ICUDDR

Promoting Use of Evidence Based Practice: A Webinar

17 April 2020

Webinar

United States

Practice-driven Conceptual and Organizational Framework for Promoting the Adoption and Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices

ICUDDR

Presenter: Laurie Krom, Director Network Coordinating Office Technology Transfer Centers

Drugs of Abuse Resource Guide

Guide

14 April 2020

Education plays a critical role in preventing substance abuse. Drugs of Abuse, a DEA Resource Guide, is designed to be a reliable resource on the most commonly abused and misused drugs in the United States. This comprehensive guide provides...

UNODC Nigeria launches DrugHelpNet: A Network of Nigerian Health Professionals to Provide over-the-phone Assistance to Drug Users in Need

News

Based on the 2019 Drug Use Survey in Nigeria, UNODC estimates that there are more than three million Nigerians living with some of a drug use disorder. Government imposed lockdowns, implemented across most Nigerian States, weigh...

Interdependence of Risk and Protective Factors on Early Initiation of Substance Use

Scientific article

11 December 2019

The most important predictor for SUD later in life is early initiation of substance use during adolescence, thus prevention programs must target youth in delaying the onset of age of initiation. However, the interaction between both risk...

TREATNET

Book

The developmental stage of adolescence involves dramatic biologic, psychological, and behavioural changes. It is a time where young people start to explore, seek further independence and experiment with new experiences. It is also a time...

First Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Meeting of the International Consortium of Universities for Drug Demand Reduction

29 April 2020

Buenos Aires

Argentina

The goal of the meeting is to present and discuss proposals in relation to the development of activities to reduce the demand for drugs, between Latin American and Caribbean universities, in coordination with the Inter-American

ICUDDR Annual Conference 2020: Call for Proposals

News

The International Consortium of Universities for Drug Demand Reduction (ICUDDR) is holding its annual conference at the Sukosol Hotel in Bangkok Thailand, July 13-15, 2020. Conference registration will begin on March 1st. ICUDDR supports...

Emotional Contagion: Everything You Need to Know

Website

14 July 2017

Emotional Contagion. Have you ever been in a bad mood and all of a sudden it seems like everyone around you is in a bad mood, too? Do you feel that your emotions and mood can be “caught” by others? Psychology says emotional contagion is the...

Change: Desire, Ability, Reason, Need, and Commitment (or That DARNCAT)

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18 July 2017

Change Talk When I talk with people, I hear various degrees of what MI calls “change talk.” As described here, the types of change talk include: Desire: Why would you want to make this change? Ability: How would you do it if you decided...

The Stages of Change

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1) PRECONTEMPLATION STAGE “It isn’t that we cannot see the solution. It’s that we cannot see the problem.” Precontemplators usually show up in therapy because of pressures from others… spouses, employers, parents, and courts… Resist change...

Themes

Epidemiology and Etiology

Supply control

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