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Treatment
The range of medical, psychological, and social services designed to help individuals reduce or stop substance use and manage substance use disorders. Treatment may include assessment, counselling and behavioural therapies, medication-assisted treatment, withdrawal management, and support for co-occurring mental or physical health conditions. Effective treatment is typically person-centred and evidence-informed, and may be provided in outpatient, community, or residential settings. Treatment aims to improve health and functioning, reduce substance-related harms, and support individuals in moving toward recovery and long-term wellbeing.
Webinar: How Do Co-occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Affect Young People?
This webinar will present an update on research into co-occurring mental and substance use disorders among young people in Australia.
It will ask:
- how many young people experience co-occurring mental and substance use disorders?
- What...
Effectiveness Bank Additions: Therapy Relationships that Work 4: Managing Perceptions of the Treatment
Clients’ perceptions of and reactions to treatment are the focus of this final of four bulletins recapping 16 reviews for the American Psychological Association. Emerging from psychotherapy research worldwide are practical and effective...
Differences in Service Utilization and Barriers among Blacks, Hispanics, and Whites with Drug Use Disorders
Abstract
Background
Treatment for drug use disorders (DUD) can be effective, but only a small proportion of people with DUD seek or receive treatment. Research on racial and ethnic treatment differences and disparities remains unclear...
Combining Medically Assisted Treatment and Twelve-Step Programming: A Perspective and Review
ABSTRACT
Background: People with severe substance use disorders require long-term rehabilitative care after the initial treatment. There is, however, a deficit in the availability of such care. This may be due both to inadequate medical...
A Qualitative Study of Drivers of Psychoactive Substance Use among Mekelle University Students, Northern Ethiopia
Abstract
Background
Psychoactive substance (PS) use is a public health concern among University students. Understanding the factors underlay the use helps to underpin effective preventive interventions. However, there is dearth of...
Children Learning About Secondhand Smoke (CLASS II): A Pilot Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
Abstract
Introduction
Children exposed to secondhand smoke (SHS) are at increased risk of respiratory illnesses. We piloted a Smoke Free Intervention (SFI) and trial methods before investigating its effectiveness and cost-effectiveness in...
Meeting of Mr. Muhammad Ayub, Senior Adviser, Colombo Plan, DAP with Mr. Sana Ullah Rathore CEO MATH
A meeting of Mr. Muhammad Ayub, Senior Adviser, Colombo Plan DAP and Mr. Sana Ullah Rathore, CEO Mian Afzal Trust Hospital, Gujranwala Pakistan was held at MATH. During the meeting Mr. Sana Ullah Rathore said that as an education provider...
Visit of Mr. Muhmmad Ayub, Senior Advisor, Colombo Plan Drug Advisory Program
Mr. Muhammad Ayub, Senior Advisor visited Freedom Treatment & Rehab in Gujranwala, Pakistan, 2019. Mr. Sana Ullah Rathore, Consultant Drug Rehabilitation Freedom, Director elect ISSUP Pakistan, Rana Maqsood Ahmad, Arshad Javed Mughal...
Evaluating Early Help: A Guide to Evaluation of Complex Local Early Help Systems
This guide seeks to improve the evaluation of early help by setting out some principles that could help places to make progress in evaluating local services.
Program jihovýchodní Asie o protidrogové politice 2019
Release, britské centrum odborných znalostí v oblasti drogového a protidrogového práva, s hrdostí zve k podávání přihlášek do programu 2019 South East Asian Fellowship Program on Drug Policy. Fellows budou hostit na Release v Londýně ve Velké Británii.
Webinar: Supporting Frontline Workers with Key Information and Resources about Ice
This webinar provides information about:
- How crystal methamphetamine affects people and communities
- Worker safety and preventing, managing and recovering from ice-related critical incidents
- The impacts of using ice with alcohol and...
Research Survey: Enhancing Drug Treatment for Migrants and Ethnic Minorities
Mapping European promising practices aimed at increasing reach and retention of and accessibility for migrants and ethnic minorities in European drug treatment.
Alcohol and Older People
The Swedish Society of Medicine, the Swedish Society of Nursing and IOGT-NTO have come together to produce a report on the elderly’s increased sensitivity to the effects of alcohol which, may increase the risk of disease and accidents, even at relatively low consumption levels.
A Conceptual Model for Understanding Post-Release Opioid-Related Overdose Risk
Abstract
Post-release opioid-related overdose mortality is the leading cause of death among people released from jails or prisons (PRJP). Informed by the proximate determinants framework, this paper presents the Post-Release Opioid-Related...
Cannabis Policy and Legislation in the Nordic Countries
Cannabis is used throughout the Nordic countries, with a particular increase in use among young adults.
Markets and attitudes towards the drug have evolved, therefore there is a need to understand follow societies response to its use.
Thi...
Effectiveness Bank Additions: Therapy Relationships that Work 3: Managing the Relationship
How therapists can build and manage the recovery-promoting relationship with the client is the focus of this third bulletin recapping 16 reviews for the American Psychological Association, each featuring expert advice based on amalgamations...
Prevalence of Cognitive Impairment in Patients with Substance Use Disorder
Abstract
Introduction and Aims
Cognitive impairments in substance use disorder predict treatment outcome and are assumed to differ between substances. They often go undetected, thus the current study focuses on the prevalence of and...
Analýza banky efektivity: "Game-Changer" Opioid Addiction Medication se ukázal jako účinný v americké studii
Léky toho typu, který jeden z předních britských lékařů a výzkumníků pro léčbu závislostí označil za možný "měnič hry", se osvědčily v americké placebem kontrolované studii. Buprenorfin injekce s účinky trvajícími měsíc jsou nyní k...
The Results of the WHO-UNODC Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facility Survey in Serbia
In collaboration with the Ministry of Health of the Government of Serbia, UNODC supported the implementation of the UNODC/WHO substance use disorder treatment facility survey to map existing treatment capacity. The results of the survey...
