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Applying interventions designed to reduce and manage the symptoms of substance use disorders.
Combining Medically Assisted Treatment and Twelve-Step Programming: A Perspective and Review
ABSTRACT
Background: People with severe substance use disorders require long-term rehabilitative care after the initial treatment. There is, however, a deficit in the availability of such care. This may be due both to inadequate medical...
Evaluating Early Help: A Guide to Evaluation of Complex Local Early Help Systems
This guide seeks to improve the evaluation of early help by setting out some principles that could help places to make progress in evaluating local services.
STAD in Europe Manual
A manual for communities preventing alcohol-related harm.
South East Asian Fellowship Program on Drug Policy 2019
Release, the UK’s centre of expertise on drugs and drugs law, is proud to invite applications to the 2019 South East Asian Fellowship Program on Drug Policy. Fellows will be hosted at Release in London, UK.
Webinar: Supporting Frontline Workers with Key Information and Resources about Ice
This webinar provides information about:
- How crystal methamphetamine affects people and communities
- Worker safety and preventing, managing and recovering from ice-related critical incidents
- The impacts of using ice with alcohol and...
Alcohol and Older People
The Swedish Society of Medicine, the Swedish Society of Nursing and IOGT-NTO have come together to produce a report on the elderly’s increased sensitivity to the effects of alcohol which, may increase the risk of disease and accidents, even at relatively low consumption levels.
Cannabis Policy and Legislation in the Nordic Countries
Cannabis is used throughout the Nordic countries, with a particular increase in use among young adults.
Markets and attitudes towards the drug have evolved, therefore there is a need to understand follow societies response to its use.
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The Results of the WHO-UNODC Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facility Survey in Serbia
In collaboration with the Ministry of Health of the Government of Serbia, UNODC supported the implementation of the UNODC/WHO substance use disorder treatment facility survey to map existing treatment capacity. The results of the survey...
Smoking Cessation Intervention for People with Severe Mental Ill Health
People who have experienced serious mental health issues are three times more likely to smoke than the wider population.
This summary, plus infographic, describes the Smoking Cessation Intervention for People with Severe Mental Ill...
Effectiveness Bank Additions: Therapy Relationships that Work 2: Elements of the Alliance
Second of four bulletins recapping 16 reviews for the American Psychological Association featuring expert advice and amalgamations of research findings on different aspects of the client-therapist relationship. With the overview of the...
E-LEARNING SESSION
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Addiction 101
The Recovery Research Institute have developed a new website that aims to answer the most common questions asked about addiction.
Addiction 101 addresses questions such as:
- What is the prevalence and cause of addiction?
- What does...
Treatment of Stimulant Use Disorders: Current Practices and Promising Perspectives
UNODC has put together a discussion paper that aims to raise awareness about the latest scientific evidence concerning the treatment of psychostimulant use disorders.
Effectiveness Bank Analysis: “The Relationship Can Heal”
Impressively wise, unprecedentedly comprehensive, backed by the American Psychological Association, and based on expert assessments and 16 new evidence reviews, the overview featured in this analysis has claims to being the single most...
UNODC Information and Education Material
UNODC has compiled a selection of educational materials and flyers that provide information on drug dependence treatment and care.
The resource has been translated into several languages and covers topics including:
- patient rights and...
New Resource: Time to Act!
Time to Act! outlines pragmatic and concrete actions, following the UN General Assembly Special Session 2016 (UNGASS 2016), for prevention of non-medical use of controlled substances, treatment of drug use disorders, social protection and...
Strong Families Programme
The Strong Families Programme is a family skills prevention programme.
Standards for Opioid Use Disorder Care: An Assessment of Nordic Approaches
Opioid Use disorder is one of the most challenging forms of addiction facing health care systems around the world. The treatment of opioid dependence is important to reduce its health and social consequences and to improve the well-being...
The Link between the Marketing of Opioid Products with Mortality from Opioid-Related Overdoses
Prescription opioids are involved in 40% of all deaths from opioid overdose in the United States and are often the first opioids encountered by individuals with opioid use disorder.
Effectiveness Bank Analysis: Make Patients Partners in Therapy
Research findings amalgamated for the American Psychological Association show that outcomes of psychosocial treatments are substantially improved when clients and therapists agree on goals and methods and form collaborative relationships...