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    Alcohol use disorder and disability insurance in Switzerland: the attitudes and views of lawyers, insurance medical experts, and addiction-specialist therapists

    According to a landmark decision by the Swiss Federal Supreme Court, people with a substance use disorder (SUD) are now eligible for disability benefits if their disorder impairs their ability to work. Alcohol...

    Helen Wyler, Anja Maisch, Thomas Berger in Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and… (2022)

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    Relationship between benzodiazepine prescription, aggressive behavior, and behavioral disinhibition: a retrospective study in a Swiss prison

    Benzodiazepines are commonly prescribed in prisons amidst the controversies surrounding their potential role in causing behavioral disinhibition and aggressive behavior and their association with use and traff...

    Stéphanie Baggio, Vladan Starcevic, Patrick Heller, Karen Brändle in Harm Reduction Journal (2021)

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    Fifteen years of heroin-assisted treatment in a Swiss prison—a retrospective cohort study

    In the context of the current US opioid crisis and the compelling fact that a quarter to a third of all those addicted to heroin pass through its prisons and jails each year, the care of incarcerated opioid-us...

    Michael Liebrenz, Alex Gamma, Anna Buadze, Roman Schleifer in Harm Reduction Journal (2020)