Kimberly Johnson

Methods: Mind the Gap Optimization of Prevention Interventions Using MOST: State of the Science and Future Directions

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MOST addresses some of the primary issues in developing interventions that will actually be used in practice. Watch this NIDA video recording of a webinar last week.

https://prevention.nih.gov/education-training/methods-mind-gap/optimization-prevention-interventions-using-most-state-science-and-future-directions

 

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ICCAD 2019

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London

Optimal-ICAAD is a platform dedicated to expanding knowledge, exchanging ideas, advancing wellbeing and the prevention and treatment of Behavioural, Mental, and Emotional Health issues.

This year, iCAAD 2019 is about the realisation of...

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Jose Luis Vazquez Martinez

Suicide Prevention Competencies for Faith Leaders: Supporting Life Before, During, and After a Suicidal Crisis

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Source: National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention: Faith Communities Task Force. (2019). Suicide prevention competencies for faith leaders: Supporting life before, during, and after a suicidal crisis. Washington, DC: Education Development Center. This document advances several goals of the...
Suicide Prevention Competencies for Faith Leaders.pdf
Edie

International Conference on Aids and STIs in Africa (ICASA 2019)

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Edie

2nd International Conference on Addiction Research & Behavioral Health

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Vancouver
Canada

The 2nd International Conference on Addiction Research and Behavioural Health will take place on October 16-17th October in Vancouver, Canada.

The theme of the event is “Exploring Innovation in Addiction Research present Era" and topics...

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Edie

Childhood That Matters: The Impact of Drug Policies on Children and Adolescents With Imprisoned Mothers and Fathers in Latin America and the Caribbean

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Washington DC
United States

It is estimated that in Latin America there are more than 2 million children and adolescents who have one of their parents deprived of their liberty and that of these, almost half a million live in this situation due to the mass...

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Livia

Cues Give Clues in Relapse Prevention

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Madangopal, Rajtarun, Brendan J. Tunstall, Lauren E. Komer, Sophia J. Weber, Jennifer K. Hoots, Veronica A. Lennon, Jennifer M. Bossert, David H. Epstein, Yavin Shaham, and Bruce T. Hope. "Discriminative stimuli are sufficient for incubation of cocaine craving." eLife 8 (2019): e44427.

More than 85% of people who give up an addictive drug begin using it again within a year. Relapse can occur following exposure to cues that are found in the environment which trigger the memory of their drug-taking experience. These cues might be situations, places, sensations or objects and may grow in strength over time, a phenomenon called “incubation of craving”. Animal models of incubation have typically focused on how rats respond to cues that were present when they were previously taking drugs (conditioned stimuli) and cues indicating the availability of drugs (discriminative stimuli).

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Jose Luis Vazquez Martinez

¿Qué funciona en la prevención selectiva del consumo de alcohol y cánnabis en jóvenes vulnerables?

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El 8 de octubre de 2018, Noelia Vázquez y sus colaboradores publicaron en la Revista Española de Salud Pública el artículo ¿Qué funciona en la prevención selectiva del consumo de alcohol y cánnabis en jóvenes vulnerables? Para dicho trabajo, realizaron una revisión mediante una búsqueda exhaustiva...
Qué funciona en la prevención selectiva del consumo de alcohol y cánnabis en jóvenes vulnerables.pdf
Jose Luis Vazquez Martinez

Vinculan el abuso infantil con cambios en el cerebro y depresión posterior

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Fuente: https://www.neurologia.com/noticia/7180/vinculan-el-abuso-infantil-con-cambios-en-el-cerebro-y-depresion-posterior El abuso durante la niñez puede provocar cambios estructurales en el cerebro que aumentarían el riesgo de depresión grave y recurrente en la edad adulta. Los hallazgos dan más...
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Livia

Better Prevention of Drug Use, Healthy and Safe Development of Children in Belarus

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UNODC had the honour of facilitating a seminar for policy makers in Belarus at the request of the Ministry of Interior of the country. The event was organised with the support of the UN Resident Coordinator and the contribution of UNAIDS, UNFPA and UNICEF.
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Livia

UNODC Partnership with Lions Club to Develop Personal and Social Skills of Adolescents

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The UNODC/WHO Second Update Edition of the International Standards on Drug Use Prevention http://bit.ly/2D1Qua4 identifies evidence-based education on personal and social skills as one of the effective strategies to prevent drug use and other risky behaviours in early adolescence. We also know from the work of the WHO Violence Prevention Alliance that such programmes have been found to be effective in preventing youth violence (https://www.who.int/violenceprevention/en/). This is why UNODC was delighted to attend the Lions Day at the UN at the assembly hall of the Palais des Nation in Geneva...

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