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  • Screening and Assessment of Co-occurring Disorders in the Justice System
    Department of Health and Human Services
    This monograph examines a wide range of evidence-based practices for screening and assessment of people in the justice system who have co-occurring mental and substance use disorders (CODs). Use of evidence-based approaches for screening and assessment is likely to result in more accurate matching of offenders to treatment services and more effective treatment and supervision o...
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    33,73 €

  • Substance Use Disorder Treatment for People With Co-Occurring Disorders (Treatment Improvement Protocol) TIP 42 (Updated March 2020)
    Department of Health and Human Services
    This Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) update is intended to provide addiction counselors and other providers, supervisors, and administrators with the latest science in the screening, assessment, diagnosis, and management of co-occurring disorders (CODs). For purposes of this TIP, CODs refer to co-occurring substance use disorders (SUDs) and mental disorders. Clients with C...
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    38,85 €

  • The Dementias
    Department of Health and Human Services
    Dementia is the loss of cognitive functioning?the ability to think, remember, or reason?to such an extent that it interferes with a person?s daily life and activities. These functions include memory, language skills, visual perception, problem solving, self-management, and the ability to focus and pay attention. Some people with dementia cannot control their emotions, and their...
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    18,82 €

  • Frontotemporal Disorders
    Department of Health and Human Services
    Few people have heard of frontotemporal disorders, which lead to dementias that affect personality, behavior, language, and movement. These disorders are little known outside the circles of researchers, clinicians, patients, and caregivers who study and live with them. Although frontotemporal disorders remain puzzling in many ways, researchers are finding new clues that will he...
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    18,72 €

  • Counselor?s Treatment Manual
    Department of Health and Human Services
    The Matrix IOP method was developed initially in the 1980s in response to the growing numbers of individuals entering the treatment system with cocaine or methamphetamine dependence as their primary substance use disorder. Many traditional treatment models then in use were developed primarily to treat alcohol dependence and were proving to be relatively ineffective in treating ...
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    33,74 €

  • Client?s Handbook
    Department of Health and Human Services
    The handouts in this book will help you get the most out of your Matrix treatment. Some handouts ask questions and have spaces for your answers. Other handouts ask you to read and think about a subject or an idea, or they contain advice or reminders about recovery. It is a good idea to keep and review the handouts after you have used them. They will help you stay strong as you ...
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    24,06 €

  • Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) - Methods for Using Data to Inform Practice
    Department of Health and Human Services
    The Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) program has become a globally recognized model for safely and effectively assisting people with mental and substance use disorders who experience crises in the community. The CIT Model promotes strong community partnerships among law enforcement, behavioral health providers, people with mental and substance use disorders, along with their fami...
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    19,70 €

  • Principles of Community-based Behavioral Health Services for Justice-involved Individuals
    Department of Health and Human Services
    Community-based behavioral health providers and systems have an essential role in serving individuals with mental and substance use disorders who are currently or formerly involved with the criminal justice system. These individuals are a part of every community, and as for all community members with behavioral health needs, individualized, integrated, comprehensive, coordinate...
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    19,62 €

  • Tip 61 - Behavioral Health Services for American Indians and Alaska Natives
    Department Of Health And Human Services
    American Indians and Alaska Natives haveconsistently experienced disparities in access tohealthcare services, funding, and resources; qualityand quantity of services; treatment outcomes;and health education and prevention services.Availability, accessibility, and acceptability ofbehavioral health services are major barriers torecovery for American Indians and Alaska Natives.Com...
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    31,75 €

  • Medications for Opioid Use Disorder - Treatment Improvement Protocol (Tip 63)
    Department of Health and Human Services
    Treatment Improvement Protocol 63 - For Healthcare and Addiction Professionals, Policymakers, Patients, and Families - This TIP reviews three Food and Drug Administration-approved medications for opioid use disorder treatment-methadone, naltrexone, and buprenorphine-and the other strategies and services needed to support people in recovery. ...
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    37,58 €

  • Disaster Planning Handbook for Behavioral Health Treatment Programs (TAP 34)
    Abuse Treatment / Department Of Health And Human Services / Substanc Health Services Administration
    This TAP is intended for use by the disaster planning team of the behavioral health treatmentprogram and others responsible for management and oversight of preparedness. This team may include program administrators responsible for developing and activating the organization’sdisaster plan, as well as senior staff members and clinicians who play leadership roles indeveloping and ...
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    26,60 €

  • Effects of Omega-3 Fatty Acids on Mental Health
    Agency for Healthc Research and Quality / Department Of Health And Human Services
    Objectives: The purpose of this study was to conduct a systematic review of the scientificmedicalliterature to identify, appraise and synthesize the evidence for the effects of omega-3fatty acids in mental health. Evidence was sought to permit the investigation of three basicquestions: the efficacy and safety of omega-3 fatty acids as (primary or supplemental) treatmentof psych...
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    43,28 €

  • Screening for Cervical Cancer - Systematic Evidence Review (Number 25)
    Department of Health and Human Services
    The evidence we reviewed indicates that a reasonable age at which to initiate cervical cancer screening in women is age 21. Screening before this age is complicated by relatively high rates of transient HPV and regressive cervical abnormalities, with very few actual cancer cases. Current data cannot assure that beginning screening after this age is clearly safe, particularly in...
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    27,35 €

  • Environmental Cleaning for the Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections
    Department Of Health And Human Services
    Background: The cleaning of hard surfaces in hospital rooms is essential for reducing the risk of healthcare-associated infections. Many methods are available for cleaning and monitoring cleanliness, but their comparative effectiveness is not well understood. Purpose: This Technical Brief summarizes the evidence base addressing environmental cleaning of high-touch surfaces in h...
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    24,75 €

  • Simple Solutions Ergonomics for Construction Workers
    Department of Health and Human Services: / National Institute for Occupational Safe
    This booklet is intended for construction workers, unions, supervisors, contractors, safety specialists, human resources managers-anyone with an interest in safe construction sites. Some of the most common injuries in construction are the result of job demands that push the human body beyond its natural limits. Workers who must often lift, stoop, kneel, twist, grip, stretch, re...
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    17,72 €

  • Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program
    Department of Health and Human Services: / National Institute for Occupational Safe
    The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is a United States federal agency that is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). NIOSH conducts research, promotes safety and makes recommendations to prevent illnesses and injuries in the US workplaces. This document contains investigation reports that are examples of reports for traumati...
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    17,78 €

  • Slip, Trip, and Fall Prevention for Healthcare Workers
    Department of Health and Human Services: / National Institute for Occupational Safe
    According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics [2009], the incidence rate of lost-workday injuries from slips, trips, and falls (STFs) on the same level in hospitals was 38.2 per 10,000 employees, which was 90% greater than the average rate for all other private industries combined (20.1 per 10,000 employees). STFs as a whole are the second most common cause of lost-workday i...
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    17,17 €

  • Criteria for a Recommended Standard
    Department of Health and Human Services: / National Institute for Occupational Safe
    This document examines the occupational health risks associated with exposures to respirable coal mine dust over a working lifetime. Such exposures are associated with the development of occupational respiratory diseases, including simple coal workers’ pneumoconiosis (CWP), progressive massive fibrosis (PMF), and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Epidemiological stu...
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    27,09 €

  • Mining Publication
    Department of Health and Human Services: / National Institute for Occupational Safe
    This Bureau of Mines manual for design of surface mine haulage roads covers such aspects of haulage road design as road alignment (both vertical and horizontal), construction materials, cross slope, and drainage provisions. Traffic control and design of proper lane widths to promote safe vehicle movement are included, as are suggested criteria for road and vehicle maintenance a...
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    14,77 €

  • Strategic Plan for NIOSH Nanotechnology Research and Guidance
    Department of Health and Human Services: / National Institute for Occupational Safe
    The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is pleased to present the Strategic Plan for NIOSH Nanotechnology Research and Guidance: Filling the Knowledge Gaps. This plan updates the September 2005 strategic plan using knowledge gained from results of ongoing research as described in the 2007 report Progress Toward Safe Nanotechnology in the Workplace: A R...
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    17,69 €

  • Demands on the Knee During Kneeling and Squatting Activities Common to Low-seam Mining
    Department of Health and Human Services: / National Institute for Occupational Safe
    In 2009, the operating height of approximately one fourth of underground coal mines in the U.S. restricted mine workers to kneeling, crawling, and/or stooping posture to perform work [MSHA 2009). The large number of knee injuries to these workers is likely attributed to exposure to musculoskeletal disorder risk factors (prolonged kneeling, crawling, and twisting on one’s knees)...
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    17,14 €

  • Spirometry Quality Assurance
    Department of Health and Human Services: / National Institute for Occupational Safe
    Spirometry is the most common pulmonary function test (PFT) and it plays a central role in occupational respiratory disease surveillance programs. Accurate spirometry testing, interpretation, and follow-up are critical to effective screening and surveillance of workers exposed to respiratory hazards and to the management of patients in the clinical setting.Spirometry quality as...
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    15,79 €

  • Current Intelligence Bulletin 64
    Department of Health and Human Services: / National Institute for Occupational Safe
    Since its inception in 1970 the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has extensively investigated and assessed coal miner morbidity and mortality. This history of research encompasses epidemiology; medical surveillance; laboratory-based toxicology, biochemistry, physiology, and pathology; exposure assessment; disease prevention approaches; and methods d...
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    17,17 €

  • Health Effects of Exposure to Wood Dust and Wood Dust References
    Department of Health and Human Services: / National Institute for Occupational Safe
    This report identifies and summarizes the literature on the potential health effects of exposure to wood dust. This comprehensive literature review:defines wood discusses occupational exposure standards and reconmendations for wood dustdescribes reports of animal and in vitro testingexamines human health effects including dermatitis, allergic respiratory effects, mucosal and no...
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    21,10 €

  • Progress Toward Safe Nanotechnology in the Workplace
    Department of Health and Human Services: / National Institute for Occupational Safe
    This document is a report of the progress of the NIOSH Nanotechnology Research Center (NTRC) since its inception in 2004 through 2006. Using only internally redirected resources, the NTRC has begun to make contributions to all the steps in the continuum from hazard identification to risk management.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is pa...
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    20,95 €

  • Approaches to Safe Nanotechnology
    Department of Health and Human Services: / National Institute for Occupational Safe
    The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is a United States federal agency that is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). NIOSH conducts research, promotes safety and makes recommendations to prevent illnesses and injuries in the US workplaces. The following document is a publication issued by NIOSH, in hopes that it will assist ...
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    20,21 €

  • Early Detection of Insulation Failure in Electric Motors
    Department of Health and Human Services: / National Institute for Occupational Safe
    A system capable of monitoring mine electrical power systems and detecting impending component failure could significantly improve power system safety and reduce unscheduled equipment downtime. Such monitoring would require a method of evaluating electrical parameters, calculated from terminal values, for indications of component deterioration. The U.S. Bureau of Mines has targ...
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    15,61 €

  • A Practical Guide To Effective Hearing Conservation
    Department of Health and Human Services: / National Institute for Occupational Safe
    Noise is one of the most pervasive occupational health problems in America today. Approximately nine million workers are exposed on their jobs to noise levels that are potentially hazardous to their hearing. Fortunately, noise-induced hearing loss can be reduced, or often eliminated, through the successful application of occupational hearing conservation programs (HCPs).This wo...
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    17,35 €

  • Mining Publication
    Department of Health and Human Services: / National Institute for Occupational Safe
    The U.S. Bureau of Mines and Michigan Technological University (MTU) are collaborating to develop an apparatus for measuring diesel tailpipe emissions in underground mines. A tailpipe Emissions Measurement Apparatus (EMA) is described that dilutes diesel exhaust and measures the concentrations of diesel particulate matter (DMP), CO, CO2, NO, and NO2 at known dilution ratios. Th...
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    15,55 €

  • Down Home Healthy Cooking
    National Institutes of Health / US Department Health and Human Services
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    15,26 €


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