Treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus in the elderly - Special considerations.

Type 2 diabetes is a frequent chronic disease. Given its strong positive association with older age, it is a significant public health issue in elderly populations. Furthermore, the aging of the population, driven by increasing life expectancy in high and middle-income countries leads to an increasing prevalence of diabetes.

[The transgenerational impact of child abuse. Health professionals' social and values].

Introduction: Child abuse is a worrying trend not only in our country but globally. The aim of the article is to present the adverse long-term consequences of child abuse, Adverse Childhood Experiences, which is a classified public health problem according to WHO. The attitude of primary care workers towards the prevention of abuse has a profound impact on the quality of prevention activities.

A needle in the haystack--the dire straits of needle exchange in Hungary.

Background: The two largest needle exchange programs (NEPs) in Hungary were forced to close down in the second half of 2014 due to extreme political attacks and related lack of government funding. The closures occurred against a background of rapid expansion in Hungary of injectable new psychoactive substances, which are associated with very frequent injecting episodes and syringe sharing. The aim of our analysis was to predict how the overall Hungarian NEP syringe supply was affected by the closures.

[Changes in psychosocial symptoms of opiate users over six months with buprenorphine/naloxone substitution therapy].

Aims: The main target of our research was to measure the changes in psychological symptoms (anxiety, depression, craving) of patients receiving buprenorphine-naloxone substitution treatment for six months, and the evaluation of the changes using the clients' dependency parameters (ASI).

Methods: The level of dependency was investigated using the Addicton Severity Index (ASI). The psychiatric symptoms related to Axis I and II disorders were examined using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV, SCID I and SCID II.

[New ways of higher education in nursing: globalisation of nursing leadership and its teaching--dual degree in nursing].

Our paper is presenting a new initiative regarding an international cooperation willing to develop a dual degree program in nursing, the so-called Transatlantic Curriculum in Nursing. The candidates--after successful completion of their studies--will get a European and an American partner diploma in nursing. The objective is to prepare an internationally and culturally competent workforce; develop the practice of nursing students' exchange programs; process the model of dual degree independent of geographical, political or cultural borders; spread the evidence-based nursing standards in the daily practice.