Evaluation

Trends in use of e-cigarette device types and heated tobacco products from 2016 to 2020 in England

Scientific article

24 June 2021

During the past decade, heated aerosolized nicotine delivery systems (HANDS) —mainly e-cigarettes—have surpassed nicotine replacement therapy as the most utilized aids for stopping smoking in England. It is therefore important to explore...

Variation in brief treatment for substance use disorder: a qualitative investigation of four federally qualified health centres with SBIRT services

Scientific article

14 July 2021

Brief treatment (BT) or regular outpatient alcohol use or substance use disorder (SUD) treatment is a key element of the Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) model. It can be an effective, short-term, and low...

Association of genetic liability to smoking initiation with e-cigarette use in young adults: A cohort study

Scientific article

18 March 2021

Background: Tobacco smoking and e-cigarette use are strongly associated, but it is currently unclear whether this association is causal, or due to shared factors that influence both behaviours such as a shared genetic liability. The aim of...

UNODC’s Strategic Vision for Africa 2030

Book

UNODC’s Strategic Vision for Africa 2030 outlines our mission to provide more safety to Africa’s people, government and institutions from drugs, crime, corruption, terrorism and illicit financial flows. The UNODC Vision 2030 seeks to...

An Outcome Evaluation of Drug Treatment in Afghanistan

Scientific article

1 May 2020

The results of the Afghanistan drug abuse treatment evaluation show positive change in illegal drug use and criminal behaviour.

Webinar: Presentation of the Pandemic Impact Report at Treatment Centers in Latin America

ISSUP Webinar

3 December 2020

ISSUP Argentina invites you to participate in a webinar presenting the main results of the multicenter study carried out by the national chapters of ISSUP (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador and Mexico).The webinar will take place on...

Webinar: Presentation of the Pandemic Impact Report at Treatment Centers in Latin America

3 December 2020

Buenos Aires

Argentina

Webinar "Psychotherapy of Substance Use Disorders"

News

On Wednesday 28th October 2020, ISSUP Ukraine and ISSUP Kazakhstan delivered a webinar on the psychotherapy of SUDs. Presented in Russian, the webinar covered psychodiagnostic, psychotherapy, and introduced the main concepts, principles...

(Webinar) Advancing the Use of “Core Components” Approaches: Suggestions for Researchers Publishing Evaluation Results

10 September 2020

Washington, D.C.

United States

This webinar will identify categories of data important to collect and report on that would advance core components approaches. It will also engage audience members in a discussion about how best to incentivize researchers, journal editors and others to make more complete and detailed information available to identify, test, and scale up core components of effective programs.

RSMj 2020 4th Annual Scientific Meeting (Virtual)

24 July 2020

Virtual

The 4th Annual Scientific Meeting of RSMj will be held virtually! In this abbreviated meeting, RSMj welcome all members and non-members alike to join the virtual meeting at no cost on Friday, July 24, 2020 from 2:00pm - 5:00pm EST (11am - 2:00pm PST).