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Summary Report: Experience and Expertise of People with Lived and Living Experience on the Integration of Mental Health and Substance Use Health Services in Canada
While integrated services for mental health and substance use health have been studied for more than two decades no recent or comprehensive reviews exist — particularly with a peer research methodology — on how the people who use these...
Lisbon Addictions 2024: Call for abstracts
Lisbon Addictions 2024 is a multidisciplinary conference that provides both a forum for networking and an opportunity to showcase cutting-edge research. The conference is intended to inform policy development and practice through a better...
Who Helps The Helper? A Skills Transfer Program for Behavioural and Substance Use Professionals
Health & Wellness in Recovery: Programs & Topics
The American Addictions Centers provide insights into how a healthy diet and exercise can enhance overall health and recovery. This resource offers an overview of the root of addiction and how to overcome it through healthy life habits...
Eight Dimensions of Wellness
SAMHSA explains the concept of wellness, encompassing physical and mental health. This resource elaborates on the eight dimensions of wellness that cover various aspects of modern-day life, highlighting the interconnection between physical...
Estigma de profesionales de la salud y psicosociales hacia personas que usan drogas
Sports Betting and Depression among Youths in the SouthSouth Region of Nigeria
BACKGROUND: It has been noted that those addicted to gambling are at a high risk of developing mental health problems such as depression.
AIMS: This study was designed to determine the effect of participating in sports betting on...
Journey to Wellness Guide
Longtime wellness expert and creator of the 8 Dimensions of Health Dr. Peggy Swarbrick has published a new tool- a Journey to Wellness Guide.
This Journey to Wellness Guide is designed to help people find new ideas to use to begin or...
Regional, circuit and network heterogeneity of brain abnormalities in psychiatric disorders
Abstract
The substantial individual heterogeneity that characterizes people with mental illness is often ignored by classical case–control research, which relies on group mean comparisons. Here we present a comprehensive, multiscale...
Integrating Wellness in the Addiction Recovery Process
How the media can play its part in reducing the stigma surrounding substance use
In this blogpost, produced by academics from the University of Stirling, the authors discuss the See Beyond – See the Lives – Scotland campaign, which involves the stories of those left behind after losing a loved one to alcohol and drug...
Sanando a las familias, ayudando a los sistemas: Una guía de práctica informada sobre el trauma para trabajar con niños, jóvenes y familias
Esta guía se ocupa de promover la comprensión y la acción sobre los enfoques informados sobre el trauma que apoyan la prestación de programas y servicios para/con niños, jóvenes y familias. Un enfoque basado en el trauma es un enfoque de...
Imágenes estigmatizantes para los trastornos por uso de sustancias
El estigma es una barrera para el tratamiento de las personas con problemas de uso de sustancias. Aunque se han realizado investigaciones que exploran el impacto del lenguaje estigmatizante, se sabe menos sobre los efectos de las imágenes...
Provision of addiction treatment services during the war in Ukraine
Guía práctica para implementar un enfoque informado sobre el trauma
La guía se centra específicamente en herramientas y estrategias para implementar un enfoque informado sobre el trauma. Esta guía destaca la necesidad de una evaluación organizacional de la preparación y la capacidad antes de implementar un...
Stress and substance use among sexual and gender minority individuals
Sexual and gender minority individuals face marked disparities in substance use.
This narrative review explores research on substance use in sexual and gender minority communities. The authors define the sexual and gender minority...
Estrés, afrontamiento y contexto: Examinando el consumo de sustancias entre adultos jóvenes LGBTQ con probables trastornos por consumo de sustancias
En esta investigación, los autores exploraron cómo los adultos jóvenes lesbianas, gays, bisexuales, transgénero y queer (LGBTQ) con consumo problemático de sustancias daban sentido a su consumo de sustancias en relación con sus identidades...
Uso de sustancias en la comunidad LGBTQ+: Lista de lectura
El mes del orgullo lésbico, gay, bisexual, transgénero y queer (LGBTQ+) se celebra cada año durante el mes de junio. Aquí puede encontrar una lista de recursos e investigaciones sobre el tema del uso de sustancias entre la comunidad LGBTQ +...
Peer influences on substance use and mental health during adolescence
Presented by Dr Louise Birrell and Dr Jack Andrews, this webinar is for school staff, parents, and any health professionals interested in peer influences on substance use and mental health. In this webinar, they examine trends in...