dc.contributor.author | ReDNet Group | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-11-13T10:01:05Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-11-13T10:01:05Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013-07 | |
dc.identifier.citation | ReDNet Group 2013 , ' Novel psychoactive substances as a new challenge for health professionals : results of a survey carried out in Italy ' , Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental , vol. 28 , no. 4 , pp. 324–331 . | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0885-6222 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE: 1008005 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE UUID: a3a1eebc-8643-4ff6-b3d4-77cbe69cdf5c | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0001-7371-319X/work/98163890 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2299/12110 | |
dc.description.abstract | Introduction: Novel psychoactive substances (NPS; a.k.a. ‘legal highs’ or ‘smart drugs’) are advertised online as ‘safe’ and ‘legal’ natural/synthetic analogues of controlled illicit drugs. However, only little research has been carried out in identifying the health professionals' knowledge and expertise relating to the intake of these compounds. Methods: Data presented here refer to the Italian component of the European Union-wide, European Commission-funded, ReDNet project survey. An ad-hoc questionnaire was administered to professionals from the departments of Addiction, Psychiatry, Paediatrics and Emergency Room Services in Italy. Results: The interviewees' sample included 243 professionals, mostly from the departments of Addiction (35%) and Psychiatry (28.4%). Overall, interviewees self-reported a poor technical knowledge relating to NPS; some 27% of respondents confirmed of not being aware if their patients presented with a previous history of NPS misuse. Discussion: Novel psychoactive substances prevalence of misuse was not considered to be an unusual phenomenon in Italy, and most health professionals appeared to have concerns relating to associated medical and psychopathological risks, especially in terms of aggression/psychomotor agitation. Overall, most respondents reported the need to have better access to NPS-related reliable sources of information | en |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental | |
dc.title | Novel psychoactive substances as a new challenge for health professionals : results of a survey carried out in Italy | en |
dc.contributor.institution | Centre for Postgraduate Medicine | |
dc.contributor.institution | Health & Human Sciences Research Institute | |
dc.contributor.institution | Centre for Clinical Practice, Safe Medicines and Drug Misuse Research | |
dc.contributor.institution | Public Health | |
dc.contributor.institution | Prescription and Illicit Drug Misuse | |
dc.contributor.institution | Department of Pharmacy | |
dc.contributor.institution | Patient and Medicines Safety | |
dc.contributor.institution | Postgraduate Medicine | |
dc.contributor.institution | Health Services and Medicine | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | |
herts.preservation.rarelyaccessed | true | |