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World Health Organization. (‎2021)‎. Technical guidance and modules on community mental health services: promoting people-centred and rights-based approaches: summary. World Health Organization. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/341641. License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO

Throughout the world, mental health care is still widely provided in psychiatric hospitals, and human rights violations and coercive practices are still all too common. But the provision of community-based mental health care that respects human rights and is focused on recovery is proving to be effective and cost...

We are pleased to inform you that the most recent issue of the International Journal of Addiction Research (RIIAD) has just been published, which can be consulted at the following address: 

 http://riiad.org/index.php/riiad/issue/view/24

Below is a summary of the content of this issue, as well as a direct access link to each article so that you can review those that are of interest to you. It should be noted that with each of their queries they contribute to giving greater dissemination and visibility on the internet to the journal. 

• In the editorial of this issue, a series of "Considerat...

ABSTRACT

Objective: To assess the association between drinking behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic and quarantine, anxiety symptoms, and sociodemographic characteristics in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).

Method: Data was collected through a cross‐sectional online survey (non-probabilistic sample) conducted by the Pan American Health Organization between May 22 and June 30, 2020, in 33 countries and two territories of LAC. Participants were 18 years of age or older and must not have traveled outside of their country since March 15, 2020 (n= 12 328, M age= 38.1 years, 65% female)...

Quito, 16 March 2021.- The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), through the Global Drug And Treatment Care Project - with the support of Ecuador's Ministry of Public Health - developed a training day on treatment for women, adolescents and girls with substance use disorders and the management of substance use disorders during pregnancy.

Over three days (16, 17 and 18 March) more than 25 health professionals (psychologists, doctors and psychiatrists) working in different provinces of Ecuador will deepen their knowledge of specific care for women, pregnant women, adolescents and...

The Global Synthetic Drugs Assessment 2020 provides an analysis of the global synthetic drugs market.

• The first part of this report provides options for responses to counter the synthetic drug problem.
• The second part presents a global thematic analysis of the key trends and emerging developments of the synthetic drugs market as well as the recent trends in the manufacture of synthetic drugs, including the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
• The third part provides the key findings of the synthetic drug situation in the different regions of the world.

Global Synthetic Drugs Assessment