El miércoles 1 de julio, a partir de las 10:00 am (hora del centro de México) tendrá lugar la sesión por internet “Intervenciones breves y logro terapéutico en la atención de problemas por consumo de drogas”, con las ponencias estelares de la Dra. Silvia Morales Chainé, la Dra. Kalina Martínez Martínez, y la Dra. Violeta Félix Romero.
En atención a múltiples peticiones, se ha abierto la posibilidad de que participen todas las personas interesadas, ya sea que formen parte de los servicios de tratamiento en Oaxaca, o no.
Sistemas de Alerta Temprana en Respuesta a Opioides y Nuevas Sustancias Psicoactivas (NSP) en América Latina y el Caribe
Location: Latin America
Para registrarse y participar, favor de enviar un correo electrónico a oid_cicad [at] oas [dot] org a más tardar el lunes 29 de junio, con la siguiente
International Online Congress "Education for Health"
Location: Ciudad de México, Mexico
Centro de Estudios Superiores Monte Fénix is an Institution of Higher Education specialized for 25 years in the training of professionals and the general public in the area of prevention and treatment of addictions, which in conjunction with the experience of 40 years of the Monte Phoenix Clinic and Claider Clinics invite this event.
27 experts in physical, mental and spiritual health gathered at this academic event of an international nature.
ISSUP Ukraine is pleased to invite you to attend a webinar on Clinical Aspects of Substance Use Disorders. The webinar is scheduled to be presented on Thursday, July 2, 2020 from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm (Ukraine time). The webinar will be presented in Ukrainian and Russian.
The second of two presentations by Thom Browne Jr. (MA Criminal Justice, CEO of Colombo Plan) on the emerging and rapidly-changing properties of illicit drugs and their cutting agents that put substance users worldwide at high-risk for near- and long-term chronic health problems, overdose (fatal & non-fatal), and increased vulnerability to both the acquisition of viruses like COVID-19 and more severe complications from the virus.
How to Integrate Medication-Assisted Treatment within the Healthcare Delivery System
Location: Webinar
Medication can enhance recovery and prevent overdose when it is coupled with other behavioural health interventions that focus on substance use disorders and addiction.
Join the Center of Excellence for Integrated Health Solutions to discover what medication-assisted treatment is, identify when to implement it, and how to successfully integrate it into recovery care plans.
SSUP Argentina invites you to participate in a webinar that will address Therapeutic Justice. Concept and advances in addressing drug-related situations. The webinar will take place on July 3, 2020 at 15:00 hrs (Argentina time).
CONVERSATIONAL Practices in the area of drug use in times of pandemic
Location: Santiago de Chile, Chile
During the pandemic confinement, those working in substance use have had to look for the best way to deal with this period of uncertainty, rethinking, in many cases, new ways of continuing to support the people they work with.
In this context, the Chilean Chapter of ISSUP has set itself the challenge of collecting the work experiences of its members, through the methodology of conversations,whose final purpose is to generate content relevant to the experience of work and intervention in the context of the COVID 19 phenomenon.
Background: this is the 6th EMCDDA webinar on the Coronavirus. It will be exploring with the help of three experts from Northern, Central, Southern European EU countries (Finland, Greece and The Netherlands) whether the COVID-19 related emergency is having or is going to have any impact on Drugs Policy.
Speakers: Speakers are Horizontal Drugs Group members with policy responsibility is their respective national administration.
SUAB Webinar: Reflecting on Covid-19 and Substance Use
Location: Webinar
Presentation title: What will the ‘New Normal’ look like: Drug Services, Drug markets, Hotels for the Homeless and other observations about the lockdown.
In the first of the SUAB webinar series, Michael Linnell and Peter Furlong will reflect on the impact of covid-19 on those who use substances, and the services and practitioners who support them.
A zoom link will be emailed to attendees at 12pm on July 7th.
In a time where many other research interactions have been halted, the Sheffield Alcohol Research Group is pleased to host a new annual symposium: the “Early Career Alcohol Research Symposium”.
This two day symposium is aimed at UK-based early career researchers working in the field of alcohol research from both public health and social perspectives.
The programme will feature early career researchers presenting and discussing each other’s research, as well as a career development session.
Counselling Emerging Adults With Substance Use Disorders
Location: Webinar
Description
Substance use developmentally peaks during emerging adulthood (ages 18-25). Many emerging adults who develop problematic substance use during this developmental period have been exposed to environmental, individual, and interpersonal stressors throughout the life that places them at risk for ongoing difficulties with substance use as they transition to adulthood. This transition into substance use interfaces with the five features of emerging adulthood.
Nicotine and the Developing Brain: A FENS-sponsored SRNT-E Mini-conference
Location: Online
During adolescence, the brain regions such as prefrontal cortex necessary for cognitive and executive function, working memory, motivated behaviour and emotional regulation are being reorganized. Cholinergic system and cholinergic nicotinic receptors are important role players in this maturation process of the brain from adolescence to adulthood. The disruption of the function of the cholinergic system during this maturation process with external nicotine, via tobacco or e-cigarettes, has long-lasting consequences on this development, as the adolescent brain is quite sensitive to nicotine.
Join us July 13 – 15th, 2020 for the first official ICUDDR conference online! We are excited to bring experts from around the world to your screen. Because we know many of you are struggling with moving instruction online and making other adjustments to ensure physical distancing, we have also decided to adjust our agenda to provide support for your immediate needs.
Le Comité de Vienne des ONG sur les drogues (VNGOC) et l’equipe de la société civile de l’ONUDC organisent une série de webinaires pour présenter et discuter du Rapport Mondial sur les Drogues 2020. La série comprend des webinaires en anglais, français, russe et espagnol.
Chaque webinaire consiste en une présentation officielle du Rapport Mondial sur les Drogues 2020 par l’ONUDC, une présentation de la societé civile sur la façon dont elle travaille avec les données du Rapport mondial sur les drogues, et une séance ouverte de questions et réponses.
This training session will provide information on how to identify and respond to an opioid overdose, as well as how to administer Nyxoid Naloxone nasal spray in the event of overdose.
Naloxone is an opioid overdose ‘antidote’ that has been used for more than 40 years. Take-home Naloxone is one of the key interventions to help reduce opioid overdose mortality and is strongly supported for all people who may experience or witness an overdose. Nyxoid is a Naloxone nasal spray used as part of the emergency treatment of opioid overdose or possible opioid overdose
The SRNT-E board has decided to set up an online conference taking place on 17-18th Sept 2020. We remain committed to providing the opportunity to both senior and early-career researchers to share their research in the field of nicotine and tobacco. We welcome recent studies on COVID-19 and smoking/vaping.
Women Involvement in Illicit Drug Trade and Substance Abuse
Location: Ilorin, Nigeria
Women involvement in illicit drug trade and substance abuse is a sensitization programme that will focus on informing women of the dangers that will arise when involved in drug activities or misuse.
The SPR Annual Meeting provides a unique opportunity to advance the vision of SPR by providing a centrally integrated forum for the exchange of new concepts, methods, and results from prevention research and related public health fields; and by providing a forum for the communication between scientists, public policy leaders and practitioners concerning the implementation of evidence-based preventive interventions in all areas of public health.
The 4th Annual Scientific Meeting of RSMj will be held virtually! In this abbreviated meeting, RSMj welcome all members and non-members alike to join the virtual meeting at no cost on Friday, July 24, 2020 from 2:00pm - 5:00pm EST (11am - 2:00pm PST).
This meeting will begin with a keynote address by one of RSMj's Board Members, Godfrey Pearlson. Dr. Pearlson is a Professor at Yale University School of Medicine and Founding Director of the Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center at the Institute of Living.
Civil Society Webinars discussing the World Drug Report 2020
Location: Webinar
The Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs (VNGOC) together with the UNODC Civil Society Team are holding a series of webinars to present and discuss the World Drug Report 2020.
The series includes webinars in English, French, Russian and Spanish. Each webinar includes a formal presentation of the World Drug Report 2020 by UNODC, a civil society presentation about how they work with the data of the World Drug Report, and an open question and answers session.
Monday, 27 July 2020, 3 p.m. Vienna (9 a.m. New York)
On behalf of Utilitarian Conferences Gathering, we extend a warm greeting in welcoming you to the Gastroenterology Conference happening during July 27-28, 2020, in Berlin, Germany. The theme of the Conference is Gastroenterology – Reinventing the life balance. It is an auspicious time to make contact, discuss and share problems, the experience of mutual interest with attendees from all over the world.
The Utilitarian Conferences Gathering OCM would like to invite Pharmacists, experts, professors, students, practitioners, medical specialists, clinical scientists, technologists and other healthcare professionals to the Pharmaceuticals Utilitarian Conference going to be held in Berlin, Germany. Our main aim is to bring leading researchers, scientists, and research scholars researchers to exchange, discuss and share their experiences and research results about all aspects of
Dual Pandemics – What Will COVID-19 Mean for Hepatitis C Elimination?
Location: Webinar
Australia is a world leader in its efforts to eliminate hepatitis C and to improve the health of people who use drugs. But COVID-19, on a backdrop of economic uncertainty, anxiety and unemployment has the potential to disrupt our support, prevention and cure efforts – especially given the populations most impacted by hepatitis C and drug dependence are some of our most vulnerable Australians.
Nursing and Healthcare Utilitarian Conferences Gathering
Location: Berlin, Germany
On behalf of the Nursing and Healthcare Committee, it gives us a great pleasure to announce Nursing and Healthcare 2020 scheduled on July 29-30, 2020 in Berlin, Germany. Our Gathering aims to bring all the Directors, Specialists, Professors, Doctors, Scientists, Academicians, Nurses, Students, Researchers, Business Delegates, Industrialists to share the knowledge, experience, challenges, innovations and trends encountered in the field of Nursing and Healthcare.
Diabetes and Endocrinology Utilitarian Conferences Gathering
Location: Berlin, Germany
We cordially invite you to the Diabetes and Endocrinology Conference set up in Berlin, Germany during July 29-30, 2020. The theme of the conference is “Connecting and Interacting with the latest findings in Diabetes and Endocrinology”. Diabetes conferences includes Keynote lectures and workshops. Meet the experts from all over the world to discuss various sessions on connecting, interacting and transforming the innovations in Diabetes and Endocrinology and to promote international collaboration in clinical and research practice.
The ASAM Alcohol Withdrawal Management Webinar Series - Fundamentals
Location: Webinar
Alcohol is responsible for a multitude of health conditions, including Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome (AWS). While frequently presented in specialty addiction treatment settings, patients experiencing or at risk for developing AWS also receive care in hospitals, emergency departments, and primary care settings. The current management of patients with AWS is inconsistent across care settings and evidence-based care is often not provided.
New Racial Justice Prevention Plus Wellness Program: Free Webinar
Location: St. Augustine/Florida, United States
Webinar Objectives:
Explore the manual contents and steps for implementing and evaluating the single-session evidence-informed Racial Justice Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW) program for youth.
Review the PowerPoint slides for implementing the program in-person and online.
Identify reproducible materials found in the program’s digital downloads.
The first session of ISSUP Nigeria's Knowledge Update Series will focus on experience and challenges in delivering drug demand reduction interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic, capacity building on evidence-based substance abuse prevention and treatment interventions, and the way forward.
Best Practices for Co-occurring Disorder Treatment: Organisational Structure and Service Environment
Location: Webinar
Topic: Best Practices for Co-occurring Disorder Treatment: Organisational Structure and Service Environment
Description:
Presented by: Great Lakes, Northeast & Caribbean, and Northwest Addiction Technology Transfer Centers (ATTCs)
Program structure and milieu set the organizational foundation and tone for building integrated behavioral health capacity. This webinar will explore a variety of strategies for establishing an organizational culture that clearly communicates support for individuals with COD.
