Cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) approaches have among the highest level of empirical support for drug and alcohol use disorder treatment. The unbearable impact of withdrawal syndrome such as physical related problems, psychological, social and ...
Khirza Maulida Fitri +1 more
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Putting Families First: How the Opioid Epidemic is Affecting Children and Families, and the Child Welfare Policy Options to Address It [PDF]
: Opioids and Child Welfare Across the country, placements in foster care are rising. In 2016, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reported that 273,539 children in the U.S. entered foster care.
American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Foster Care, Adoption, and Kinship Care +3 more
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Implementation of a quality improvement project on smoking cessation reduces smoking in a high risk trauma patient population. [PDF]
BackgroundCigarette smoking causes about one of every five deaths in the U.S. each year. In 2013 the prevalence of smoking in our institution's trauma population was 26.7 %, well above the national adult average of 18.1 % according to the CDC website. As
Carrens, Karen +5 more
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Aims Prescribing is a complex, essential skill that doctors must acquire to practice medicine safely and effectively. The British Pharmacological Society has historically provided a core curriculum to guide clinical pharmacology and prescribing education in UK medical schools.
Dagan O. Lonsdale +5 more
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The aim of this paper is to present changes in diagnostic criteria of alcohol use disorders and some consequences concerning change to therapy and pharmacotherapy approaches.
Agnieszka Samochowiec +3 more
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Opioid Exposed Mothers and Infants in Delaware: Clinical and Legal Considerations [PDF]
Drug use is on the rise in Delaware, as demonstrated by the continued increase in infants born with neonatal abstinence syndrome. Thoughful, evidence based, and coordinated approaches are necessary to impact this problem.
Paul, MD, David A. +1 more
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Cannabinoids and drug–drug pharmacokinetic interactions: Deciphering the risks
The relationship between cannabinoids and mental health has become a major focus of scientific inquiry and public discourse. Cannabinoids are diverse chemical compounds from the Cannabis species that have been explored for their therapeutic applications in treating chronic pain, psychiatric and neurological conditions, such as depression, schizophrenia,
Paraskevi Papakyriakopoulou +2 more
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Systemic and Intra-Habenular Activation of the Orphan G Protein-Coupled Receptor GPR139 Decreases Compulsive-Like Alcohol Drinking and Hyperalgesia in Alcohol-Dependent Rats. [PDF]
GPR139 is an orphan G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) that is expressed mainly in the brain, with the highest expression in the medial habenula. The modulation of GPR139 receptor function has been hypothesized to be beneficial in the treatment of some ...
Conlisk, Dana +5 more
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A Comparative Study of the Clinical Efficacy and Safety of Lorazepam and Chlordiazepoxide in Alcohol Dependence Syndrome [PDF]
Background: Currently, benzodiazepines are the preferred drugs in the management of alcohol withdrawal symptoms. Chlordiazepoxide and diazepam, the most frequently used drugs have a long duration of action and are converted to active metabolites in ...
Ranjani Ramanujam +3 more
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Tolerated or Celebrated? Black Men in Doctoral Counselor Education Programs
ABSTRACT Black students face more difficulties when it comes to gaining doctoral degrees compared to other races. However, not enough is known about Black men in doctoral counselor education (CE) programs. Using interpretive phenomenological analysis and guided by Black Critical Theory, we explored the lived experiences of 10 Black men in doctoral CE ...
Demetrius Cofield +2 more
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