covid-19

UNODC Prevention, Treatment & Rehabilitation Section: Questionnaire on COVID-19 and Drug Use Disorder Treatment Services

News

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...

Guidance for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support for COVID-19

Guide

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...

COVID-19 and Increased Alcohol Consumption: NANOS Poll Summary Report

Book

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...

Addiction Psychiatry and COVID-19 – Impact on Patients and Service Provision

Scientific article

21 May 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly had a major impact on the provision of physical healthcare in Ireland and worldwide. The mental health impact of this pandemic cannot be underestimated, particularly relating to patients suffering with addiction.

Mental-Health Physicians and Psychotherapists Teamed Up to Provide Support to the Population of Kazakhstan

News

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...

Webinar presentation on psychosocial support, Kazakhstan

Drug syndicates get crafty as supply disrupted, prices spike

News

This article highlights illicit drug supply disruptions, rising drug use prices, innovative ways traffickers are adapting, and changes to drug use patterns.

"A Pandemic Within a Pandemic"- How Covid-19 Is Increasing Substance Abuse

News

In response to the global pandemic, people around the world have adjusted their ways of life. Governments have imposed restrictions on the time people can spend with one another, forcing people to find alternative means of communication and...

Experiences from the US and Canada: Primary Prevention in a Post-Covid World

29 May 2020

Webinar

The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting pretty much everything these days including primary prevention. We at Planet Youth have been keeping in touch with our partners around the world to learn how the pandemic is affecting on-going Planet Youth projects and projects that are being started.

Webinar: Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic

3 June 2020

Webinar

Ukraine

ISSUP Ukraine is pleased to invite you to attend a webinar on mental health issues in Ukraine during the COVID-19 epidemic. The webinar is scheduled to be presented on Wednesday, June 3, 2020 from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm (Ukraine time)

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information and Resources for the AOD Sector

Website

The National Center for Education and Training on Addiction ( NCETA), The National Drug and Alcohol Research Center (NDARC) and the National Drug Research Institute (NDRI) have compiled a list of some online information and resources that...