Substance-Related Disorders - Prevention & control
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Improving the management of chronic non-malignant pain and reducing problems associated with prescription opioids.

19 Sep 2009 New guidelines and a multidisciplinary approach have the potential to help patients in need while minimising inappropriate use of ... Read more...

Universal intervention as a protective shield against exposure to substance use: long-term outcomes and public health significance.

15 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVES: We examined universal preventive intervention effects on adolescents' exposure to opportunities for substance use and on illicit substance use in the long term. METHODS: Public schools (N = 22) were randomly assigned to the Iowa ... Read more...

Effective methods to improve recruitment and retention in school-based substance use prevention studies.

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: Poor recruitment and high attrition may invalidate results of research studies. This paper describes successful recruitment and retention strategies in a school-based substance use prevention trial and explores factors associated with ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Substance-Related Disorders - Prevention & control'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Proposed FDA rules on painkillers in U.S. Rile cancer community. 29 Sep 2009
• Improving the management of chronic non-malignant pain and reducing problems associated with prescription opioids. 19 Sep 2009
• Universal intervention as a protective shield against exposure to substance use: long-term outcomes and public health significance. 15 Sep 2009
• Effective methods to improve recruitment and retention in school-based substance use prevention studies. 30 Aug 2009
• Understanding the importance of Communities That Care. 30 Aug 2009
• Results of a type 2 translational research trial to prevent adolescent drug use and delinquency: a test of Communities That Care. 30 Aug 2009
• Behavioral treatment of substance abuse in schizophrenia. 30 Jul 2009
• Peer assistance reaches its 25th year. 30 Jul 2009
• The BRAVE (Building Resiliency and Vocational Excellence) Program: evaluation findings for a career-oriented substance abuse and violence preventive intervention. 30 Jul 2009
• A school-based program to prevent adolescent dating violence: a cluster randomized trial. 30 Jul 2009
• Reducing health disparities through a culturally centered mentorship program for minority faculty: the Southwest Addictions Research Group (SARG) experience. 30 Jul 2009
• [Expert opinion on opioid therapy of non-tumorous pain] 28 Jul 2009
• From "tough on crime" to "smart on crime". 18 Jul 2009
• Health outcomes of youth development programme in England: prospective matched comparison study. 5 Jul 2009
• [Zolpidem dependence and withdrawal seizure] 29 Jun 2009
• Supporting mothers in recovery: parenting classes. 29 Jun 2009
• Substance use 2: nursing assessment, management and types of intervention. 29 Jun 2009
• Survey of alcohol and other drug use attitudes and behaviors in nursing students. 29 Jun 2009
• A review of drug prevention system development in Romania and its impact on youth drug consumption trends, 1995-2005. 29 Jun 2009
• Pandemic or not, addiction deserves attention. 29 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Substance-Related Disorders'

Definition: Disorders related to substance abuse, the side effects of a medication, toxin exposure, and ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS.

Descriptor UI: D019966

Alternative terms: Substance-Related Disorders; Drug Dependence; Dependence, Drug; Drug Addiction; Addiction, Drug; Drug Habituation; Habituation, Drug; Drug Usage; Usage, Drug; Substance Use Disorders; Disorder, Substance Use; Substance Use Disorder; Glue Sniffing; Sniffing, Glue; Organic Mental Disorders, Substance-Induced; Organic Mental Disorders, Substance Induced; Substance Abuse; Abuse, Substance; Abuses, Substance; Substance Abuses; Substance Dependence; Dependence, Substance; Substance Addiction; Addiction, Substance; Drug Abuse; Abuse, Drug; Drug Use Disorders; Disorder, Drug Use; Drug Use Disorder;

Related Mesh Headings: Drug and Narcotic Control; Psychoses, Alcoholic; Street Drugs; Designer Drugs; Codependency (Psychology); Alcohol-Related Disorders;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C21.739; F03.900;

History Note: 98(63)

Technical Notes: consider also PSYCHOSES, SUBSTANCE-INDUCED or PSYCHOSES, ALCOHOLIC; /diag: consider SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION