Addiction

Mortality and life-years lost following subsequent physical comorbidity in people with pre-existing substance use disorders: a national registry-based retrospective cohort study of hospitalised individuals in Czechia

Scientific article
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Summary Background Substance use disorders constitute a major global public health problem, attributable largely to their subsequent comorbidity with other health conditions. This study aimed to investigate the risk of all-cause death and...

Substance use and homelessness

Scientific article
This research explored changes in the tobacco, alcohol and illicit drug use of people experiencing homelessness in the UK. Particularly, the researchers examined the following questions: what are the characteristics of people with different...

Two Countries and one problem: Prevention in Pediatrics

ISSUP Webinar
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ISSUP Brasil presented a webinar with pediatricians discussing ways of prevention and how problems caused by substance use work. Two pediatricians discuss the means of prevention and how problems caused by substance use work. Moderators...

Two Countries and one problem: Prevention in Pediatrics

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Sao Paulo
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Brazil

ISSUP Brasil invites you to participate in a webinar with pediatricians discussing ways of prevention and how problems caused by substance use work.

The webinar will take place on Tuesday, November 22, 2022, at 19h (Sao Paulo/Argentina time)

Brazil Flyer

Problematic opioid use in Ireland, 2015–2019

Book
In this report, the Health Research Board presents the results of a study that aimed to estimate the prevalence of problematic opioid use in Ireland from 2015 to 2019 using a four-source capture-recapture method. Key Findings: In total...