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‘Dangerous Data’ Part 7: Controlled Drinking Versus Abstinence: Who Decides? An Effectiveness Bank Hot Topic

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15 March 2021

‘DANGEROUS DATA’ PART 7: CONTROLLED DRINKING VERSUS ABSTINENCE: WHO DECIDES? The history of the controlled drinking controversy makes us face not just what decision is made about treatment goals, but who makes that decision; where the power...

Nouveau cycle de formation UTC du 22 au 30 Mars 2021

22 March 2021

Lomé

ISSUP-Togo en collaboration avec le Comité National Anti-Drogue et avec l’appui de la Commission de la CEDEAO poursuit la formation sur le programme UTC avec les curricula 3 et 4 respectivement « Les co-morbidités mentales et médicales ; une vue d’ensemble pour les Professionnels de l’

Nouveau cycle de formation UTC du 22 au 30 Mars 2021

22 March 2021

Lomé

New programme in Togo to strengthen management of substance use disorders

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Togo's Ministry of Health, Public Hygiene and Universal Access to Care has set up a national psychoactive drug addiction programme (PNAPP) that will help improve access to care for people with substance use problems. This program will work...

Care and Control: How Far Should Collaboration Go? Highlight from Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix Cell E5

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10 March 2021

CARE AND CONTROL: HOW FAR SHOULD COLLABORATION GO? Key review argues that criminal justice and treatment conducted in a criminal justice context should see themselves as partners in a common effort, but one is geared to protecting society...

Adiktologie Journal Issue 3-4

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The Adiktologie Journal is the professional journal for research concerning the prevention and treatment of addiction. Below, you can find articles that make up the December 2020 edition. EDITORIAL From Prevention Programmes to Health...

Webinar: 'Why We Must Embrace Therapeutic Jurisprudence in the Criminal Justice System'

11 March 2021

Vermont

United States

Register now: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wXzwDVwAS-i-K8e3_dEeVQ

Thursday, March 11, 2021, Time: 3:00 – 4:00 pm EST (Washington, DC time)

Webinar hosted by David S. Prescott,
Editor of Safer Society Press

Guest Speakers: Heather Ellis Cucolo & Michael L. Perlin

Drug and Alcohol Findings Focus on Women

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Drug and Alcohol Findings bridges the divide between research on the effectiveness of responses to drug and alcohol problems and the practitioners who provide those interventions. The Drug and Alcohol Finding Focus on Women aims to explore...

‘Dangerous Data’ Part 6: Evidence Accumulates and Expert Opinion Converges about Controlled Drinking as a Treatment Goal. An Effectiveness Bank Hot Topic

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8 March 2021

‘DANGEROUS DATA’ PART 6: EVIDENCE ACCUMULATES AND EXPERT OPINION CONVERGES The heat dies down as it becomes clearer that both controlled drinking and abstinence have their place among the gaols for alcohol treatment patients, and evidence...

Office-Based Addiction Treatment Retention and Mortality Among People Experiencing Homelessness

Scientific article

4 March 2021

Abstract Importance People experiencing homelessness have been disproportionately affected by the opioid overdose crisis. To mitigate morbidity and mortality, several office-based addiction treatment (OBAT) programs designed for this...