasms makes treatment more effective...
Effectiveness Bank Analysis: Keep Maintaining Opiate-Dependent Prisoners
From the USA, a rare randomised trial found in favour of continuing methadone maintenance when patients entered prison rather than compulsory withdrawal. The...
Researchers at the University of Michigan’s Centre for the Study of Drugs, Alcohol, Smoking and Health have been exploring the link between drug dependence, ongoing drug use, relapse and exposure to stress or experience of stressful events...
A new study published in the Drug and Alcohol Dependence journal focuses on an often-neglected topic – opioid use in older adults. This systematic literature review, Treatment for Opioid Use and Outcomes in Older Adults, included 76 papers...
په بوسټن کې د هارورډ طبی ښوونځی د څیړونکو یوې ډلې یوه نوې څیړنه خپره کړې چې وړاندیز کوی د جراحی وروسته د اپیوایډونو په وړاندیز کې بدلون ممکن د ناوړه ګټه اخیستنې کمولو یوه لاره وی.
د برتانیا په طبی ژورنال کې بuredه شوی ، د اپیوایډ ناڅاپی...