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Dual diagnosis good practice guide
Substance misuse is common among people with severe mental health problems, and mental health problems are common among those with substance misuse problems. This guide summarises policy and good practice for providing mental health...
OPCprep: An E-Delphi study to prioritize outcomes for the evaluation of Overdose Prevention Centres
Do you work in, use or design overdose prevention centres (OPCs)?
Do you work in a position directly related to the outcomes of OPCs (emergency service personnel, public health practitioner or policymaker?)?
Researchers at Queen's...
Open Consultation: UK clinical guidelines for alcohol treatment
The consultation on the UK clinical guidelines for alcohol treatment is now open.
Consultation description
This consultation asks you to review individual chapters from the draft UK clinical guidelines for alcohol treatment.
Each...
Families Awareness Week 2023
Adfam is a UK charity tackling the negative effects of substance use on families and friends. This week is Families Awareness Week 2023 (26 June - 2 July), Adfam’s campaign to raise awareness of the 5 million people in the UK negatively...
The Anti-Stigma Network
The Anti-Stigma Network has been launched!
The Mission
The Anti-Stigma Network has been created by a group of organisations coming together with a shared mission.
Collectively they aim to improve understanding of the stigma and...
2022-2023 Medical Council on Alcohol (MCA) Legacy Essay Competition
It has been widely reported that youth alcohol consumption has decreased over recent years. What is the evidence to support this view? What are the implications for alcohol related health harm, promotion of safe drinking and health policy?
...Better Than Well- Recovery Programme to Support Students in England
The consequences of addiction to substances like drugs and alcohol, or engaging in certain behaviours like gambling, gaming, or sex, can be severe. Addiction is often a response to underlying trauma and social stressors, and continued use...
£421 million to boost drug and alcohol treatment across England
It has been announced that local authorities across England will benefit from an extra £421 million government funding through to 2025 to improve drug and alcohol addiction treatment and recovery.
The extra funding will enable the...
Parental Substance Use: Supporting School Aged Children (BASW Practice Guide)
Children living with parents who use substances are a group of children who are overlooked in legislation, policy and practice.
This guide draws on research that puts children’s voices front and centre.
Findings from safeguarding...
Minimum Unit Pricing of alcohol in Scotland
Here you can read a briefing paper put together by Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems that examines minimum unit pricing in Scotland.
The paper provides an overview of:
- Alcohol harm in Scotland
- What is MUP and why was it...
Skotsko zahajuje národní kampaň proti stigmatu závislosti
Alkohol a problematické užívání drog jsou ve Skotsku významnými problémy, které poškozují životy lidí, rodin a komunit a přispívají k násilí a kriminalitě.
Nejen, že stigma související s užíváním návykových látek může mít dopad na pohodu...
Úmrtí související s drogami ve Skotsku v roce 2020
V roce 2020 bylo ve Skotsku zaznamenáno 1339 úmrtí souvisejících s drogami.
Ve srovnání s údaji z roku 2019 se jedná o 5% nárůst.
Z dalších klíčových zjištění vyplývá:
- Počet úmrtí souvisejících s drogami se za posledních 20 let...
Dame Carol Black's Independent Review of Drugs in England
The second part of Dame Carol Black’s Independent Review of Drugs has been published. This report is the second part of a major independent review by Professor Dame Carol Black into the misuse of illegal drugs in England.
The first part...
Sourcing ‘what works’ evidence from 1 May
KEY MESSAGES
1. From 1 May 2021 there has been a change in how you can remain updated on UK-relevant research evaluating interventions to treat or prevent substance use problems and on the meaning and practice implications of the...
The Youth in Iceland Model (YiIM) in Scotland
The Youth in Iceland Model (YiIM, also known as ‘Planet Youth’) is a community-based approach aiming to prevent young people’s substance use through reducing risk factors and increasing protective factors.
A new team, based in Dundee...
Program profesury Společnosti pro studium závislostí (SSA)
Program "SSA Addictions Professorship" si klade za cíl podpořit jednotlivce, kteří jsou již vedoucími akademickými pracovníky se zavedenými odbornými znalostmi a kteří se chtějí přestěhovat, aby se stali součástí akademického růstu ve...
Podpora rodičů postižených zneužíváním dětí a rodičů (CPA) ze strany dětí užívajících návykové látky
Adfam vytvořil online sadu nástrojů pro praktiky pracující s rodiči, kteří se starají o někoho, kdo užívá drogy nebo alkohol a je vůči nim také zneužívající.
Sada nástrojů obsahuje zdroje pro praktiky, které mohou pracovat se svými...
New Horizons 2020: Výzva k podávání přihlášek
Nyní jsou přijímány přihlášky do grantového programu New Horizons organizace Alcohol Change UK , který se zaměřuje na inovativní a perspektivní akademický výzkum na téma "Skupiny, komunity a škodlivost alkoholu".
Nový grantový program...
Álcool: o ponto cego da saúde global
Publicado originalmente em acesso aberto em The Lancet Global Health (8:3, PE329-E330, 2020).
Tradução de texto de Robert Marten, Gianna Gayle Herrera Amul, Sally Casswell. Disponível também em: http://bit.ly/3apiouO
As doenças não...
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