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Addiction Language Guide
The Addiction Language Guide serves as a comprehensive resource designed to address and combat stigmatizing language associated with addiction. Stigmatizing language often involves attaching negative labels and stereotypes to specific...
Health & Wellness in Recovery: Programs & Topics
The American Addictions Centers provide insights into how a healthy diet and exercise can enhance overall health and recovery. This resource offers an overview of the root of addiction and how to overcome it through healthy life habits...
Journey to Wellness Guide
Longtime wellness expert and creator of the 8 Dimensions of Health Dr. Peggy Swarbrick has published a new tool- a Journey to Wellness Guide.
This Journey to Wellness Guide is designed to help people find new ideas to use to begin or...
How the media can play its part in reducing the stigma surrounding substance use
In this blogpost, produced by academics from the University of Stirling, the authors discuss the See Beyond – See the Lives – Scotland campaign, which involves the stories of those left behind after losing a loved one to alcohol and drug...
Healing Families, Helping Systems: A Trauma-Informed Practice Guide for Working with Children, Youth & Families
This guide is concerned with advancing understanding and action about trauma-informed approaches that support program and service delivery for/with children, youth, and families. A trauma-informed approach is a system-wide approach that is...
Practical Guide for Implementing a Trauma-Informed Approach
The guide specifically focuses on tools and strategies for implementing a trauma-informed approach. This guide highlights the need for organizational assessment of readiness and capacity before implementing trauma-informed approach and...
National Substance Use and Mental Health Services Survey (N-SUMHSS), 2021: Data on Substance Use and Mental Health Treatment Facilities
The N‑SUMHSS is a voluntary annual survey of all active substance use and mental health facilities in the United States, its territories, and D.C. The annual report presents findings on the general profile of substance use and mental health...
The Power of Resilience
Επέκταση της πρόσβασης και της χρήσης υπηρεσιών συμπεριφορικής υγείας για άτομα που διατρέχουν κίνδυνο ή αντιμετωπίζουν έλλειψη στέγης
Αυτός ο οδηγός επισημαίνει στρατηγικές για τους παρόχους συμπεριφορικής υγείας και στέγασης για τη διεξαγωγή προσέγγισης και τη συνεργασία με άτομα που αντιμετωπίζουν έλλειψη στέγης, την έναρξη χρήσης συμπεριφορικής υγειονομικής περίθαλψης...
Key considerations to integrate HIV and mental health interventions
A new publication by UNAIDS and the World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes the importance of integrating HIV and mental health services and other interventions, including linkages to social protection services, for people living with...
Συννοσηρότητες στις διαταραχές χρήσης ναρκωτικών: Δεν υπάρχει λάθος πόρτα
Το παρόν έγγραφο συζήτησης έχει ως στόχο να αναδείξει τα στοιχεία που σχετίζονται με τις συννοσηρότητες ψυχικής και σωματικής υγείας στις διαταραχές χρήσης ναρκωτικών και να προωθήσει την ανάπτυξη καινοτόμων, τεκμηριωμένων πολιτικών και...
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...
The complexity and challenge of ‘dual diagnosis’
This Drug and Alcohol Finding publication addresses a hot topic which generates heated debate- dual diagnosis.
Whether to focus on mental health problems or substance use problems when the patient exhibits both is a long-standing...
Mental ill health and substance misuse: Dual Diagnosis
This paper has been compiled in response to an MLA request on the complex issue of ‘dual diagnosis’ in the context of service provision. Specifically, the paper provides the following:
- An overview of dual diagnosis.
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Estimated...
Concurrent Treatment of PTSD and Substance Use Disorders Using Prolonged Exposure (COPE): Therapist Guide (Treatments That Work)
Concurrent Treatment of PTSD and Substance Use Disorders Using Prolonged Exposure (COPE) is a cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy program designed for patients who have posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and a co-occurring alcohol or drug...
Πολλαπλά μειονεκτήματα και συνυπάρχουσα χρήση ουσιών και συνθήκες ψυχικής υγείας.
Η χρήση ουσιών και οι ανάγκες ψυχικής υγείας είναι δύο από τις κύριες ανησυχίες για πολλούς ανθρώπους που αντιμετωπίζουν πολλαπλά μειονεκτήματα. Γνωρίζουμε ότι οι άνθρωποι που αντιμετωπίζουν και τα δύο προβλήματα ταυτόχρονα (γνωστά και ως ...
Breaking the stigma in academic writing
In this blog post and guide, Dr. Stephen Parkin shares his observations about the use of stigmatising words and phrases in academic writing, and offers a list of person-centred and pragmatic alternatives.
Words Matter Language Guide
The need to change our language in relation to people who use drugs has become an increasing topic of discussion, but there is still a long way to go. People who use drugs are highly diverse and their relationship with drug use takes many...
Working with older persons in forced displacement
This document provides guidance for UNHCR staff and partners on protecting the rights of older persons in situations of forced displacement or statelessness.
When responding to the phases of forced displacement (flight, displacement...
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