Teaching postgraduates about managing drug and alcohol misuse

Teaching postgraduates about managing drug and alcohol misuse.

A working group of the UK medical royal colleges reported recently on the core competencies needed by all postgraduate specialist trainees regarding substance misuse. This follows other recent reports, including those from individual royal colleges, parliament, and other stakeholders, that highlight the need to change the system by which we recognise and manage drug and alcohol misuse. Such cha...

Managing older people's alcohol misuse in primary care.

Alcohol and drug misuse, abuse, and dependence in women veterans.

We conducted a systematic literature review on substance misuse, abuse, and dependence in women veterans, including National Guard/reserve members. We identified 837 articles published between 1980 and 2013. Of 56 included studies, 32 reported rates of alcohol misuse, binge drinking, or other unhealthy alcohol use not meeting diagnostic criteria for abuse or dependence, and 33 reported rates of...

Alcohol misuse in adolescents

Alcohol misuse in young people is of growing concern, even though alcohol consumption among adolescents has declined over recent years. Many 15 year olds have already consumed alcohol and adolsecents tend to consume large quantities of alcohol in one sitting. This article describes the problem of alcohol misuse in young people and the nurse’s role in the prevention and treatment of alcohol misu...

Drug Misuse, Dependence and Addiction

Article history: Received on: 13/02/2013 Revised on: 15/02/2013 Accepted on: 09/03/2013 Available online: 28/03/2013 Drug addiction presents a chronic relapsing disorder characterized by persistent drug-seeking and taking behaviors. Given the significant detrimental effects of this disease both socially and economically, a considerable research has been dedicated to understanding a number of is...