Counselors: Need a tool to help people leaving criminal justice facilities stay drug-free? The Drugs & the Brain Wallet Card is designed specifically for people transitioning back to a less structured environment.
Kelly, J. F., Greene, M. C., Bergman, B. G., White, W. L., & Hoeppner, B. B. (2019). How many recovery attempts does it take to successfully resolve an alcohol or drug problem? Estimates and correlates from a national study of recovering U.S. adults. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 43(7), 1533-1544. doi: 10.1111/acer.14067
This retrospective cohort study asks people who are in recovery or have not used alcohol or drugs for at least two years following meeting diagnostic criteria for having a SUD how many quit attempts they had made prior to success. The range was 0-100 previous attempts.
Title: Addressing Youth Substance Abuse in the Juvenile Justice System: Reconciling Treatment Court and Clinical Intervention Approaches Presenters: Jacqueline van Wormer, PhD, Whitworth College Joshua Leblang, EdS, LMHC, University of Washington This webinar tackles the complex and high stakes...
In this webinar, Honora Englander, MD (OHSU) shared her experience developing and spreading the Improving Addiction Care Team (IMPACT) and described IMPACT outcomes and lessons learned. She also shared practical advice for teams interested in implementing addictions care in other hospital settings...
Kyiv (Ukraine), 18 December 2019 - The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) jointly with the World Health Organization (WHO) in the framework of the UNODC-WHO Programme on Drug Dependence Treatment and Care, organized an International training on Identification and Management of Substance Use Disorders in Pregnancy.
More than 30 health practitioners, including obstetricians, gynecologists, neonatal care specialists, nurses, as well as specialists in substance use disorders treatment from Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus participated in the three-day workshop, held from 11 to 13...
SAMHSA’s Criminal Justice Symposium featured criminal justice practitioners, behavioral health providers, & federal staff presenting on early diversion, crisis response, behavioral health screenings, and reentry. Learn more at https://www.samhsa.gov/criminal-juven....
Source: https://archives.drugabuse.gov/sites/default/files/approachestodacounseling.pdf This publication contains information on various drug abuse counseling approaches, written by representatives of many well-known treatment programs.
Many who find themselves established in recovery are left with a lingering, internal void that represents a lack of meaning or sense of purpose in life. This lack of meaning or purpose can be a constant threat to one’s recovery...
This one-hour webinar is for assisting participants in starting the implementation process to integrate SBIRT (Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment) services into the workflow in different settings. SBIRT is an evidenced based set of services that has been proven as an effective...
La " Guía breve para la detección e intervención con mujeres en situación de drogodependencias" es un material elaborado por el Programa FEDRA, organizado por la Fundación de Educación para la Salud (FUNDADEPS) del Hospital Clínico San Carlos de Madrid, y subvencionado por la Delegación del Gobierno...
Fuente: http://www.msal.gob.ar/images/stories/bes/graficos/0000001661cnt-abordaje-salud-mental-primer-nivel-atencion.pdf El objetivo de esta publicación es acercar recomendaciones como herramientas de trabajo para el abordaje de la salud mental en el Primer Nivel de Atención, desde un enfoque...
10/29/2019 Joseph E. Glass, PhD Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute Researchers and health systems do not know how to care for large numbers of primary care patients with opioid and other substance use disorders, even though these conditions are increasingly deadly and costly...
Στις 4-8 Νοεμβρίου 2019 στην Τασκένδη του Ουζμπεκιστάν, 24 ειδικοί από τα κέντρα απεξάρτησης, τις κλινικές ναρκολογίας και τα ιδρύματα του Καζακστάν, της Κιργιζίας, του Τατζικιστάν, του Τουρκμενιστάν και του Ουζμπεκιστάν συμμετείχαν στην περιφερειακή εκπαίδευση για την εισαγωγή των πρωτοκόλλων θεραπείας για ψυχοδιεγερτικά και για συννοσηρές ψυχιατρικές και ιατρικές διαταραχές που διοργανώθηκε από το παγκόσμιο έργο GLOJ71 του UNODC «Θεραπεία της εξάρτησης από τα ναρκωτικά και των συνεπειών της στην υγεία: Treatnet" σε συνεργασία με το υποπρόγραμμα 3 "Πρόληψη, θεραπεία και αποκατάσταση και...
The UNODC’s Regional Office for West and Central Africa (ROSEN), the Prevention Treatment and Rehabilitation Section (PTRS) and UNAIDS jointly organized a TREATNET training on drug use disorder treatment and care from July 30th to August 2nd 2019 in Saly-Mbour, Senegal.
Participants included the Ministry of Health, along with twenty-five health and social work professionals, national defence and security forces’ representatives from the different regions of Senegal.
TREATNET is a UNODC capacity building strategy, aiming to strengthen capacities, knowledge, competencies and skills of service...
Salvador Minuchin en la Facultad de Psicología de la Universidad de Buenos Aires Conferencia: "Terapía familiar estructural" Prof. Salvador Minuchin Lic. Ema Genijovich Julio de 1997
Από τις 6 έως τις 12 Οκτωβρίου 2019, στο πλαίσιο των δραστηριοτήτων του UNODC - PTRS / GLOK32 για την καθοδήγηση της εισαγωγής της υποβοηθούμενης φαρμακολογικής θεραπείας της εξάρτησης από οπιοειδή, 10 εκπρόσωποι, υπεύθυνοι χάραξης πολιτικής και εμπειρογνώμονες θεραπείας και 2 ψυχίατροι από την Ακτή Ελεφαντοστού, συναντήθηκαν σε επίσκεψη μελέτης στο Μαρόκο για τη βελτίωση των γνώσεων εμπειρογνωμόνων υψηλού επιπέδου στον εθισμό και των μέτρων πολιτικής για τη θεραπεία της εξάρτησης από οπιοειδή. Η επίσκεψη ήταν απαραίτητη για την καθοδήγηση των υπηρεσιών θεραπείας και φροντίδας στην Ακτή...
Open access article in the New England Journal of Medicine on how artificial intelligence is changing health care systems. U.S. focused, but lessons are applicable to any system of care.
Source: Adam et al. Addict Sci Clin Pract (2019) 14:39 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13722-019-0167-z Abstract Background: The TAPS Tool is a substance use screening and brief assessment instrument that was developed for use in primary care medical settings. It is one of the first screening instruments...