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Substance use issues affecting specific groups, considering their unique risk factors and needs.
Black girls and referrals: racial and gender disparities in self-reported referral to substance use disorder assessment among justice-involved children
Background
There is a higher prevalence of substance use disorder (SUD) among justice-involved children (JIC). It is critical to ensure that JIC who report current use are referred for SUD assessment and potentially life-saving treatment...
Rodiny lidí, kteří užívají drogy: zdravotní a sociální reakce
Tato minipříručka je jednou z rozsáhlejších příruček, které společně zahrnují Zdravotní a sociální reakce na drogovou problematiku: evropský průvodce.
Poskytuje přehled nejdůležitějších aspektů, které je třeba vzít v úvahu při plánování...
Děti, jejichž rodiče užívají drogy: slibné postupy a doporučení
Tato zpráva se zaměřuje na děti vyrůstající v rodinách postižených drogovou a alkoholovou závislostí, jakož i na služby, programy a postupy, které pomáhají chránit dětství a zaručovat potřeby dětí a zároveň se zabývají potřebami rodičů.
Za...
Parent Guide- The Improving Treatment Together (ITT) Project
This handbook is a collection of shared experiences and stories to help other parents and caregivers find refuge, support and courage to reach out for help.
Whether your young person is experimenting with substances or has developed a...
"Situace v oblasti duševního zdraví a násilí páchaného na ženách v kontextu pandemie COVID19" pokrok, výzvy a výzvy
ISSUP Peru vás chce pozvat na další webinář.
Substance use in Gender Dysphoria (Transgenders) and their Mental Health
An event at a NGO in Lahore was organized to address the mental health and substance use among those living with gender dysphoria. They have complex challenges that vary from bullying, harassment, prejudice, discrimination in support and...
UNODC launched a Training of Trainers (ToT) Programme on the Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC) Advanced Courses 9-15 in Pakistan
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Ensuring continued learning and offering opportunities to substance use dependence treatment professionals to learn advanced and evidence-based treatment techniques and strategies is one of the important missions of UNODC. In...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 practice...
Dois Paises e um mesmo Problema: Prevenção na Pediatria
O ISSUP Brasil apresentou um webinar com pediatras discutindo formas de prevenção e como funcionam os problemas causados pelo uso de substâncias.
Dois pediatras discutem sobre os meios de se fazer prevenção e como funciona os problemas...
Avoidance, Anxiety Towards Parents, and Self-Acceptance of Adolescents in the System of Higher Secondary Education
BACKGROUND:
A close relationship between a parent and a child and parental acceptance can mediate the appropriate self-acceptance of an adolescent, which is an important variable related to personality and a pillar of emotional health. In...
AddictologyIssue 2/2022
General Principles of Contingency Management for Smoking Cessation
Contingency management (CM) is a psychological treatment based on operant conditioning. It consists of providing incentives in exchange for achieving a target behaviour such as abstinence or other treatmentrelated variables (e.g. session...
AddictologyIssue 2/2022
Substance Use and the Role of Families. Results of a Cross-Country Study in Pakistan, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine
BACKGROUND:
In many countries families have rarely been involved in addressing treatment and interventions for family members with substance use disorders (SUDs). The aims of this study were to measure the influence of substance use on...
AddictologyIssue 2/2022
Contribution of SocioDemographic and Structured Leisure Activities’ Characteristics to Adolescents’ Alcohol Use
BACKGROUND:
Leisure can be a context that can promote positive adolescent development, but it can also be a context that contributes to adolescents engaging in risk behaviours.
AIMS:
The aim of this study is to determine the extent to...
AddictologyIssue 2/2022
A new model of Couples Treatment for Addiction
This Webinar examines a new model of couples treatment for addiction.
The model includes new aspects in the treatment, related to relationship reparation/ forgiveness and aspects of Emotionally-focused couple therapy.
The presentation...
Bezpečné prostory, odborná příprava a preventivní programy chrání mladé ugandské ženy
Dospívající dívky a mladé ženy v Ugandě, zejména ty, které žijí ve venkovské Africe, zažívají četné vzájemně propojené protivenství, které je mohou vystavit riziku HIV, zneužívání alkoholu a závislosti na nespravedlivých mocenských vztazích...
Treatment of Drug Use Disorders and Associated Mental Health Disorders in Prison Settings and Forensic Hospitals
This discussion paper was prepared by UNODC following various requests from the Member States for technical assistance on the treatment of drug use disorders and associated mental health disorders in prison settings.
This effort is related...
Formální praxe všímavosti předpovídá snížení závažnosti symptomů PTSD po intervenci založené na všímavosti u žen se současně se vyskytující PTSD a poruchou užívání návykových látek
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Ženy se souběžně se vyskytující posttraumatickou stresovou poruchou (PTSD) a poruchou užívání návykových látek (SUD) se potýkají se systémovými překážkami, které je vystavují riziku horších výsledků léčby. Některé...
Changes in Emergency Department Visits for Cannabis Hyperemesis Syndrome Following Recreational Cannabis Legalization and Subsequent Commercialization in Ontario, Canada
Abstract
Importance Prior research suggests that the legalization of recreational cannabis is associated with increases in cannabis hyperemesis syndrome (CHS), but it is unclear how cannabis commercialization (ie, greater retail store...
Training of trainers (TOT) on mental health for prison staffs
Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) and Bangladesh Prison Directorate jointly organized a four-day long ToT on mental health for prison officials from 22-25 August 2022, in the meeting room of Dhaka Central Jail. A total of 21 participants...
Bi-Monthly Webinar: ISSUP Nigeria Knowledge Update Series (Fourteenth Session)
ISSUP Nigeria are pleased to present their next Bi-Monthly Webinar in the Knowledge Update Series. This Webinar will centre on 'The Use of Methamphetamine in Nigeria: Trend and Threat Analysis'.