Mental Health

The relationship between mental health disorders and substance use and integrated approaches. .

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Alcohol and suicide

Scientific article

Drinking alcohol can increase someone's risk of dying by suicide. This is connected to both the impact of long-term alcohol use and the immediate effects of drinking. Samaritans and Suicide Prevention Consortium have conducted research...

Concept of trauma and guidance for a trauma-informed approach

Book

This manual introduces a concept of trauma and offers a framework for becoming a trauma-informed organisation, system, or service sector. The manual provides a definition of trauma and a trauma-informed approach and offers 6 key principles...

The intersection of homelessness, trauma, and substance use: Reading list

Reading List

This reading list is designed to complement the webinar presented by Lili Lemieux-Cumberlege on trauma, homelessness, and substance use. The presentation explored the subject through a personal, interpersonal, and systemic lens, and...

Introducing compassion focused therapy

Scientific article

Compassion focused therapy (CFT) is based on the evolutionary, functional analysis of basic social motivational systems (e.g., to exist within groups and care for kin) and emotional systems (e.g., to respond to threats, seek out contentment...

Adverse childhood experiences and related outcomes among adults experiencing homelessness

Scientific article

People who are homeless experience significant physical, mental and social challenges that are linked with poor health and functioning. Rates of substance use issues, mental health difficulties, injury and chronic disease are significantly...

Improving the Management of Co-occurring Mental Health and Substance use conditions

2 February 2022

Virtual

This conference focuses on improving the management and outcomes of people with co-occurring mental health and substance misuse conditions, and managing demand during and beyond Covid-19 whilst ensuring adherence to the NICE National Quality Standard Coexisting severe mental illness and substance misuse.

Activated Threat Systems: The Intersection of Homelessness, Trauma, and Substance Use

ISSUP Webinar

25 January 2022

ISSUP are pleased to present the First Event in the Webinar Series on Substance Use and Homelessness: New Perspectives from Research and Practice.

Activated Threat Systems: The Intersection of Homelessness, Trauma, and Substance Use

25 January 2022

Edinburgh

United Kingdom

ISSUP would like you to attend the First Event in the upcoming Webinar Series on Substance Use and Homelessness: New Perspectives from Research and Practice.

DECCA Big Guides

Leaflet, Infographic, Fact sheet, Poster

23 December 2021

Downloadable information on alcohol, drugs and tobacco.

Longitudinal Impact of Childhood Adversity on Early Adolescent Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the ABCD Study Cohort: Does Race or Ethnicity Moderate Findings?

Scientific article

Abstract Background During the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, mental health among youth has been negatively affected. Youth with a history of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), as well as youth from minoritized racial-ethnic...