Addiction

TOPIC

Addiction

Addiction

Addiction to substances such as tobacco, alcohol, drugs (including New Psychoactive Substances - NPS) and behavioral addictions (gambling, food, internet and new technologies, doping) are important risk factors for public health.

The Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS, the National Institute of Health in Italy) works to prevent and combat these addictions, contributes to the knowledge of phenomena from an epidemiological point of view, optimizes the pathways of diagnosis and treatment and the improvement of interventions through specific areas of research, as well as control, supervision, information, training and advice. It also advises through what is known as the Help line (telephone counseling and scientific information) on addictions and doping and offers support for improving the quality of performance of the National Health Service (NHS) pharmacology laboratories.

In particular, tobacco consumption is one of the major risk factors in the development of cancer, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. Emerging phenomenon is also the intake of nicotine through next-generation tobacco products and e-cigarettes. Alcohol is the first substance capable of causing high social impact addiction. Drug addiction today is represented by the phenomenon of taking more classic abuse substances, including alcohol and new psychoactive substances.

Gambling disorder, food and internet addiction are behavioral addictions that in addition to causing clinically significant discomfort and/or disorders are a public health problem of increasing importance with a high impact in daily life.



Back Linee Guida per la determinazione delle sostanze d'abuso nelle urine


Sono disponibili le Linee Guida per la determinazione delle sostanze d'abuso nelle urine, realizzate grazie al finanziamento della Regione Lazio: Progetto regionale 'Monitoraggio e miglioramento della qualità dei laboratori di tossicologia in ambito regionale' DGR 556/2010.
Lo scopo di questo documento è quello di fornire, ai laboratori ed agli enti nazionali di accreditamento; delle linee guida condivise a livello nazionale, che tengano conto di quanto prodotto a livello internazionale sulle pratiche di laboratorio da seguire per effettuare la ricerca delle sostanze d’abuso nella matrice urinaria. Queste linee guida, inoltre, mirano a fornire un sostegno pratico ai laboratori che progettano di effettuare (o che già effettuano) le analisi sulle sostanze d’abuso nelle urine, in modo che essi possano far propri i requisiti necessari all’implementazione di un servizio al cliente di elevata qualità.



National centre for addiction and doping

Doping Drugs Linee guida

Dipartimenti/Centri/Servizi

National addiction and doping center

Target

Healthcare professional

Content type

Data Document

Topics

Dependencies Drugs Doping