ISAM Webinar Series on COVID-19 and Drug Addiction: International Updates (4th Webinar)

As you all know, the current COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly affected various populations globally. The International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM) believes that the impact of this pandemic on people struggling with Substance Use Disorders could not be overlooked. Thus we decided to take this opportunity to hold a series of webinars with partners from different parts of the world, discussing challenges and solutions regarding the current pandemic from the addiction medicine perspective. The objective of these webinars is to support colleagues in the field of addiction medicine to learn from peers who either have undergone profound changes in service delivery or are on the brink of doing so. For this webinar, we are focusing specifically on the following 3 cross-cutting themes/aspects: ● Stigma ● Mental Health and General Health Service Impact ● Impacts of Economic Recession Draft Agenda (ET) Introduction (Shalini Arunogiri, Christos Kouimtsidis) Update- Impact on Health and Mental Health (Dr Fahmy Hanna, WHO focal point for COVID- 19) Stigma (Dr Kelly Knight) Feedback from Individual Countries Update from USA & impact on women (Prof Kathleen Brady) Brazil (Felix Kessler) Norway (Gabrielle Welle-Strand) Sweden (Martin Kaberg) South Korea (Sung-Young Hoh) Australia (Shalini Arunogiri) Update on ISAM PPIG COVID-19 Global Survey (Hamed Ekhtiari) Discussion & Next Steps(Christos Kouimtsidis, Shalini Arunogiri)