Diana Crossan

Prevención del Consumo de Alcohol y Otras Drogas desde un Enfoque Intercultural

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Santiago
Chile

ISSUP Chile presented a webinar focused on an intercultural approach to the consumption of alcohol and other drugs, and its implications for the development of public policies.

The webinar took place on Thursday, August 18, 2022 at 5:30 p...

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Edie

Planet Youth Annual Conference 2022

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Reykjavik
Iceland

Planet Youth Annual Conference 2022

14th to 16th of September

The theme is “Creating a Better Future for Youth“ and during the conference, Planet Youth will share with you the basics, the methodology and the latest on substance use...

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James Harvey

Addressing drug challenges in health and humanitarian crises: Settings in need of care for a comprehensive drug use prevention in Nigeria

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ISSUP Martin Agwogie Nigeria Paper Prevention
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Agwogie, Martin O., 'Addressing drug challenges in health and humanitarian crises: Settings in need of care for a comprehensive drug use prevention in Nigeria', Paper Presentation, State House Conference Centre, Abuja, Nigeria, June 2022
Paper presented at the commemoration of the 2022 International Day Against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking, State House Conference Centre, Abuja, Nigeria.
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Rasha Abi Hana

Combining the European Prevention Curriculum (EUPC) and Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC) in a Master’s Degree in Addictions

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Orte, C., Amer, J., Gomila, A. M., & Pascual, B. (2022). Combining the European Prevention Curriculum (EUPC) and Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC) in a Master’s Degree in Addictions. Adiktologie, 22(1), 7–12. https://doi.org/10.35198/01-2022-001-0006

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The European Prevention Curriculum (EUPC) and The Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC) are paradigms of the efforts to achieve an international standardised training for drug demand reduction. Both curricula are based on evidence-based knowledge and practice and follow the quality standards established by important international institutions such as the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and the European Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA). In addition to training directly aimed at professionals, it...

AddictologyIssue 1/2022
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Trauma Informed Relapse Prevention

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NAADAC
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Online

Wednesday, June 29, 2022 @ 3:00-5:00pm ET (2CT/1MT/12PT)

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Historically, relapse prevention has focused on behaviors and situational triggers. This new approach to relapse prevention incorporates the amygdala response and trauma...

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Rasha Abi Hana

A qualitative study exploring how young people perceive and experience substance use services in British Columbia, Canada

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Turuba, R., Amarasekera, A., Howard, A.M. et al. A qualitative study exploring how young people perceive and experience substance use services in British Columbia, Canada. Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy 17, 43 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13011-022-00456-4

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Substance use among youth (ages 12–24) is troublesome given the increasing risk of harms associated. Even more so, substance use services are largely under utilised among youth, most only accessing support when in crisis. Few studies have explored young people’s help-seeking behaviours to address substance use concerns. To address this gap, this study explored how youth perceive and experience substance use services in British Columbia (BC), Canada.

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Participatory action research methods were used by partnering with BC youth (under the age of 30) from across the province...

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Edie

Applied Prevention Science International Celebrate Prevention Week

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May the 8th-14th is National Prevention Week!

Every day APSI will be highlighting one of their Prevention Nuggets, Prevention Talks and Prevention Portraits, all focused on one specific prevention theme.

Head on over to APSI website to view the daily highlights.

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Ariadna Elisa Valdez Engel

La importancia del conocimiento para la prevención de adicciones

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Durate la formación como profesionales de la Salud, se estudia desde la neurobiología de las adicciones, esto con el fin de comprender como cada sustancia adictiva tiene efectos en un individio a nivel cerebral, y esto a su vez se ve afectado en los comportamientos y en la cognición. Se debe comprender desde lo neurobiologico, porque cada sustancia actua de manera muy distinta, y podemos darnos cuenta desde dónde podemos abordar una intervención, y en este caso reflexionar y proponer medidas de prevención en general con todas las sustancias, y por cada sustancia en especifico. Propocionar...

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Rasha Abi Hana

New European mini guides on responding to drug use in specific settings by EMCDDA

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EMCDDA

Focusing treatments on specific settings where problems may develop is an important approach to implementing health and social responses to drug problems. As a result, the EMCDDA's Health and social solutions to drug problems: a European handbook offers a series of mini guides on the subject. The agency is releasing the first three mini guidelines in this bundle this week, which look at business, community, and recreational environments. Mini-guides on inventions in prisons and schools will be published soon.

Workplace settings: Responding to drug-related issues in workplace settings. 

Commu...

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Rasha Abi Hana

Prevention toolkit — a new one-stop shop for EMCDDA prevention materials

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The EMCDDA launched a new Prevention toolkit, bringing together all of its key prevention-related materials to date. Part of the agency’s toolkit series, this new resource is aimed at anyone involved in shaping decisions, opinions and policies in Europe in the science-based prevention of substance use. The toolkit is centred around four key existing prevention resources, all brought together in a one-stop-shop for easy access:

  • European Prevention Curriculum (EUPC) — a training programme designed to professionalise those working in the field of prevention.
  • Xchange prevention registry — an...
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Rasha Abi Hana

13th EUSPR Conference and Members’ Meeting, 28th – 30th September 2022, Tallinn, Estonia

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Tallinn
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EUSPR 2022 are pleased to announce that the 13th EUSPR Conference will be held in Tallinn, Estonia on 29th and 30th September 2022, with workshops and project meetings scheduled for the pre-conference day, September 28th.

The theme this...

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RANA KASHIF

Remove stigma

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Man is not bad. Drugs are bad
If they give up drugs, they are very successful and very good people
You have to have will power to quit drugs
You will speak for yourself as I can do it 
Life is beautiful without a drugs 
You like the little things
How can you remove stigma
You don't have to tell anyone that I quit drugs 
You have to show your actions 
From your behavior, from your thinking, from your emotions, from your walking, from your getting up, from your sitting
you can do it
You are very lucky to have quit drugs
You have courage, a lot of passion, a lot of enthusiasm, but you should take...

Jose Luis Vazquez Martinez

Overdose Prevention in Community Corrections: An Environmental Scan

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Source: https://www.thenationalcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Community-Corrections-Environmental-Scan-22.02.15_Final.pdf?daf=375ateTbd56 The National Council for Mental Wellbeing, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, conducted an environmental scan to determine...
Overdose Prevention in Community Corrections An Environmental Scan.pdf

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