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Mental Health Made Simple
What is Mental Health?
Mental health is a blanket term that refers to our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. Mental health also helps...
"Lockdown & Licensed Premises: COVID-19 Lessons for Alcohol Policy” by Professor Niamh Fitzgerald, University of Stirling, Scotland, UK & President of ICARA.
Part of the ICARA-led webinar held on 17 August 2021, chaired by Dr Claire...
"Alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina: Opportunities for public policies” by Dr. Karina Conde, Research Associate, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Argentina.
Part of the ICARA-led webinar held on 30 July...
"Alcohol consumption during COVID-19: A natural experiment for alcohol policy in Chile” by Paula Margozzini Maira, Associate Professor of Public Health, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile.
Part of the ICARA-led webinar held...
"Unnatural deaths, alcohol bans and curfews in South Africa: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment during COVID-19” by Professor Charles Parry, Medical Research Council of South Africa.
Part of the ICARA-led webinar held on 17 August...
"Alcohol kills Coronavirus, I drink alcohol, ergo I don’t need the vaccine - Stories from India” by Dr. Abhijit Nadkarni, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
Part of the ICARA-led webinar held on 17 August 2021, chaired by Dr...
"Shifts in alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia” by Dr Sarah Callinan, La Trobe University, Australia.
Part of the ICARA-led webinar held on 17 August 2021, chaired by Dr Claire Wilkinson. The webinar was...
"Alcohol consumption in Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic: Epidemiology and opportunities for public policies” by Dr. Zila van der Meer Sanchez, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São...
The European Web Survey on Drugs collected data between March and April 2021 from people who use drugs, aged 18 or older, living in 21 EU and 9 non-EU countries. During this period the populations in many European countries were...
People’s attitudes and behaviours about cannabis have shifted since it was legalized in 2018. The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) has funded research to examine these changes.
As we approach the three...
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...
Introduction
Inter-GLAM is a European project, co-funded by the European Union’s DG Justice Programme "Drugs Policy Initiatives - Supporting initiatives in the field of drugs policy” (JUST-2019-AG-DRUGS). The project aims to collaborate...
This manual introduces a concept of trauma and offers a framework for becoming a trauma-informed organisation, system, or service sector.
The manual provides a definition of trauma and a trauma-informed approach and offers 6 key...
This article discusses early childhood trauma and the negative long-term consequences that can cause life-long medical and psychological difficulties.
The article defines trauma and complex trauma and then describes the ways in which...
This reading list is designed to complement the webinar presented by Lili Lemieux-Cumberlege on trauma, homelessness, and substance use. The presentation explored the subject through a personal, interpersonal, and systemic lens, and...
This training workshop was conducted at the Department of Psychology Federal Urdu University of Science and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan in collaboration with ISSUP Pakistan Chapter on Tuesday, December 28, 2021.
The objective of this...
Compassion focused therapy (CFT) is based on the evolutionary, functional analysis of basic social motivational systems (e.g., to exist within groups and care for kin) and emotional systems (e.g., to respond to threats, seek out contentment...
An organisational culture is the collection of values, expectations, and practices that shape the overall feeling and actions among staff members. A culture of care is an environment that is created where people feel valued and supported as...
