Substance Use Prevention: A review of what it means and requires through the language of football/soccer
ISSUP presents Part Two of a two-part webinar on the topic of Substance Use Prevention.
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Bi-Monthly Webinar: ISSUP Nigeria Knowledge Update Series (Fifteenth Session)
ISSUP Nigeria would like to invite you to their next Bi-Monthly Webinar in the Knowledge Update Series. This Webinar will centre on 'Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) in Schizophrenia: Current Approach to Management'.
Substance use and homelessness
This research explored changes in the tobacco, alcohol and illicit drug use of people experiencing homelessness in the UK. Particularly, the researchers examined the following questions:
- what are the characteristics of people with...
UNODC launched a Training of Trainers (ToT) Programme on the Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC) Advanced Courses 9-15 in Pakistan
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Ensuring continued learning and offering opportunities to substance use dependence treatment professionals to learn advanced and evidence-based treatment techniques and strategies is one of the important missions of UNODC. In this...UNODC Trains Team of National Trainers from Central Asia on UTC 16 and UTC 19
The UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia supported a training of trainers (ToT) on “Course 16 – Advanced Clinical Skills “ and “Course 19 – “Enhancing Group Facilitation Skills” which took place in person in Almaty, Kazakhstan on 24-29...
Parental Substance Use: Supporting School Aged Children (BASW Practice Guide)
Children living with parents who use substances are a group of children who are overlooked in legislation, policy and practice.
This guide draws on research that puts children’s voices front and centre.
Findings from safeguarding...
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Two Countries and one problem: Prevention in Pediatrics
ISSUP Brasil presented a webinar with pediatricians discussing ways of prevention and how problems caused by substance use work.
Two pediatricians discuss the means of prevention and how problems caused by substance use work.
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Substance Use Prevention: A review of what it means and requires through the language of football/soccer
ISSUP presents Part One of a two-part webinar on the topic of Substance Use Prevention.
Cannabis and Adolescence
ISSUP Chile presented a webinar on the results of current research on the impact of cannabis use on the developing adolescent brain.
Guidelines for the care of mental health and spiritual harmonies of indigenous peoples and communities in Colombia
Document of the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Colombia, of guidelines for the care of mental health and spiritual harmonies of indigenous peoples and communities within the framework of SISPI, in coordination with the national...
Community Mental Health Center Success in Prevention and Treatment of People Who Use Psychoactive Substances
ISSUP Peru invites you to participate in a webinar on community addiction prevention and control services.
The webinar will take place on Thursday, October 20, 2022 at 11:00 (Peru time)
This webinar analyzes the activity that promotes...
Problematic opioid use in Ireland, 2015–2019
In this report, the Health Research Board presents the results of a study that aimed to estimate the prevalence of problematic opioid use in Ireland from 2015 to 2019 using a four-source capture-recapture method.
Key Findings:
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Registration opens for European Drugs Winter and Summer Schools 2023
The EMCDDA and the University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL) are delighted to open registration today for two upcoming joint events in 2023: the European Drugs Winter School (EDWS) and the European Drugs Summer School (EDSS) (1)(2).
EDW...
World Mental Health Day Celebrations Organized for 2022
On September 30, 2022, during International Recovery Month, the Grace International Rehabilitation Center for Psychiatry and Addiction Lahore organized a one-day workshop for professionals to enhance skills in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy...
Treatment Planning
Treatment Planning
This video is intended as a learning tool for developing a treatment plan adapted from UTC on course 5: Intake, Screening Assessment, Treatment Plan, and Documentation for Addiction Professionals. This video does not...
Assessment Using Addiction Severity Index Video Explanation
This video is intended as a learning tool for the understanding assessment using ASI adapted from UTC on course 5: Intake, Screening Assessment, Treatment Plan, and Documentation for Addiction Professionals. This video does not substitute...
New Training for Medical Providers: Integrating Addiction Medicine With Treatment Courts
NADCP is partnering with the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) to offer a new training for medical providers working with participants in drug treatment courts. This training will help medical providers learn how to successfully...
Mental Health and Substance Use: Reading List
Mental health and substance use issues are commonly linked, and it is important that practitioners are skilled and knowledgeable in identifying and working with the potential challenges an individual may be facing. For World Mental Health...
Integrating Substance Use and Mental Health Systems
Historically, substance use and mental health systems and services have operated independently. Yet many people who access substance use services also have mental health disorders. Improving client care means ensuring people can easily...