Cannabis Legalization in Germany: A Few Comments on Selected Cornerstones of the Proposed Regulatory Framework from an International Scientific PerspectiveAbstract:Objective: Germany´s federal government has ...
CME: Hormonal Therapy for Gender Incongruence and Gender DysphoriaAbstract. The discrepancy between the inherited gender and the perceived gender identity is called gender incongruity. In this article the major ...
Systems to monitor addiction treatment – do they make sense? National and international experiencesAbstract.Objective: Monitoring systems for the treatment of substance use disorders (MfS) are utilized to monitor ...
Measurement of change and outcome monitoring in clinical practiceMeasurement of change and outcome monitoring are useful tools enhancing mental health services. Their use aims at assuring the quality of treatment and extending treatment options. ...
During the last two decades the prevalence of patients needing chronic renal replacement therapy has increased progressively. Furthermore, the dialysis population has significantly changed. Patients are older, have multiple comorbidities, and have a ...
Oral treatments for groups of pigs via medicated feed must be prescribed on specific forms submitted to veterinary authorities. We analyzed 869 such prescription forms for the year 2009 representing the treatment of 69'863 piglets and 31'506 fattening ...
Vitamin A deficiency continues to be a global public health problem. Fortification of oil with vitamin A is considered a cost-effective, feasible strategy to prevent this problem but quality control poses a challenge to program implementation. To overcome ...
Aims: Alcohol is a substantial risk factor for mortality and the burden of disease globally. In accordance with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol, we estimated recorded, unrecorded, tourist, and ...
The aim of this study was to compare the results of invasive arterial blood pressure measurement using an electronic pressure transducer (EPT) or an aneroid pressure system (APS) in cattle. A catheter was placed in the auricular artery of 11 adult cattle ...
Design and methodology of the 2007 statistical report on substance-abuse treatment in GermanyAim: To describe the design, sampling procedure, and methodology of the 2007 statistical report on substance-abuse treatment in Germany. </p><p> Method: Selected ...
Treatment of substance-abuse patients in Germany: Results from the 2007 statistical report on substance-abuse treatment facilitiesAims: To report treatment and patient characteristics from the 2007 data from substance-abuse treatment facilities and to ...
Anomalies in the statistical report for 2003 on outpatient treatment facilitites for substance-use disorders in Germany: A trend or an artefact?<span class="fett">Aims:</span> Among other things, the German statistical report on substanceabuse treatment ...
Monitoring the abuse of prescription drugs in 2006 in outpatient substance-abuse treatment centres (PHAR-MON)<span class="fett">Background:</span> PHAR-MON is a system for monitoring prescription drug use in Germany and determining its roll in the ...
Monitoring of deliberate self-harm (DSH) presentations to hospitals (and in other settings) is receiving increased attention in many countries. This is due to greater recognition of the size of the problem and awareness of its relevance to suicide ...
German statistical report for 2004 on outpatient treatment facilities for substance use disorders<B>Aims:</B> Apart from general-structural, client-referral and treatment-related questions, this year for this first time the following questions are also ...
German statistical report for 2004 on inpatient treatment facilities for substance use disorders<B>Aims:</B> To examine this year for the first time the following questions, in addition to general, structural, client-referral, and treatment-related ...
German statistical report for 2003 on outpatient treatment facilities for substance use disorders<B>Aim:</B> The annual analysis of statistical data on outpatient treatment centres in Germany provides information about the service delivery structure, ...