Overdose Prevention and Response A guide for people who use drugs and harm reduction staff in Eastern Europe and Central Asia [PDF]
Provides an overview of the drug overdose problem in Eastern Europe and Central Asia; describes overdose symptoms, factors that affect overdose risk, prevention methods, and step-by-step responses to an overdose.
Curtis, Matt, Guterman, Lydia
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Appendix 19: Approximate Methadone Equivalents of Other Opioids/Opiates [PDF]
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Comparison of the Effectiveness of Existential Group Therapy with Cognitive-Behavioral Group Therapy on Increasing Life Satisfaction among the Methadone Maintenance Patients [PDF]
Saeed Alami +3 more
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National consensus statement on opioid agonist treatment in custodial settings
Abstract Introduction Opioid use and dependence are prevalent among incarcerated people, contributing to elevated rates of overdose and other harms in this population. Opioid agonist treatment (OAT) has been shown to be an effective intervention to mitigate these risks. However, challenges to health care implementation in the custodial sector result in
Jocelyn Chan +7 more
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From the Mountaintops: What the World Can Learn from Drug Policy Change in Switzerland [PDF]
Reviews Switzerland's drug policy of policing, prevention, treatment, and harm reduction, including low-threshold methadone programs, needle exchanges, and safe injection rooms.
Csete, Joanne
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Developing a Counselling and Psychotherapy Competency Framework for Addictions: A Systematic Review
ABSTRACT Background Adults with addictions may turn to professional counsellors and psychotherapists for help. Addictions work comprises a specialist counselling skillset. This article summarises the literature review and analysis that underpins the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy's (BACP) Addictions Competence Framework.
Faisal Mahmood +8 more
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Trends in long-term prescribing of dependence forming medicines [PDF]
Using patient-level primary care data to estimate the extent to which antidepressant medicines are prescribed to people continuously for long periods of time.
McManus, S. +3 more
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Comment on “Methadone Dose Adjustments, Plasma R-Methadone Levels and Therapeutic Outcome of Heroin Users: A Randomized Clinical Trial” [PDF]
E. De Bernardis
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Electrokinetic Manipulations Combined With Direct and Ambient Ionization Mass Spectrometry
ABSTRACT Mass spectrometry (MS) is a powerful analytical technique that typically involves sample preparation and online analytical separation before MS detection. Traditional methods often face bottlenecks in sample preparation and analytical separation, despite the rapid detection capabilities of MS.
Nicholas E. Manicke +2 more
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