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Applying interventions designed to reduce and manage the symptoms of substance use disorders.

Mindfulness to Treat Addiction

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Mindfulness is a concept that has gained significant popularity over the past few years that involves the practice of being fully present. Mindfulness involves the nonjudgmental awareness of thoughts, feelings, and surroundings. Mindfulness...

Medication for the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder: A Brief Guide

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Current evidence shows that medications are underused in the treatment of alcohol use disorder, including alcohol abuse and dependence. Although many experts in addiction believe that patients with moderate or severe alcohol-related...

UNODC Prevention, Treatment & Rehabilitation Section: Questionnaire on COVID-19 and Drug Use Disorder Treatment Services

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The Prevention, Treatment & Rehabilitation Section (PTRS) of UNODC developed a questionnaire to gather insights into the current challenges and responses to COVID-19 and the continuity of drug treatment services. The questionnaire is...

How Many Drinkers Should Be in Treatment? An Effectiveness Bank Hot Topic

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29 May 2020

HOW MANY DRINKERS SHOULD BE IN TREATMENT? What proportion of England’s problem drinkers are in treatment, how far does that fall short of the number who *should* be – and how do we judge ‘should’? Depending on where you draw the line...

Mental-Health Physicians and Psychotherapists Teamed Up to Provide Support to the Population of Kazakhstan

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In today’s conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic and necessary quarantine measures taken by the Government of Kazakhstan psychosocial support and assistance, as well as self-education of stress management, supportive communication with each...

Webinar presentation on psychosocial support, Kazakhstan

The Treatment Organisation Is the Healing Context. Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix cell D2

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27 May 2020

THE TREATMENT ORGANISATION IS THE HEALING CONTEXT Seminal and key research on how treatment organisations create an environment affecting whether staff and alcohol-dependent patients realise their potential. Starts with the US resource...

How is COVID-19 shaping the future of drug services in Europe?

20 May 2020

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The EMCDDA is offering a new series of webinars around the theme of COVID-19. The purpose of the webinars is to help those working in the drugs field understand how drug users, and those supporting them, are coping with the pandemic and to share knowledge and experience. The webinars will give a voice to key professionals working in the drugs field and will allow for discussion on emerging challenges.