Addiction

Research on gambling and links to suicide

29 November 2021

Online

We are delighted to invite you to a webinar led by Dr Steve Sharman, Research Fellow, The National Addiction Centre at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), at King’s College London. Steve will discuss his latest work on gambling and suicide. Steve is a specialist in gambling research and is an Academic Fellow of the Society for the Study of Addiction.

A Conversation About Corruption in Substance Use Disorder Treatment

Video and audio recordings

Elizabeth Saenz, UNODC, presents on the issue of patient abuse and corruption in treatment and provides a call to action on the need to address this problem that spans across countries.

Lifelong consequences of prenatal drug exposure

Video and audio recordings

14 October 2021

This webinar explored the issues of infants withdrawing from maternal drugs of addiction, and problems beyond the newborn period. Newborn drug withdrawal is often attributed to maternal opioids, but many other drugs can cause serious...

Smoking and drinking- Selected articles from the journal of alcohol and alcoholism

Scientific article

The featured articles investigate the association of smoking products and alcohol consumption, identify causes and influences, and explore therapeutic avenues and cessation interventions. Free to access until 31 January! Articles Targeting...

Considerations for Virtual Services and Supports for Substance Use and Concurrent Disorders [Policy Brief]

Book

28 October 2021

The Canadian Centre for Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) in partnership with the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre, the Canadian Psychological Association and Canada Health Infoway, collected national data on the experience and...

Study: Combined treatments are the most effective to stop smoking

Scientific article

12 October 2021

This is a study, led by the University of Bristol, and published in Addiction Journal. It was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), the research partner of the NHS, public health and social care. The most effective...

Network meta-analysis of eligible comparisons for sustained abstinence (a), prolonged abstinence (b), any abstinence (c) and 7-day point prevalence abstinence (PPA) (d). Thicker edges in network figures represent comparisons with a higher number of randomized patients, while interventions with a larger number of randomized patients have larger circles. Interventions were excluded if they were disconnected from the main network. Credit: DOI: 10.1111/add.15675

Addiction treatment in India: Legal, ethical and professional concerns reported in the media

Scientific article

4 October 2021

This study is a content analysis of newspaper reports from January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2019 looking into legal, ethical and professional concerns regarding the treatment of substance use disorders in India.

Adfam National Forum- Prescription drugs and the impact on families

4 November 2021

Online

United Kingdom

Adfam's monthly online forum events are free to attend and open to anyone with a professional interest in supporting families affected by substance use or gambling.

By attending Adfam’s forum events you will hear from experts across the sector, network with others working in the same area and share practice.

2021 NDARC Annual Research Symposium Recordings

Video and audio recordings

The National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) held the 2021 Annual Research Symposium on the 20 - 22 October 2021. Here you can see recordings of all of the sessions from the three days. Session One Topic: Emerging pharmaceutical...

NIDA Frontiers in Addiction Research Mini-Convention

1 November 2021

Online

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) invite you to the annual 2021 NIDA-NIAAA Frontiers in Addiction Research Mini-Convention*.

The Mini-Convention will be held as a 2-day virtual meeting on November 1-2, 2021.