covid-19

ISSUP Lebanon Updates - Jan-Jun 2021

On February 2021, ISSUP Lebanon hosted its first webinar of the year entitled, ‘Prevention of Drug Use and Other Risky Behaviours in Youth: From Evidence to Policy and Programs’, with Lilian Ghandour, Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the American University of Beirut on substance use epidemiology and evidence-based prevention programs.

Call for Papers: New Drug and other Behavioural Trends During Social-Distancing for the COVID-19 Pandemic

News

This Special Issue explores new drug and behavioural trends during the Covid-19 Pandemic. We welcome multidisciplinary contributions aimed at enhancing the understanding of how “physical distancing” and other radical changes in our...

Hidden Harm and COVID-19: Exploring the impacts and solutions

18 May 2021

Online

The webinar is jointly hosted by Bray and DLR Drug and Alcohol Task Forces, HSE

Alcohol Narrows Physical Distance between Strangers

Scientific article

18 May 2021

Abstract Pandemic management is likely to represent a global reality for years to come, but the roadmap for how to approach pandemic restrictions is as yet unclear. Of the restrictions enacted during COVID-19, among the more controversial...

Addressing Unprecedented Challenges in Management of SUD’s and GBV in the midst of COVID-19

ISSUP Webinar

25 May 2021

ISSUP Kenya would like to present their Webinar on Addressing Unprecedented Challenges in Management of SUD's and GBV in the midst of COVID-19. The Webinar will explore emerging trends in Substance Use Disorder and Gender-based violence in view of COVID-19 and the correlations between SUD’s and GBV, with special emphasis of the impact of COVID-19.

Addressing Unprecedented Challenges in Management of SUD’s and GBV in the midst of COVID-19

25 May 2021

Nairobi

Kenya

ISSUP Kenya would like to invite you to attend their upcoming webinar on Addressing Unprecedented Challenges in Management of SUD's and GBV in the midst of COVID-19. The Webinar will explore emerging trends in Substance Use Disorder and Gender-based violence in view of COVID-19 and the correlations between SUD’s and GBV, with special emphasis of the impact of COVID-19.

U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE (GAO) "Behavioral Health: Patient Access, Provider Claims Payment, and the Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic"

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30 April 2021

Source: https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-21-437r.pdf Fast Facts How has the need for and availability of services for mental health and substance use disorders changed during the COVID-19 pandemic? Evidence suggests these conditions increased...