Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital are pleased to offer this intensive 2-day course which brings together some of the foremost authorities in the addiction field.
Topics will include new, evidence-based treatments, the nuances of treating co-occurring disorders along with addiction, and special populations. Smaller breakout sessions allow for in-depth exploration of topic areas in an interactive and stimulating format that should enhance learning and skill-building.
iCADD is hosting the largest European conference on addiction, behaviour, and emotional wellbeing.
Join iCADD for 3 days of networking, furthering global connection, communication and understanding in the prevention and treatment of Behavioral, Mental and Emotional Health, facilitated by world-renowned speakers on our uniquely eclectic combination of topics.
Webinar: Mental Health & COVID-19 Best Practice Public Health Information Campaigns
Location: Webinar
The Lancet Psychiatry, Mental Health Innovation Network, and United for Global Mental Health are launching a series of weekly webinars designed to provide policymakers and the wider health community with the latest evidence on the impact of COVID-19 on mental health and how to address it.
This webinar will address Mental Health & COVID-19 Best Practice Public Health Information Campaigns.
Coronavirus and drug-related issues: are we ready to learn the lessons?
Location: Webinar
The EMCDDA is offering a new series of webinars around the theme of COVID-19. The purpose of the webinars is to help those working in the drugs field understand how drug users, and those supporting them, are coping with the pandemic and to share knowledge and experience. The webinars will give a voice to key professionals working in the drugs field and will allow for discussion on emerging challenges.
The first webinar will take place on 6 May on the theme:
'Coronavirus and drug-related issues: are we ready to learn the lessons?'
COVID-19 - Responding to Mental Health and Isolation in the Pandemic
Location: Webinar
Scottish Drug Forum's fourth free COVID-19 webinar will focus on mental health among people who use substances during the pandemic.
The current COVID-19 situation presents unique challenges for people who use alcohol and other drugs and who experience poor mental health. They are particular risk group with very specific needs and are perhaps most at risk of loneliness and isolation. Difficult feelings can make it easy for substance use to escalate or for people to relapse.
ISSUP Chile te invita a participar en un webinar sobre 'Nuestras ocupaciones en tiempos de pandemia' que se llevará a cabo este jueves, el 7 de mayo de 2020 a las 10:00 hrs (tiempo de Chile).
The current COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly affected various populations globally.
The International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM) believes that the impact of this pandemic on people struggling with Substance Use Disorders could not be overlooked.
ISSUP Argentina les invita a participar en un webinar sobre familias, convivencias con situaciones de consumo en tiempos de pandemia. El webinar tendrá lugar el 11 de mayo de 2020 a las 10:00 hrs (tiempo de Argentina).
Webinar Ask the Experts: innovaTEL Telepsychiatry Shares Telemental Health Best Practices
Location: Webinar
As telehealth expands across the country in response to COVID-19, behavioral health providers are having to rapidly train up and transition staff with limited or little experience in delivering services remotely.
In the world of addiction, nobody faces the same journey.
Prevention, treatment and recovery is not one size fits all, and when it comes to physical, mental and behavioural addictions, breaking the stigma is essential.
At the Australian & New Zealand Addiction Conference, you have access to the latest research, projects and strategies to help meet the diverse and complex needs of your clients.
Nicotine & Tobacco: Current Issues, Policy & Practice
Location: Stirling
This is a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) module and Knowledge Exchange Workshop currently hosted by the University of Stirling on behalf of SPECTRUM. It is convened by Dr Allison Ford and has been successfully delivered for over ten years at various of our partner Universities throughout the UK.
ISSUP Argentina invites you to participate in a webinar about children and adolescents with consumption in times of pandemic.. The webinar will take place on May 12, 2020 at 10:00 hrs (Argentina time).
Energy Psychology Techniques for Reducing Trauma & Addiction
Location: Webinar
Energy psychology techniques have shown continuous efficacy in reducing trauma brain responses. Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) and Thought Field Therapy (TFT) use tapping on acupressure meridians to reduce agitated sympathetic nervous system agitation to parasympathetic nervous system resting response within minutes.
The webinar will discuss the neuroscience behind the techniques and demonstrate the use of these techniques to reduce anxiety in clients.
Wednesday, May 13, 2020 @ 3-4:00pm ET (2CT/1MT/12PT)
The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting pretty much everything these days including primary prevention. We at Planet Youth have been keeping in touch with our partners around the world to learn how the pandemic is affecting on-going Planet Youth projects and projects that are being started.
We have learned that there is an interest amongst our partners and those working with primary prevention in learning what is going on in other countries and how COVID-19 is impacting public health in general and primary ATOD prevention specifically.
On May 15, 2020 ISSUP Kenya, in collaboration with ISSUP Global, presented a webinar on the Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Substance Use Disorders: Prevention & Management.
NAATP National is one of the most important, engaging, and influential conferences in our industry.
This leadership conference remains unique and critically important as the leading educational and networking event within the addiction treatment field.
This year’s conference will bring together four powerful segments of the system: providers, payers, policy advocates, and our national guiding agencies.
Interested in becoming a credentialed drug demand reduction professional?
Here is an opportunity to be trained in the entry level courses of the Universal Treatment Curriculum training series at 5000 feet above sea level in the mountain resort city of Baguio, Philippines
This presentation will give a brief summary of the meaning of evidence-based prevention, what interventions consist of, and the scope they may have. In the same way, there will also be a review of the learnings and outcomes that both prevention practice and research have left, as well as the barriers that are imposed for the implementation of these interventions.
Keepin'it REAL (KiR), a prevention program that teaches life strategies to young people between the ages of 12 and 14, will be talked about.
Time: May 19, 2020 12:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
How is COVID-19 shaping the future of drug services in Europe?
Location: Webinar
The EMCDDA is offering a new series of webinars around the theme of COVID-19. The purpose of the webinars is to help those working in the drugs field understand how drug users, and those supporting them, are coping with the pandemic and to share knowledge and experience. The webinars will give a voice to key professionals working in the drugs field and will allow for discussion on emerging challenges. The sessions, chaired by EMCDDA staff members, are open to EMCDDA employees, the Reitox network and professionals working in the domain.
Introduction to Addiction Prevention for Academics: An Original E-learning Module Based on EUPC
Location: Online
Summary: This learning collaborative will provide support and instruction in using the new e-learning module based on EUPC. Our instructor will train people how to use it and integrate it into their academic programs/courses.
This series is for professionals who want to be able to provide a basic overview of addictions to their students and professionals who may benefit from the knowledge but do not necessarily specialise in it. This may include social workers, medical professionals, and law enforcement officials.
Mark your calendars to attend the most important prevention science conference – the Society for Prevention Research (SPR) 28th Annual Meeting that will be held in Washington, DC, May 26 – May 29, 2020, at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill. This year’s theme is “Why Context Matters: Towards a Place-Based Prevention Science.”
The Society for Prevention Research (SPR) 28th Annual Meeting will be held in Washington, DC, May 26 – May 29, 2020.
The theme for this year's event is “Why Context Matters: Towards a Place-Based Prevention Science.”
The Society for Prevention Research envisions a wellness-oriented society in which evidenced-based programs and policies are continuously applied to improve the health and well-being of its citizens, fostering positive human development and citizens who lead productive lives, in caring relationships with others.
We all face unprecedented changes as we move into a digital age and need to move from a transmission model of education (‘instruction’) to the facilitation of learning (‘teaching’). In this webinar Susana Henriques will approach the following topics:
The Americans with Disabilities Act: SUDs and Barriers to Treatment and Recovery
Location: Webinar
Description
There are thousands of people in recovery from addiction unaware of their civil rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This presentation will provide information on the ADA and how it applies to individuals in treatment for or recovery from substance use disorders (SUDs). It will also explain how the ADA addresses alcohol, in addition to providing a general review of the law and cases that have interpreted the ADA’s protections for these individuals.
Experiences from the US and Canada: Primary Prevention in a Post-Covid World
Location: Webinar
The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting pretty much everything these days including primary prevention. We at Planet Youth have been keeping in touch with our partners around the world to learn how the pandemic is affecting on-going Planet Youth projects and projects that are being started.
We have learned that there is an interest amongst our partners and those working with primary prevention in learning what is going on in other countries and how COVID-19 is impacting public health in general and primary ATOD prevention specifically.
Through this conduit we make a cordial invitation to participate in the sixth clinical session organized by the Faculty of Psychology (UNAM) and the Inter-American Commission on Drug Abuse Control.
The case is titled: Young person with alcohol consumption.
In response to the tobacco and related industries’ systematic, aggressive and sustained tactics to attract a new generation of tobacco users, World No Tobacco Day 2020 will provide a counter-marketing campaign and empower young people to engage in the fight against Big Tobacco.
