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Domino Effects: The impact of localism and austerity on services for young people and on drug problems
....The main focus of the project was on adult drug treatment services and policing but it became clear in the course of the research that in many areas youth services were being particularly hard hit by funding reductions.....
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PsychCentral
Mental health blog
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Detox, rehab keep few meth users clean long term
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many methamphetamine users who joined a residential rehabilitation program to quit their drug use succeeded initially - but after three years, all but a few had gone back to using, according to a new study from Australia.
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UCD School of Psychology and Headstrong study shows one third of young people have experienced mental health distress
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Suicide in rural areas linked to mental illness and economic issues
Mental illness, economic difficulty, and a male tendency to deny problems or refuse to seek help are contributing to the high level of suicide among men living in rural areas, a new study has found.
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7% surge in people taking their own lives
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Working with stigma
The stigmatisation of people who use drugs only pushes drug use to the hidden margins of our communities, decreasing adequate access to the resources that enable good health. Ultimately stigmatisation can lead to practices that pose potentially greater risk and sadly in some instances death.....
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Mencap
'We have a long way to go to make disability hate crime a thing of the past, but we have a good starting point in the 'Stand by me’ campaign. Learning Disability Week is a great opportunity to keep disability hate crime at the top of the police’s agenda and for people with a learning disability, their families and local campaigners to build stronger relationships with the police. '
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Netherlands judge backs cafe cannabis ban
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Dawn Willis sharing the News & Views of the Mentally Wealthy
Diagnosis matters not, judge me by my diagnosis would you?
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Mexican General's Murder Raises New Questions over Narco Ties
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WHO guidelines for mental, neurological and substance use disorders in low- and middle-income countries
14% of the global burden of disease is made up by these disorders and many people do not have access to the treatments they need. The programme asserts that with proper care, psychosocial assistance and medication, tens of millions could be treated for depression, schizophrenia, and epilepsy, prevented from suicide and begin to lead normal lives, even where resources are scarce.
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Drug treatments today
This post is a celebration of the increasing range and variety of online resources developed by the drug treatment world. It’s great to report that all sectors of the field are bringing their tradition of creativity to the world of web 2.0.
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Rwanda: Narcotics Panel Emphasises Treatment for Illicit Drug Users
Commission on Narcotic Drugs agrees a set of measures to prevent the use of illicit drugs and strengthen national and regional responses, including using treatment instead of incarceration to stem a worrying global trend in the abuse of narcotics
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What If Mental Illness is a Universal Experience? A Path Away from Stigma to Timely Treatment and Prevention
"In this new paradigm, there is simply illness and wellness, with vast implications for medicine and public policy if this so-called integrative approach to health were to replace our current dualistic stance..."
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An Interview with Monica Barratt
Monica Barratt is a Melbourne-based research fellow at the National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Australia. Her PhD, which has just been passed, was a mixed-methods study of online drug discussion. Monica is especially interested in how the the internet and other digital technologies intersect with drug use and drug market trends.
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Moderate Marijuana Use Does Not Impair Lung Function, Study Finds
New York Times report of major new research
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Students aren’t getting the facts about marijuana
From McLean's, the Canadian magazine. Includes very interesting set of comments afterwards/
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Small-time drug dealers to be spared jail in new rules
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It’s time to end the failed war on drugs
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Drugs/mind
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