Live Session on
Codependency VS Pro-Dependency
at ISSUP Pakistan National Chapter's Facebook Page on December 1st, 2020, at 5.00 - 6.00 pm Pakistan Time.
Guest Speaker Dr. Talat Habib and Moderator Mr. Waseem Hassan Awan.
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.
Working with the whole person: Alcohol, mental health and complex needs
Location: Online
Alcohol Change UK's first online interactive conference
Who is this conference for?
If you’re passionate about harm reduction, this event is for you. If you want to get alongside people as they overcome the obstacles in their past and present, and move on to a more fulfilling future, we can help you along that path. Whether you’re a researcher, practitioner, commissioner, clinician, or emergency service worker, you’ll get new insights, hear about the latest research, and make new connections at our 2020 conference.
Working with the whole person: Alcohol, mental health and complex needs
Location: Online, hosted from Cardiff, Wales, UK, United Kingdom
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 harm reduction, this event is for you. If you want to get alongside people as they overcome the obstacles in their past and present, and move on to a more fulfilling future, we can help you along that path.
Annual Pediatrics and Neonatology Summit 2020 (Virtual)
Location: NA
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.
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).
ISSUP Argentina invites you to participate in a webinar focused on prevention and treatment strategies in the use of psychoactive substances The webinar will take place on Friday, December 4, 2020 at 12:00hrs (Argentina time).
December 4, 2020, 12:00 - 13:00 hrs (Argentina time)
Live Session on "Principles of Evidence-Based Substance Use Prevention"
Location: Punjab, Pakistan
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.
Drug and Alcohol Related Mortality - Looking Beyond the Statistics
Location: Online
About this Event
In October the Office for National Statistics published the latest statistics for drug-related deaths in 2019, showing – yet again – a record year in almost a decade of increasing deaths and an appalling picture of human loss and suffering.
People who have drug or alcohol problems face disproportionate health inequalities, frailty, and premature morbidity in general. Highly vulnerable people too often fall through cracks in healthcare provision which don’t address the full complexity of an individual’s overall health needs.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
The number of drug-related deaths in the past year will soon be published. Catriona Matheson, Chair of the Drug Deaths Taskforce (DDTF), has suggested that the number of deaths of in 2019 will be higher than the unacceptable level of 2018.
This event aims to facilitate an inclusive discussion to explore how all policy actors and communities can work collaboratively to bring about meaningful systemic change and reduce drugs related deaths across Scotland.
Live Session on "RECOVERY AS A PROCESS" on ISSUP Pakistan Chapter's, Youth Forum Pakistan's Facebook Page.
Honorable Guest Speaker Mr. Ali Adyb, International Certified Recovery Couch/ICRC, International Certified Addiction Professional/ICAP 1, Global Drug Demand Reduction Master Trainer From Maldives with Ms. Saima Asghar Director ISSUP Pakistan, Executive Director New Life Rehab Centre, Sialkot with Mr. Waseem Hassan Awan A Renowned Anchor Person, General Secretary Ehsas For Life/NGO and Advisor Youth Forum Pakistan,
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.
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.
They will then hear about key behavioural and pharmacologic treatments for youth with substance use disorders including motivational interviewing, cognitive-behavioral therapy, contingency management and medications for alcohol and opioid use disorders.
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.
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.
Personality Disorder and Drug Addiction...2 Sides of the Same Coin
Location: Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan
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.
Guest Speaker Dr. Syed Azhar Ali Kazmi, Head of Psychiatry Department & Behavioural Sciences CMH Rawalpindi Azad Kashmir, National Trainer UTCs by UNODC, with Ms.Saima Asghar, Director ISSUP Pakistan Executive Director New Life Rehab Center, Sialkot.
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.
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
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