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Tools and strategies to respond to acute substance use emergencies or population-wide crises affecting substance use.
New Determinants of Addictions’ Creation and Development in Changed Social Conditions
EDITORIAL
Dear readers,
This issue of the journal Addictology offers you many interesting articles on addiction, while each article’s research area is very specific. Authors examine various aspects of addiction in connection with...
Global Family Systems: Psychosocial Resilience during Covid-19
ISSUP UK are pleased to present their Webinar on Global Family Systems: Psychosocial Resilience during COVID-19.
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?
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...
Webinar II: The Implications of COVID-19 for Mental Health and Substance Use
ISSUP India are pleased to present their Webinar the Implications of COVID-19 for Mental Health and Substance Use.
Desafíos en prevención y tratamiento en la post-pandemia (Argentina-Chile-México-Perú)
ISSUP Argentina presentó un webinar que abordó el mayor impacto del aislamiento y el distanciamiento social derivado de la pandemia en la calidad de vida de las poblaciones vulnerables de América Latina, incluidos los niños y adolescentes...
Considerations for Virtual Services and Supports for Substance Use and Concurrent Disorders [Policy Brief]
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...
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Behaviour and Preference Changes in Relation to Selected Anabolic Androgenic Substances and Steroids: A Research Study
BACKGROUND: In December 2019, a severe acute respiratory syndrome caused by coronavirus 2 (SARS- CoV-2 or COVID-19) broke out in China. The virus spread rapidly throughout the country and around the globe. In an effort to prevent the spread...
AddictologyIssue 2/2021
Blueprint for Action: Preventing substance-related harms among youth through a Comprehensive School Health approach
The Public Health Agency of Canada developed The Blueprint for Action: Preventing substance-related harms among youth through a Comprehensive School Approach with a policy paper.
These new resources for preventing substance-related...
Webinar I: The Implications of COVID-19 for Mental Health and Substance Use
ISSUP Indonesia and ISSUP India are pleased to present their Webinar series on the Implications of COVID-19 for Mental Health and Substance Use.
COVID-19 & Substance Use in Canada: Impacts on Consumption, Services, and Service Providers
ISSUP are pleased to present their Webinar on COVID-19 & Substance Use in Canada: Impacts on consumption, services, and service providers, presented by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA).
Recommendations "Web outreach for people who use drugs"
The UNODC Regional Program Office for Eastern Europe (Kiev, Ukraine), in collaboration with the Humanitarian Action Fund (St. Petersburg, Russia), issues recommendations on web outreach for people who use drugs (PWUD), including people who...
Mental Health of Youth and Substance Use: Self-harm and Suicide in Young
ISSUP Ukraine are pleased to present the First Webinar in their Three-Part Series on 'Mental Health of Youth and Substance'. The First Webinar will centre specifically on Self-Harm and Suicide in Young.
COVID-19 Response: Mental Health and Psychosocial Support for Community Health Workers
This online course provides an overview of how community health workers (CHWs) can support their communities by providing appropriate mental health and psychosocial support during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In this course you will learn...
The impact of COVID-19 on drug use and harm reduction programming in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region: a regional consultation of stakeholders and people who use drugs
COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) was classified a pandemic on March 11, 2020, with early reports of the disease occurring in the Middle East and North African (MENA) area. On January 2021, the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Regional...
Changes in alcohol consumption patterns based on gender during COVID-19 confinement in Spain
Abstract
The goal of this study was to analyze the prevalence and pattern of alcohol consumption (frequency of consumption, average daily consumption, and risky consumption) before and during confinement due to the coronavirus disease...
Adolescent drug use before and during U.S. national COVID-19 social distancing policies
During the COVID-19 pandemic, countries around the world have introduced lockdown restrictions and social distancing measures to reduce the spread of the virus. Researchers are keen to understand how these policies and new measures have...
World Drug Report 2021
Consisting of five separate booklets, the World Drug Report 2021 provides an in-depth analysis of the global drug markets and paints a comprehensive picture of the measurable effects and potential impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the world drug problem.
Telehealth during COVID-19: The perspective of alcohol and other drug nurses
This study aimed to explore the experiences of alcohol and other drug nurses transitioning to telehealth due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
