Applying interventions designed to reduce and manage the symptoms of substance use disorders.
Treatment
Inaugural Ceremony of Drug Rehab Centre
Inaugural Ceremony of Drug Rehab Centre Syed Zulfiqar Hussain, Consultant/Expert, Anti Drugs Narcotics Campaign inaugurated 2nd Branch Focus Rehab Center Gulberg III Lahore with Motivational speaker Syed Qasim Ali Shah, Dr. Ahsan ul Haq...
Trends in Cannabis Polysubstance Use During Early Pregnancy Among Patients in a Large Health Care System in Northern California
Abstract Importance Rates of prenatal cannabis use are increasing alongside perceptions that cannabis is a harmless therapeutic for pregnancy-related ailments, while rates of prenatal use of alcohol and tobacco are decreasing. It is...
Addiction Practitioners Forum
The ADDICTION Practitioners Forum 2022 will be held online.
Disability mainstreaming in accessing Mental Health & SUD treatment and care
ISSUP Kenya webinar on disability mainstreaming and inclusion in accessing Mental Health and SUD treatment.
Disability mainstreaming and inclusion in accessing Mental Health & SUD treatment and care
ISSUP Kenya would like to invite you to their upcoming Webinar on disability mainstreaming and inclusion in accessing Mental Health and SUD treatment.
The influence of poly-drug use patterns on the association between opioid agonist treatment engagement and injecting initiation assistance
Abstract Background Evidence suggests people who inject drugs (PWID) prescribed opioid agonist treatment (OAT) are less likely to provide injection drug use (IDU) initiation assistance. We investigated the association between OAT engagement...
Drug treatment management and mental health care training manual review workshop held
Proper guidelines for professionals are essential in providing quality services. With this in mind, Dhaka Ahsania Mission Health Sector organized a day-long consultation workshop on June 2, 2022, under the JPRPHRPC project supported by GIZ...
Variations in national availability of waivered buprenorphine prescribers by racial and ethnic composition of zip codes
Background Opioid overdose remains a public health crisis in diverse communities. Between 2019 and 2020, there was an almost 40% increase in drug fatalities primarily due to opioid analogues of both stimulants and opioids. Medications for...
Patient perspectives on depot buprenorphine treatment for opioid addiction – a qualitative interview study
Background Recently developed buprenorphine depot injections have the potential to reduce risk for diversion and misuse, and to increase adherence with fewer visits for supervised intake. However, it is unclear how patients perceive this...
A qualitative study exploring how young people perceive and experience substance use services in British Columbia, Canada
Background Substance use among youth (ages 12–24) is troublesome given the increasing risk of harms associated. Even more so, substance use services are largely under utilised among youth, most only accessing support when in crisis. Few...