ISSUP Ukraine partnered with ISSUP Global to present a webinar on Mental Health Issues during THE COVID-19 pandemic.
Date: Wednesday, June 3, 2020
Speakers included:
o Alisa Ladyk-Bryzgalova, World Health Organization (office in Ukraine),...
DO WE KNOW HOW TO *MAKE* A SERVICE ENGAGING AND EFFECTIVE?
Focus is on the section of last week’s matrix cell release which moved on from *describing* effective treatment services to *generating* such services, along the way encountering...
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...
Measures taken to contain the COVID-19 health crisis brought additional challenges for mental health professionals to continue providing residential services in Ecuador. In this context, the framework of the menu of services signed by the...
The UNODC SHERLOC portal is an initiative to help the dissemination of information regarding the implementation of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, the three Protocols thereto and the international legal...
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...
This document provides guidance to African Union Member States on key mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) considerations in relation to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
It contains useful guidance on MHPSS for...
In 2018, Mombasa planned to set up a methadone programme for heroin injecting drug users living in prisons. As a follow up, UNODC worked together with the County of Mombasa and the Kenya Prison Service in 2019, to support and expand...
Following the overthrow of Muammar Gadhafi in 2011, Libya has faced security and economic challenges. Drug trafficking and consumption have also increased significantly over the past years. This report by the U.S. Institute of Peace...
The purpose of this study is to benchmark alcohol and cannabis consumption during the COVID-19 outbreak, as well as drivers of behaviour.
This report highlights the results of a Nanos poll commissioned by CCSA during the COVID-19 pandemic...
Basic Level Universal Treatment Curriculum for Substance Use Disorders (UTC)
The Basic Level UTC consists of eight courses that cover the broad spectrum of addiction treatment. Each course consists of a Trainer and Participant Manual. The...
Listed below are two newly published papers and previously published news articles/blogs addressing the role of exercise, physical activity and sport in managing and preventing substance use disorders and promoting wellbeing.
The first new...
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👉 Livia Edegger, Subdirectora, Sociedad Internacional de...
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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...
Mr. Kasirye Rogers attended a meeting on drug prevention in conjunction with the 23rd Sessions of the Commission of Narcotic Drugs (CND 2-6 March, 2020 in Vienna Austria). It was organized by Drug Free America Foundation Inc., a world drug...
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...
