Addiction

Primate Ventral Striatum Maintains Neural Representations of the Value of Previously Rewarded Objects for Habitual Seeking

Scientific article

8 April 2021

Abstract The ventral striatum (VS) is considered a key region that flexibly updates recent changes in reward values for habit learning. However, this update process may not serve to maintain learned habitual behaviours, which are...

Atención visual a las señales de consumo de tabaco: Un estudio preliminar empleando el seguimiento ocular

Scientific article

Resumen Introducción: la atención es un proceso básico relacionado con el comportamiento adictivo. En fumadores, los estímulos asociados al consumo son relevantes debido a que están presentes en el inicio y en la consolidación del hábito...

Prison and drugs in Europe: Current and future challenges

Book

Summary This publication provides an overview of current knowledge and the latest developments in the field of drug use and prison in Europe. The report explores in depth the epidemiology of drug use and drug-related problems among the...

Current Status of Violence, Suicide, Alcohol Use, and Stigma in Mexico

Scientific article

Abstract Studies on the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) and its risk factors have shown worldwide the preponderant role of accidents and violence in the burden of disease and the role of alcohol consumption as a main risk factor in the...

“100 program Challenge” for drug prevention by Ecolink Institute receives good response

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“100 program Challenge” for drug prevention by Ecolink Institute receives global response. The students of the Ecolink Institute from 16 countries launched a campaign against drug abuse, in connection with the International Day against Drug...

Margarette Julius, student of UTC from Ecolink organized awareness programs in Nigeria

Disentangling substance use and related problems: urgency predicts substance-related problems beyond the degree of use

Scientific article

7 July 2021

Background: Substance use disorders are reliably associated with high impulsivity and sensation seeking. Importantly, both precede problematic substance use, implicating them as risk factors. Individuals with substance use disorders show...

Effectiveness of a digital alcohol moderation intervention as an add-on to depression treatment for young adults: study protocol of a multicentre pragmatic randomized controlled trial

Scientific article

22 May 2021

Background: Depressive disorders and problematic drinking often co-occur, also among young adults. These co-occurring conditions are associated with various negative health outcomes compared to both conditions alone. Early intervention by...

Stigma towards people bereaved by drug-related death

Scientific article

Drug-related deaths can result in complex emotional turmoil for family members who are going through a grieving process at the same time as often experiencing a level of stigma. Despite the high frequency of drug-related deaths worldwide...

Online stakeholders engagement in commemoration of international day against drug abuse and illicit trafficking - 25th June 2021 at 11.00am

25 June 2021

Kampala

Uganda

Dear All,

Greetings from ISSUP Uganda chapter.

A randomised, double-blind study investigating the relationship between early childhood trauma and the rewarding effects of morphine

Scientific article

21 June 2021

Experiences of childhood trauma (abuse and neglect) are disproportionately higher in those with opioid use disorder (OUD). Childhood trauma may affect the reinforcing and rewarding properties of opioid drugs and responses to pain, potentially via developmental changes to the endogenous opioid system.