The relationship between mental health disorders and substance use and integrated approaches.
Mental Health
Motivational interviewing: Helping people change
A must-read for anyone interested in facilitating change with individuals, groups, organizations, and institutions. Miller and Rollnick explain how to work through ambivalence to facilitate change. They present detailed guidelines for using...
Assessing the delivery of the thinking for a change program in modified formats: An experimental approach.
Abstract This paper evaluates whether participation in the Thinking for a Change cognitive behavioural program produces improvement in social problem solving skills in a prison context. Data are derived from a randomised experiment, with a...
A quasi-experimental evaluation of Thinking for a Change: A “real-world” application.
Abstract Due to the popularity of cognitive behavioural interventions, programs that follow this model are often assumed to be effective. Yet evaluations of specific programs have been slow in coming. The current investigation seeks to...
Thinking for a change 4.0.
About the program: Thinking for a Change 4.0 (T4C) is an innovative cognitive behavioral change program crafted by experts Jack Bush, Ph.D., Barry Glick, Ph.D., and Juliana Taymans, Ph.D., in partnership with the National Institute of...
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Opioid Users in Dodoma, Tanzania: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study Protocol
INTRODUCTION: Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is highly commorbid among individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD). PTSD among people with OUD is associated with severe opioid use, depression, and suicidality. Tanzania has seen a rise...
Suicide and Substance Use Disorders: A Current Epidemic
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Online Training: Using CBT to support families affected by addiction
This one day training looks at using cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) skills to support families affected by addiction. The course covers all the essential skills that can help families to change their unhelpful thoughts, feelings and behaviours in response to a loved one’s addiction.
Online Training: Families, Drugs & Alcohol: Essential Skills
This one day training looks at brief interventions for working with families affected by drug and alcohol use. This course is designed for everyone working with adult family members affected by someone else’s drug or alcohol use. No previous experience required.
Online Training: Resilience Building in Practitioners
Recent research suggests that frontline practitioners are experiencing symptoms of burnout at an increasing rate. Working daily with high numbers of complex caseloads is taking its toll on worker mental and physical health and work life balance. With record numbers of staff leaving social care, it's clear that workers need support to combat the impact of burnout symptoms.
Psychologists are innovating to tackle substance use by building new alliances in treatment efforts
Recent data from the U.S. highlights a concerning rise in substance use and related harms. In 2022, over 109,000 drug overdose deaths were recorded—a 54% increase since 2019. The majority involved illicit fentanyl, often mixed with...
