SCOPING QUESTION: Which psychosocial interventions are effective in the management of cannabis dependence?
Q1: Are brief psychosocial interventions for people using cannabis or psychostimulants effective in reducing drug use, dependence and harm from drug use?
SCOPING QUESTION:Which psychosocial interventions are effective in the treatment of psychostimulant dependence for adults and young people?
Alcohol contributes significantly to the disease and mortality burden in the WHO European Region, and primary health care systems play an important role in reducing the impact of harmful alcohol use. Screening and brief interventions (SBIs) for alcohol are an evidence-informed approach to addressing... the needs of the many patients presenting in primary care who may benefit from reducing their alcohol consumption. This manual provides information to plan training and support for primary care practitioners to confidently deliver SBI for alcohol problems to their patients. The manual outlines the background and evidence base for SBI, and gives practical advice on establishing an implementation programme as well as detailed educational materials to develop the knowledge and skills of participants in organized training sessions.
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Mental Health First Aid Guidelines
Accessed: 14.03.2019
SCOPING QUESTION: In the management of prescription opioid dependence, does supervised dosing with a long-acting opioid medication result in less opioid use and related harms than non-prescription, detoxification or usual care?
Amphetamine-type stimulants, new psychoactive substances
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World Drug Report 2017
Accessed: 14.03.2019
Opiates, cocaine, cannabis
World Drug Report 2017
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Accessed: 14.03.2019
Petersen et al. Int J Ment Health Syst (2016) 10:30 DOI 10.1186/s13033-016-0060-z
Good mental health is integral to human health and well being. A person’s mental health and many common mental disorders are shaped by various social, economic, and physical environments operating at different stages of life. Risk factors for many common mental disorders are heavily associated wit...h social inequalities, whereby the greater the inequality the higher the inequality in risk.
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PLoSONE 14(3):e0213242.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213242
Position Statement
Diabetes Care2018;42(Suppl. 1):S1–S194.
Depression is a leading cause of non-fatal disease burden worldwide, with a lifetime prevalence of 9% among European adult men and 17% among European adult women.
The task at hand requires substantial investments in preventive mental health care, but the potential benefits can be equally rewarding.... After all, mental wellbeing is a key resource for learning, productivity, participation and inclusion. Investing in proactive care to promote, protect and sustain mental health in the population is therefore likely to offer good value for money.
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SADF POLICY BRIEF
31 October 2018 Issue n° 8
ISSN: 2406-5625
Alcohol, medication, tobacco, illegal drugs, addictive behaviour
Second, revised edition with new layout
Juni 2014