Tobacco use worsens the prognosis of cancer patients and can also reduce the efficacy of cancer therapy. Despite these concerns, tobacco use is often not adequately recorded in patient records or measured in cancer treatment trials or...
The Drug Advisory Programme (DAP) of the Colombo Plan in collaboration with the National Narcotics Board of the Republic of Indonesia (BNN) has successfully conducted the first online echo training for the CHILD curriculum on Course 1...
Presentation by Drs. Chia Francis and Mashika Esther
This webinar will illuminate the level of drug use in Nigeria, efforts made so far to address access to drug abuse treatment services in Nigeria, and details of a study regarding...
Global Initiative on Substance Abuse (GISA) will on July 20th, 2020 commence online dissemination of the Universal Prevention Curriculum for substance use disorders in Nigeria.
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According to Botvin (2004) and Sloboda (2004), there is empirical evidence that prevention programs, such as Life Skills, based on knowledge, identification of risk factors and development of psychosocial skills related to drugs are more...
People who have been incarcerated are approximately 100 times more likely to die by overdose in the first two weeks after their release than the general public. Despite high rates of opioid use disorder among justice-involved individuals...
In this presentation, Gerry Schmidt and Diane Sevening present on the United States model of accrediting addiction studies programs.
They cover the criteria for accreditation at various degree levels and the process used to assess a...
Utilising the spirit of motivational interviewing in delivering SBIRT services is a crucial component in improving outcomes. This session will focus on some concreate skills that can be utilised in delivering these services.
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In this presentation, Dr. Valerie Earnshaw provides a cross-cutting conceptual overview of stigma, identifies targets for stigma measurement, recommends methodological approaches for stigma research, and reviews the intervention toolkit to...
This webinar is for teachers, school staff, parents and others who are interested in understanding the effect of drugs on adolescent brain. It explores the development of adolescent brain and how this process is interrupted by the use...
This webinar provided information about the nature of trauma (including post-traumatic stress disorder) and its effects. As well as discussing the link between trauma and the use of alcohol and other drugs (including methamphetamine).
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This video is a recording of a webinar on January 31, 2020 where presenters Diana Lesme Romero, Ph.D. , Maria Cecilia Munoz Perez, MSc. and Graciela Barreto Castro, Ph.D. discuss the complex drug problem in Paraguay and review the...
This presentation by Journal Editor Richard Pates provides a basic overview of critical information on getting scientific papers published.
Zili Sloboda presents on the international effort to create a substance use prevention workforce.
This is a video of a presentation given by Beatrice Kathungu on April 21, 2020. She discusses the process of creating a new drug demand reduction education program at Kenyatta University in Nairobi Kenya.
This webinar presented by Cary Hopkins Eyles covers how to help university students succeed during this difficult time in their education.
