December 2020

Webinar: Preventive policies in higher education: creating preventive contexts

Location: Santiago, Chile

ISSUP Chile

ISSUP Chile invites you to participate in a webinar presenting the results of the latest study on substance use in higher education students in Chile.

The webinar will take place on Thursday, December 1, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. (Chile time).

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Submitted on Thursday 12th November 2020 - 19:43
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Live Session on Codependency VS Pro-Dependency

Location: Punjab, Pakistan

Live Session on Codependency VS Pro-Dependency

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Submitted on Saturday 28th November 2020 - 21:01
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Ending The HIV Epidemic Resilience & Impact

Location: Punjab, Pakistan

Ending The HIV Epidemic Resilience & Impact

Ending The HIV Epidemic Resilience & Impact

In сelebration of World AIDS Day December 1, 2020

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Submitted on Saturday 28th November 2020 - 21:06
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Youth Goal Setting for Promoting Health & Preventing Substance Use: Free Webinar

Location: St. Augustine/Florida, United States

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Submitted on Tuesday 24th November 2020 - 19:16
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Reconvened 63rd CND session

Location: Vienna

The reconvened sixty-third session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) will be held from 2 to 4 December 2020 starting at 11 am and 3 pm at the Vienna International Centre, as well as via virtual platform. Due to current COVID-19 restrictions only members of the Commission may attend the meeting in person. 

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Submitted on Thursday 19th November 2020 - 17:17
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Nudge Theory and Alcohol Policy: How Nudge Might Shape Drinking

Location: Online

The Institute of Alcohol Studies hosts this seminar to discuss nudge policy and its place in alcohol policy.

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Submitted on Monday 16th November 2020 - 17:02
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Working with the whole person: Alcohol, mental health and complex needs

Location: Online, hosted from Cardiff, Wales, UK, United Kingdom

Young woman

 

Alcohol Change UK's first online interactive conference

 

Wednesday 2 December and Thursday 3 December 2020

 

Who is this conference for?

If you’re passionate about

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Annual Pediatrics and Neonatology Summit 2020 (Virtual)

Location: NA

APN Summit 2020 is accredited with maximum of [15] AMA PRA Category 1Credit(s)

Pediatrics conference 2020 committee invites the participants across the globe to attend its annual conference, Annual Pediatrics and Neonatology Summit which is going to take place during Dec 02-04, 2020.

Organized around the theme “Current challenges in delivering Pediatric and Neonatal Researches”, Pediatrics conference is comprised of various sessions designed to offer comprehensive symposiums that address current issues in the field of Pediatrics and provides fantastic opportunity to network with your peers from academia and industry.

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Submitted on Thursday 8th October 2020 - 12:32
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Working with the whole person: Alcohol, mental health and complex needs

Location: Online

Alcohol Change UK's first online interactive conference

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Submitted on Tuesday 15th September 2020 - 10:43
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Webinar: Presentation of the Pandemic Impact Report at Treatment Centers in Latin America

Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina

ISSUP Argentina

ISSUP Argentina invites you to participate in a webinar presenting the main results of the multicenter study carried out by the national chapters of ISSUP (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador and Mexico).
The webinar will take place on Thursday, December 3, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. (Argentine time).

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Local drug strategies and policies

Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina

ISSUP Argentina invites you to participate in a webinar focused on prevention and treatment strategies in the use of psychoactive substances

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Submitted on Wednesday 18th November 2020 - 17:03
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Live Session on "Principles of Evidence-Based Substance Use Prevention"

Location: Punjab, Pakistan

Live Session on "PRINCIPLES OF EVIDENCE BASED SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION"

We invite you to join tomorrow Live Session on "Principles of Evidence-Based Substance Use Prevention" on ISSUP Pakistan Chapter' Facebook Page, Guest Speaker Dr. Sajid Iqbal Alyana (Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and Consultant Psychologist at Institute of Clinical Psychology UOK) with Ms.Saima Asghar Director ISSUP Pakistan Chapter Executive Director New Life Rehab Center, Sialkot on 6th December 2020, time: 6-7 pm Pakistan Time.

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Submitted on Saturday 5th December 2020 - 22:44
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Drug and Alcohol Related Mortality - Looking Beyond the Statistics

Location: Online

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Submitted on Friday 27th November 2020 - 12:25
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Virtual Solutions for Substance Use Care Conference

Location: Online

On December 9th and 10th, 2020, international colleagues from across the healthcare community will gather to attend an online conference on virtual solutions for substance use care.

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Submitted on Monday 7th December 2020 - 12:32
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Alcohol Related Brain Damage and Mental Capacity

Location: online

On the moring of the 9th December we will be holding a webinar on how Alcohol Related Brain-Damage can impact on Mental Capacity and Adult Safeguarding.

The webinar will be presented by Professor Ken Wilson.

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Submitted on Monday 2nd November 2020 - 19:17
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Virtual Solutions for Substance Use Care Conference

Location: Virtual

The COVID-19 pandemic proved that a lot of medicine can be delivered virtually. A lot of sentiments were corrected and a lot of anxieties were proven wrong. Online resources can help to build capacity and provide better access to patients who need care and can’t get it. Web-based systems can help to better organize clinical pathways and provide additional tools, which are giving access to psychotherapy and expertise beyond the current system.

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Submitted on Thursday 19th November 2020 - 09:06
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Prevention Talks: Providing Family-Based Prevention during COVID-19: Challenges and Opportunities for Prevention Professionals.

Location: Online

Family-based prevention interventions have demonstrated effectiveness with a strong level of evidence to address substance use in the family by providing and building parenting skills to raise and nurture children so that they are resilient and display prosocial behavior. But, in the midst of the pandemic and with these new added stresses, how can these programs reach parents with COVID-19 protective approaches—e.g., through virtual platforms? 

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Submitted on Tuesday 24th November 2020 - 09:35
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ISSUP Philippines' Christmas Offering

Location: Manila, Philippines

ISSUP Philippines Gift to Myself
ISSUP Philippines would like to invite you to give a gift to yourself this December! Join this workshop to Pause, Reflect and Connect.
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Submitted on Thursday 19th November 2020 - 16:34
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Webinar | Risk & Protective Factors of Substance Use: Youth Focused Prevention

Location: Karachi, Pakistan

ISSUP Pakistan Youth Focused Prevention Flyer
On Friday 11th December, ISSUP Pakistan would like to invite you to attend their upcoming Webinar on Prevention, Risk and Protective factors, Youth, Parenting, & Coping Strategies.
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Submitted on Monday 2nd November 2020 - 09:16
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Recovery as a Process

Location: Punjab , Pakistan

RECOVERY AS A PROCESS

Live Session on "RECOVERY AS A PROCESS" on ISSUP Pakistan Chapter's, Youth Forum Pakistan's Facebook Page. 

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Submitted on Saturday 12th December 2020 - 21:05
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The Pandemic Nine Months On: What Lessons Have Drug and Alcohol Services Learned?

Location: Online

Services have had the chance to come to terms with the seismic and sudden changes that the pandemic required of us nine months ago.

This webinar will look at whether some of these changes have been beneficial and will outlast the pandemic, and also what services will embrace on return to a more normal environment.

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Submitted on Friday 27th November 2020 - 09:13
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Who Cares if They Die? They're Only Junkies.

Location: Online, United Kingdom

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Submitted on Tuesday 1st December 2020 - 16:29
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The Stigma of Substance Use

Location: Manchester

About this Event

Dr Liviu Alexandrescu Lecturer in Criminology School of History, Philosophy and Culture – Oxford Brookes University

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Submitted on Friday 9th October 2020 - 17:14
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Substance Use Interventions for Adolescents and Transitional Age Youth

Location: Chicago

In this free webinar, participants will learn an approach to conduct proper screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment for young adults (ages 18-25) at risk for substance use disorders.

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Submitted on Wednesday 7th October 2020 - 19:52
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Qualitative Methods Journal Club

Location: Online

This is the second in a series of Qualitative Methods Journal Club meetings hosted by Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) Substance Use Research Group, and organised by the Scottish Alcohol Research Network (SARN).

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Submitted on Friday 27th November 2020 - 09:21
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Webinar (c) Understanding Prevention as a Science-Based Intervention What Works VS What Doesn't Work

Location: Lome, Togo

ISSUP Togo Webinar flyer
ISSUP Togo invites you to participate in its next webinar on 'Understanding prevention as a science-based intervention'.
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Submitted on Friday 20th November 2020 - 11:25
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EMCDDA webinar: COVID-19 induced recession and drug-related problems

Location: Online

The EMCDDA is offering a 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 a panel 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.

A conversation with:

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Submitted on Monday 7th December 2020 - 09:33
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Personality Disorder and Drug Addiction...2 Sides of the Same Coin

Location: Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan

Personality Disorder And Drug Addiction...2 Sides of Same Coin

Live Session on "PERSONALITY DISORDER AND DRUG ADDICTION..... 2 SIDES OF THE SAME COIN" on ISSUP Pakistan Chapter' Facebook page on16th December 2020, Time: 6-7 pm.

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Submitted on Saturday 12th December 2020 - 21:20
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Personality Disorder and Drug Addiction...2 Sides of the Same Coin

Location: Punjab

Personality Disorder And Drug Addiction...2 Sides of Same Coin

Personality Disorder and Drug Addiction...2 Sides of the Same Coin

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Submitted on Saturday 12th December 2020 - 20:05
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Tobacco regulation in 2021: Changes following EU exit

Location: Online

This webinar, co-hosted by Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), Fresh, and the Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI), covers the immediate changes being made to the regulatory system in relation to tobacco products following the UK’s departure from the EU on December 31st 2020.

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Submitted on Tuesday 1st December 2020 - 16:23
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One Session Youth Substance Use Prevention Plus Wellness Programs: Free Webinar

Location: St. Augustine/Florida, United States

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Submitted on Friday 11th December 2020 - 16:18
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Introduction to Motivation and Stages of Change

Location: Punjab, Pakistan

Introduction To Motivation And Stages of Change

Free Live session on

''INTRODUCTION TO MOTIVATION AND STAGES OF CHANGE''

on THURSDAY 17th December, ISSUP Pakistan would like to invite you to attend their upcoming Live session.

Time: 6pm - 7pm Pakistan.

Guest:

MUHAMMAD SHAFIQUE

Clinical psychologist

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Submitted on Saturday 12th December 2020 - 21:14
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Building Strength and Resilience During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Focus on Parents with Substance Use Disorders

Location: Online

Join ICUDDR on Friday Dec 18th at 12 noon EST for a Twitter chat with esteemed researcher, Professor, and Executive Director of the UNC Horizons Program, Hendrée E. Jones, PhD about helping parents with SUDs cope during the COVID19 pandemic. 


Tag questions and comments with #ParentingSUD.

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Submitted on Wednesday 16th December 2020 - 15:26
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Working with Communities to Address Drug Concerns

Location: Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan

Working With Communities To Address Drug Concerns

Live Session on "WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES TO ADDRESS DRUG CONCERNS" on ISSUP Pakistan Chapter's, Youth Forum Pakistan's Facebook Page and YouTube Channels with our Honourable Speaker Guest and a very dedicating personality

Ms. Cindy Biding

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Submitted on Friday 18th December 2020 - 20:03
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