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The application and integration of the best available research, clinical expertise, quality marks and patient preferences to ensure high-quality care in substance use disorders services.
Keynote Speakers - WHO & UNODC and ICQ Official Launch, Day 2, Track 1, 08:00-09:00
Presented as part of the Uniting the global community to face the challenge of addiction event, in-person on 13th May, 2022
Presentations:
- Keynote WHO - Dr Vladimir Poznyak MD, PhD
- Keynote UNODC - Giovanna Campello
- ICQ Official...
Drug Policy, Day 1, Track 1, 11:00-12:30
Presented as part of the Uniting the global community to face the challenge of addiction event, in-person on 12th of May,2022
Presentations:
- Advocacy! Making Your Voice Known for Drug Demand Reduction - US. Senator Mattie Hunter
- Dev...
Patient perspectives on depot buprenorphine treatment for opioid addiction – a qualitative interview study
Background
Recently developed buprenorphine depot injections have the potential to reduce risk for diversion and misuse, and to increase adherence with fewer visits for supervised intake. However, it is unclear how patients perceive this...
A qualitative study exploring how young people perceive and experience substance use services in British Columbia, Canada
Background
Substance use among youth (ages 12–24) is troublesome given the increasing risk of harms associated. Even more so, substance use services are largely under utilised among youth, most only accessing support when in crisis. Few...
UNODC promotes the dialogue on drug demand reduction across Central Asia at ISSUP Abu Dhabi 2022 Conference
Within the framework of UNODC global project GLOJ71”Treating drug dependence and its health consequences: Treatnet II” UNODC ROCA in collaboration with Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section (PTRS) HQ supported participation of 19...
Εισαγωγή νέων μεθόδων και εργαλείων για τη διάγνωση και τη θεραπεία διαταραχών χρήσης ναρκωτικών που συζητήθηκαν στο Καζακστάν
Στις 15 Απριλίου 2022, το Περιφερειακό Γραφείο του UNODC για την Κεντρική Ασία σε συνεργασία με το Ρεπουμπλικανικό Επιστημονικό και Πρακτικό Κέντρο Ψυχικής Υγείας πραγματοποίησε μια «Εθνική Συζήτηση Στρογγυλής Τραπέζης σχετικά με την...
Introduction of new methods and tools for drug use disorders diagnostics and treatment discussed in Tajikistan
On 8 April 2022 UNODC conducted a national round table meeting on the introduction of new methods and tools for drug use disorders diagnostics and treatment in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
The event brought together some 20 experts from the...
National Round Table Discussion on application of new methods and tools of drug use disorders diagnostics and treatment in Uzbekistan
On 25 March 2022 the UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia held a National Round Table Discussion on application of new methods and tools of drug use disorders’ diagnostics and treatment in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The meeting was attended by...
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder - Quality standard
Latest quality standard published sets out how health and care services can improve the diagnosis, assessment, and prevention of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD).
The quality standard highlights five key areas for improvement:
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HealthCare εκπαιδευτικές διαφορές στη διαχείριση του πόνου, δυσμενείς εμπειρίες της παιδικής ηλικίας και τη σχέση τους με την εκπαίδευση διαταραχών χρήσης ουσιών
Ο Γενικός Εισαγγελέας του Οχάιο επέλεξε εμπειρογνώμονες από διάφορους ακαδημαϊκούς τομείς στην Επιστημονική Επιτροπή για την Πρόληψη και την Εκπαίδευση στα Οπιοειδή (SCOPE) για να βοηθήσουν την Πολιτεία του Οχάιο στην αντιμετώπιση της...
The prevalence of people who inject drugs among those with HIV late presentation: a meta-analysis
Early detection of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome allows infected people to use prophylaxis against opportunistic infections and beginning immediate treatment for secondary complications. People who receive treatment benefit from...
The prevalence and pattern of cannabis use among patients attending a methadone treatment clinic in Nairobi, Kenya
Cannabis is the most widely used illegal substance in the world, with a global prevalence of 4% among people aged 15 to 64 years and a recent trend of growing use. Cannabis usage can have negative health consequences, such as impaired...
Προτιμήσεις του προσωπικού για την ηλεκτρονική συλλογή δεδομένων από ένα εθνικό πρόγραμμα ναλοξόνης: μια συγχρονική μελέτη
Στη Νορβηγία, η θνησιμότητα από υπερβολική δόση είναι πάνω από 260 ετησίως, με τα οπιοειδή να εμπλέκονται στην πλειονότητα των περιπτώσεων. Το 2014, η νορβηγική κυβέρνηση ανακοίνωσε μια χρηματοδοτούμενη από την κυβέρνηση πρωτοβουλία...
Risks and Harms Associated with the Nonmedical Use of Benzodiazepines in the Unregulated Drug Supply in Canada
Summary
Substance use risks are significantly higher for people who obtain drugs on the unregulated market as there is no quality control and drug contents are unpredictable. This lack of predictability has increased during the COVID-19...
Ισχυρή δέσμευση στο Πακιστάν για τη διασφάλιση της ποιότητας σύμφωνα με τα διεθνή πρότυπα UNODC-ΠΟΥ για τη θεραπεία διαταραχών χρήσης ναρκωτικών
Το UNODC Πακιστάν, μαζί με την υποστήριξη του Υπουργείου Ναρκωτικών, του Υπουργείου Ρύθμισης και Συντονισμού των Εθνικών Υπηρεσιών Υγείας, του Τμήματος Πρόληψης, Θεραπείας και Αποκατάστασης του UNODC και της γενναιόδωρης χρηματοδοτικής...
The Adverse Childhood Experiences Concept (ACE) in a Research Sample of Imprisoned Children of Addicted Parents
INTRODUCTION
The ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences) concept is based on the results of an American population-based cohort study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine in 1998. ACE is classified into three groups...
AddictologyIssue 3/2021
Client’s Characterization in the Community Treatment Approach: Methodological Foundations and Evidence
BACKGROUND: The identity and social representation of people linked to drugs depend on their interaction with the system that collects and analyses the critical data used to describe it. AIM: The aim of this study is to see if by adopting a...
AddictologyIssue 2/2021
Defining and implementing evidence-based practice: Reading list
What do we mean by evidence? This ISSUP Reading List has useful resources to help you learn more about evidence-based practice.
Profesionalización y fortalecimiento del campo laboral en reducción de la demanda
Coordinado por Livia Edegger, directora adjunta de la International Society of Substance Use Professionals (ISSUP), los especialistas en este panel hablaron sobre la importancia de crear y robustecer la fuerza laboral en la reducción de la...
Considerations for Virtual Services and Supports for Substance Use and Concurrent Disorders [Policy Brief]
The Canadian Centre for Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) in partnership with the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre, the Canadian Psychological Association and Canada Health Infoway, collected national data on the experience and...
