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Training on the Management of Substance Use Disorders
On August 20, 2022, in the Kinnaird Center for Learning and Cultural Development (KCLCD) Lahore, a one-day skills workshop for students of Professional Certification in Clinical Psychology (PCCP) batch II was organized.
Dr. Nazish Idrees...
Обеспечение лечения алкоголизма и других наркотиков в стационарных условиях
Работники, которые предоставляют лечение AOD людям в жилых помещениях, должны иметь под рукой самые современные и основанные на фактических данных практические подходы.
В этом всеобъемлющем ресурсе вы найдете исследования, описывающие...
International Research Partnerships: Elements of Success
THe presenters for the session were Susana Henriques, from The Open University, Portugal, and Roger Peters, from the University of South Florida.
Dr Henriques and Dr Peters have successfully collaborated on international research, and...
Is a brain-based understanding of addiction predominant?
Abstract
Introduction
Brain-based explanations of addiction have become a prominent explanatory model in recent decades. Although opposing views have been published, there is no large-scale study of researchers' opinions, unlike for...
Association of Methamphetamine and Opioid Use With Nonfatal Overdose in Rural Communities
Abstract
Importance Overdoses continue to increase in the US, but the contribution of methamphetamine use is understudied in rural communities.
Objective To estimate the prevalence of methamphetamine use and its correlates among...
Perspectives of service providers on aftercare service provision for persons with substance use disorders at a Rural District in South Africa
Background
Aftercare programs for people with substance use disorders (PWSUD) are frequently challenged with a number of overlapping obstacles, including uncertain policy consequences and a lack of resources. Despite demographic variety...
Socioeconomic lens on addiction
In this webinar, the speakers take a look at the social and economic factors influencing addiction (particularly injecting drug use), and its impact on particularly disadvantaged groups, such as young people transitioning from out of home...
Понимание стигмы и когнитивно-поведенческих навыков межличностного общения - онлайн-курс ПАОЗ по самообучению и под руководством преподавателя
Панамериканская организация здравоохранения (ПАОЗ) совместно с Комиссией по психическому здоровью Канады проведет новый онлайн-курс самообучения и под руководством преподавателя «Понимание стигмы и когнитивно-поведенческих навыков...
Balance de una década de política de drogas: Avances y Retos
Introducción Según el último Informe Mundial sobre las Drogas publicado por la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas contra la Droga y el Delito (UNODC, por sus siglas en inglés) correspondiente al año 2022, alrededor de 284 millones de personas de entre 15 y 64 años consumieron drogas.
WHO stakeholder survey on improving access to morphine for medical use
WHO launched a survey on assessing barriers, enablers, and pirority actions for improving access to morphine for medical use.
All Civil Society Organisation can contribute by filling out the survey before 31 August 2022.
The survey...
Improving equity and access to buprenorphine treatment through telemedicine at syringe services programs
Background
In the United States, access to buprenorphine remains low and disparities regarding who receives treatment have emerged. Federal laws have regulated buprenorphine delivery, ultimately limiting its implementation more broadly...
The effects of opioid policy changes on transitions from prescription opioids to heroin, fentanyl and injection drug use: a qualitative analysis
Background
Beginning in the 1990s, non-medical use of prescription opioids (POs) became a major public health crisis. In response to rising rates of opioid dependence and fatal poisonings, measures were instituted to decrease the...
Решение проблем наркотиков в условиях кризисов в области здравоохранения и гуманитарных кризисов: условия, нуждающиеся в помощи для комплексной профилактики употребления наркотиков в Нигерии
Доклад, представленный на праздновании Международного дня борьбы со злоупотреблением наркотиками и их незаконным оборотом в 2022 году, конференц-центр State House, Абуджа, Нигерия.
Bi-Monthly Webinar: ISSUP Nigeria Knowledge Update Series (Thirteenth Session)
ISSUP Nigeria would like to invite you to attend their next Bi-Monthly Webinar in the Knowledge Update Series. The Webinar topic will be Beyond Dependence: Alcohol-induced Disorders.
Learning Outcomes:
• Sensitization to the wide...
Treating co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders using tools from CBT
Presented by Jo Cassar (The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney), by the end of this webinar, attendees will be able to:
- Recognise the importance of assessing for substance use when a...
Eating disorders and AOD use: what clinicians need to know
Presented by Associate Professor Sarah Maguire (Director, InsideOut Institute), by attending this webinar, attendees will learn:
- How to recognise the most common eating disorder symptoms;
- Eating disorder interventions and how...
Kenya to include smoking cessation drugs as essential medicines
The Ministry of Health has been advised to add two non-nicotine drugs to Kenya’s Essential Medicines List, to help smokers quit tobacco and nicotine addiction.
The World Health Organization said the two drugs bring “a powerful shift in...
Multiple disadvantage and co-occurring substance use and mental health conditions.
Substance use and mental health needs are two of the primary concerns for many people experiencing multiple disadvantage. We know that people who experience both issues at the same time (also known as “co-occurring conditions” or “dual...
Влияние дискриминации на расстройства, связанные с употреблением психоактивных веществ, среди сексуальных меньшинств
Цель настоящего документа состояла в том, чтобы проанализировать литературу о влиянии дискриминации на расстройства, связанные с употреблением психоактивных веществ, среди сексуальных меньшинств, с уделением особого внимания алкоголю...
Сердечно-сосудистые риски и преимущества отказа от курения лекарств
В этой презентации докладчики сообщили о результатах серии из трех популяционных когортных исследований, касающихся использования и эффектов фармакотерапии прекращения курения. Первое из этих исследований предоставило доказательства того...