Recent research from the drug and alcohol Bank : SMART recovery groups offer AA alternative to UK problem drinkers : 'Austerity plus recovery plus curtailed treatment equals more mutual aid is the formula for ways out of dependence in the post-credit crunch 2010s. But with only 12-step groups like AA, the offer is limited. What will it take for a cognitive-behavioural alternative to flourish in England was the question for this pilot project
Filed in Guidance, UK Alcohol Policy, recovery
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Tagged alcohol, binge drinking, plus-curtailed, policy, recovery, research, smart, the-post-credit, treatment
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Recent research from the drug and alcohol Bank : SMART recovery groups offer AA alternative to UK problem drinkers : 'Austerity plus recovery plus curtailed treatment equals more mutual aid is the formula for ways out of dependence in the post-credit crunch 2010s. But with only 12-step groups like AA, the offer is limited.
Using a combination of genetic engineering and laser technology, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have manipulated brain wiring responsible for reward-seeking behaviors, such as drug addiction. The work, conducted in rodent models, is the first to directly demonstrate the role of these specific connections in controlling behavior…
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Tagged carolina-at-chapel, chapel, chapel-hill, emonstrate-the-role, genetic-engineering, north, north-carolina, rodent-models, such-as-drug, the-first, the-role
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Nearly a third of high school students in the United States report smoking marijuana. Despite the mixed messages about the safety of marijuana, smoking grass is risky behavior for teens, who are, after all, still developing…
Abstract: Background: Computer simulations provide a useful tool for bringing together diverse sources of information in order to increase understanding of the complex aetiology of drug use and related harm, and to inform the development of effective policies. In this paper, we describe SimAmph, an agent-based simulation model for exploring how individual perceptions, peer influences and subcultural settings shape the use of psychostimulants and related harm amongst young Australians.Methods: We present the conceptual architecture underpinning SimAmph, the assumptions we made in building it, the outcomes of sensitivity analysis of key model parameters and the results obtained when we modelled a baseline scenario.Results: SimAmph’s core behavioural algorithm is able to produce social patterns of partying and recreational drug use that approximate those found in an Australian national population survey
Filed in Evidence Base
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Tagged assumptions, companion-paper, development, limitations, model, model-outlined, modified-as-new, outcomes, peer-influences, shape-the-use, the-assumptions, the-limitations, well-as-health
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Background: Using our research findings, we explore Harm Reduction and Maintenance Treatment (MMT) using an intersectional lens to provide a more complex understanding of Harm Reduction and MMT, particularly how Harm Reduction and MMT are experienced differently by people dependent on how they are positioned. Using the lens of intersectionality, we refine the notion of Harm Reduction by specifying the conditions in which both harm and benefit arise and how experiences of harm are continuous with wider experiences of domination and oppression; Methods: A qualitative design that uses ethnographic methods of in-depth individual and focus group interviews and naturalistic observation was conducted in a large city in Canada.
Almost a quarter of all youth that begin smoking, drinking or using drugs of any kind before the age of 18 go on to become severely addicted to some sort of drug in adulthood according to a new study released this week by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA). As a matter of fact, 90% of drug addictions begin in high school…
ABSTRACT Aims To re-examine various aspects of the benzodiazepines (BZDs), widely prescribed for 50 years, mainly to treat anxiety and insomnia.
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Tagged adverse, benzodiazepines, bzds, college, college-london, difficulty, introduction, possibility, reference, research, review
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Abstract Aim Very little is known about the relationship between obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and substance use disorders (SUD). Aim of the study is to compare the co-occurrence of OCD with SUD to the co-occurrence of SUD with other psychiatric disorders in a representative community sample. Design In order to examine the association of SUD and OCD logistic regression analysis were used generating odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for lifetime prevalence and 12-month prevalence
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Tagged 12-months-odds, association, being-diagnosed, cross-sectional, diagnostic, dutch, health, incidence-study, mental-health, netherlands, psychiatric, relationship, use-disorders, used-generating
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Doctors today (Wednesday, 29 June 2011) called for wide-ranging measures to be implemented to curb health risks due to alcohol consumption. Dr Paul Darragh, Chairman of the BMA’s Council in Northern Ireland said, “Alcohol misuse in Northern Ireland costs our economy almost £700 million pounds…