Evaluation

D-Healthylife Interdisciplinary Co-Creation Workshop in Barcelona

26 April 2018

Barcelona

Spain

As part of the d-HealthyLife initiative EIT Health Campus is offering a full day co-creation workshop. This is a developing project that implementing "participatory processes to develop training programmes on the co-creation, motivation and behaviour change, and innovative business models for digital health products."

EU Drug Use Revealed through Wastewater Analysis

News

The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) has released the results of their largest wastewater analysis study. The EU project analysed the wastewater around 60 European cities and towns. This has allowed...

New Dataset Made Available from Study of Adolescent Brain Development

News

In February of 2018 the US National Institute of Health (NIH) released the first dataset from an "unprecedented study of adolescent brain development", the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study. The study has, to date...

Workshop on Gender Equality and Early Career Development

22 March 2018

Zurich

Switzerland

Aimed at young and early career researchers this two day workshop aims to build capacity for those working in an interdisciplinary field.

New from SAMHSA: Medications for Opioid Use Disorders

Book

12 February 2018

SAMHSA has released a new publication as part of the Treatment Improvement Protocol series.

e-Addictology: An Overview of New Technologies for Assessing and Intervening in Addictive Behaviors

Scientific article

1 March 2018

Background: New technologies can profoundly change the way we understand psychiatric pathologies and addictive disorders. New concepts are emerging with the development of more accurate means of collecting live data, computerized...

Recommendations for NIDA's Cannabis Policy Research Agenda

News

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has released a new report Recommendations for NIDA's Cannabis Policy Research Agenda. The document has been prepared by the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse Workgroup which was formed in...

The International Model of Alcohol Harms and Policies

Book

1 December 2017

The Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research at the University of Victoria have released The International Model of Alcohol Harms and Policies. Comprising of a set of guidelines, methods, and tools this resource was produced with the...

Using Technology-Based Therapeutic Tools in Behavioural Health Services

News

For anyone interested in digital health behaviour interventions this manual from SAMHSA will prove interesting. Exploring how technology-assisted care can be implemented, the value of technology based assessments and the ways in which the...

Using Technology-Based Therapeutic Tools in Behavioural Health Services

School-Based Alcohol and Drug Education and Prevention – What Works?

Book

14 October 2017

School-Based Alcohol and Drug Education and Prevention – What Works? is a new briefing paper published by Mentor-Adepis. It outlines several approaches that have been shown to work effectively, and issues cautions about those that have not...