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Introducing a project run since 2016 by the Preventive Education and Training Unit of the National Dangerous Drugs Control Board of Sri Lanka. This project is called "Sujatha Daruwo" or "legitimize children" in English.
Project delivery...
An awareness seminar, organised for students of Social Work Department, Government Faqir Muhammad Faqir (FMF) College, Gujranwala by Mian Afzal Trust Hospital (MATH), took place in the MATH Conference Hall.
A large number students and...
Following advice to avoid public institutions during the COVID-19 pandemic, the majority of libraries have been closed to members of the public.
In response, the online academic resource JSTOR has clarified that much of its database is...
The Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section (PTRS), United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is looking to hire an international consultant where under the supervision of the Programme Officer (UNODC/PTRS) the consultant is...
Main Afzal Trust Hospital (MATH), Gujranwala, Pakistan reopens treatment & rehabilitation services for women and children/adolescents in a new twenty bed block.
This project was previously supported by Colombo Plan and INL.
This...
Here are four online and distance-learning strategies for providing evidence-based and evidence-informed Prevention Plus Wellness programs during the COVID-19 outbreak.
They include: 1) Recorded video programs, 2) Live streamed programs...
Dr. Joo Paulo Lotufo, paediatrician, member of the Smoking Commission of the Brazilian Medical Association, director of ISSUP Brazil and partner of Freemind, this video provides facts and advice on the relationship between coronavirus and...
The Pandemic Project is a social psychology initiative that is studying how our everyday lives are affected by the coronavirus outbreak. For many of us, our worlds, our work, and our social relationships are changing. The research team...
Dear ISSUP members,
My name is Andia Meksi and I would like to share with you some information regarding UTC training held in Tirana, Albania.
The Colombo Plan- Drug Advisory Program and the University of California, San Diego in...
The International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM) believes that the impact of this pandemic on people struggling with Substance Use Disorders could not be overlooked.
Thus they have decided to take this opportunity to hold a series...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has developed new guidelines for professionals and organisations delivering substance use treatment in the US.
The guidelines cover.
The Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC) University training took place in Ukraine from the 10th to the 14th of March, 2020.
The aim of the training was to ensure that the multidisciplinary teams tackling substance use and addiction...
The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) will host the third civil society hearing for the INCB board members on the margins of this years INCB board meeting. The hearing will be on the topic of "The Use of Drugs Among Older Persons...
Peer recovery support services are increasingly becoming an important part of the behavioral healthcare workforce. They not only help people with behavioral health conditions connect to, engage in, and be active participants in treatment...
Mr. Sana Ullah Rathore, Director ISSUP Pakistan, was invited as Guest Speaker in Awareness Seminar organised by Young Blood Daska Pakistan in Punjab College Daska, Sialkot.
Mr. Sana Ullah Rathore addressed students and shed light on...
One of the key recommendations to reduce alcohol related harm is for countries to introduce policies that regulate how companies advertise their alcohol products.
This measure, along with adjustments in alcohol taxation, is a measure...
Take this 1-minute survey to give your opinions on what you need to best provide evidence-based substance use prevention such as the single-session SPORT Prevention Plus Wellness program during the coronavirus or other epidemic.
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As large Alcoholics Anonymous meetings are canceled, fellowship migrates online. “Addiction is an illness of isolation, and the antidote is community,” one expert says. Above, Alcoholics Anonymous use sobriety coins representing the amount...
Alcohol has a constant presence in everyday lives.
It is important that all practitioners, professionals, and policymakers are aware of this presence and the impact it has on different members of society.
One way to gather this...
