Global Developments on HIV/AIDS and UNODC's partnership with Civil Society
Webinar for civil society partners in English with interpretation into French, Russian and Spanish.
Agenda:
Practice
Call for Papers- Dual Diagnosis in Older Adults
This new annual themed issue of Advances in Dual Diagnosis will focus on issues surrounding dual diagnosis in older adults in order to improve assessment intervention, treatment and care of older adults with dual diagnosis from both public...
Impact of an adult family member’s problematic substance use on family life
Problematic substance use can be a significant cause of stress for family members of the person using substances. This review, published in the journal Drug: Education, Prevention and Policy, examines current research in order to explore...
Are former heavy drinkers in the UK less likely to identify as being in recovery compared to those in the USA? A pilot test
The Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) movement created the term "in recovery" to express the continuing requirement for vigilance in order to sustain sobriety (which includes abstinence from alcohol intake) and avoid a return to dangerous drinking...
SPR International Early Career Funding to attend EUSPR 2021 Conference online, 29/09/21-1/10/21
The SPR Board of Directors has allocated $3,000 in funds to support early-career prevention researchers to attend the EUSPR. The purpose of the travel funds is to enable ECPNers to attend EUSPR and network on behalf of SPR, especially with...
My journey begins with compassion
Stigma is a major barrier to the well-being and recovery of people with lived and living experience of substance use disorders. This animated video about two friends, Alex and Sam, explores the devastating impact of substance use stigma and...
Evaluation of performance-enhancing drugs seized by Israeli enforcement agencies 2012–2017: Implications for policy and regulatory change
https://ijhpr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13584-020-00369-2
Cannabis tourist destinations: Risk for vulnerable travellers with pre-existing mental disorders
https://academic.oup.com/jtm/article-abstract/27/4/taz098/5671717
Making the European Region Safer: developments in alcohol control policies, 2010–2019 (2021)
This report presents the current status of alcohol consumption, alcohol-attributable harms and the implementation of alcohol control policies in the WHO European Region, using available data from 2010, 2016 and 2019. A detailed overview is...
Women and alcohol
The alcohol research interest group (ARIG) is hosting a webinar on Alcohol and Women.
The event will take place on the 14th of October.
Speakers:
Dr Emily Nicholls
'I just feel nice with a glass of wine': Doing 'girliness' and 'classiness' through alcohol consumption on a Girls' Night Out
Dr Amanda Atkinson
