Professor Clausen has published the Commentary; "Coherent long-term treatment approaches–superior in the treatment of opioid dependence" in Addiction's June issue. The Commentary is in response to the Evans et al paper; "Mortality among individuals accessing pharmacological treatment for opioid dependence in California, 2006–10".
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The results of a pilot study of group exercise among addiction patients in Oslo have been published in The Scandinavian Journal of Public Health.
Depression is a relatively common disorder among adults and older persons. Most of our current knowledge base regarding mental health and depression stems from Western countries. Little knowledge about the prevalence as well as factors associated with depression is known from low-and middle income countries and from Africa.
Sunday August 31st marked the International Overdose Awareness day. SERAF - the Norwegian Center for Addiction Research was present at the event at Eidsvoll Square in front of the Parliament.
PhD-candidate Marianne Riksheim with colleagues has recently published a study of the Norwegian OMT programmes development in a ten year period. The study was published in the American Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment.
Opioid maintenance treatment (OMT) is associated with reduced crime among heroin users, but little is known about how crime changes during different phases of treatment. The aim of this study was to investigate changes in criminal convictions on a day-to-day basis before and after entry or discharge from OMT.
Aims: Investigate possible differences in criminal convictions in four health regions in Norway among a national cohort of OMT-patients before, during, and after treatment: also investigate treatment retention and other factors that may be associated with treatment outcome.
The aim of this study was to assess possible differences in treatment organisation, practices and outcomes between 14 regional centres within the Norwegian Opioid Maintenance Treatment programme, which were subject to the same government standards.
PhD candidate Anne Opsal and colleges, among others from SERAF, have recently published the study "Substance abuse in patients admitted voluntarily and involuntarily to acute psychiatric wards: a national cross-sectional study" in the journal Norsk Epidemiologi.
This study examined patient perception of 12-step fellowships (e.g., Narcotics Anonymous, NA) and the intent to participate in TSGs after receiving detoxification treatment.
Heroin users are found to have high levels of criminal activity, especially related to income-generating crime. On this background we wanted to investigate changes in criminal involvement among patients in opioid maintenance treatment, prior to, during and after treatment.
In this study we investigated frequency and types of criminal convictions among a national sample of heroin users during a 3-year period prior to Opioid Maintenance Treatment (OMT).