The Philippines’s war on drugs brought about an influx or people of who use drugs (PWUDs) availing of community-based drug rehabilitation services for treatment. Programs have been created to develop skills to avoid relapse and improve family relations and support throughout the recovery process. However, not all Filipino PWUDs have the immediate presence or active participation of their families. While family support is construed as critical to sustained drug recovery in most existing studies, very few studies looked into this subset of PWUDs. In a Filipino culture wherein one’s family is...

UNODC Indonesia insieme all'Associazione indonesiana dei consulenti per le dipendenze (IKAI) ha organizzato una formazione a distanza sul curriculum di trattamento universale (UTC) Consulenza di base per professionisti delle dipendenze nel settembre 2020. Dal 2019, l'UNODC e l'IKAI hanno già un accordo sull'implementazione della formazione utilizzando materiali basati sull'evidenza per rafforzare le capacità della forza lavoro del trattamento della droga, in particolare per coloro che si sono già registrati come membri dell'IKAI.

Dopo giorni di preparazione, finalmente dal 12 al 20 giugno...

Author: Eduardo Renaldo & Eva Suryani

Mental health is a global problem. Mental health personnel faces critical challenges in delivery of care particularly in remote areas. Given the uneven knowledge/skill development and geographic spread of regional providers, The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) as one of the agencies within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services aim to effectively target substance abuse and mental health services to the people most in need and to translate research in these areas more successfully and more rapidly into the...

UNODC has launched a new survey to collect feedback on the World Drug Report.

The objective of this survey is to maintain the relevance of the World Drug Report by understanding how it is used and the extent to which it fulfils the needs and expectations of its readers.

The deadline for submission is the 21st of September.

Sejak awal Juni 2020, Ufficio delle Nazioni Unite contro la droga e il crimine (UNODC) bersama-sama dengan Ikatan Konselor Adiksi Indonesia (IKAI) telah melakukan diskusi dan pertemuan jarak jauh membahas pelatihan jarak jauh mengenai materi Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC). Inisiatif ini didasari atas tingginya permintaan dari banyak praktisi untuk mendapatkan pelatihan meskipun di masa pandemia COVID-19 untuk tujuan mengikuti sertifikasi nasional profesi konselor adiksi.

Bermula dari bulan Maret 2020,  seluruh pelatihan tatap muka diharuskan untuk ditunda hingga waktu yang tidak...

Sejak kasus pertama COVID-19 ditemukan di Indonesia dan secara resmi diumumkan oleh Presiden Republik Indonesia Joko Widodo pada tanggal 2 Maret 2020, kemudian pada tanggal 11 Maret 2020 World Health Organisation (WHO) menyatakan bahwa wabah COVID-19 adalah suatu pandemi, kasus demi kasus muncul dan berkembang hingga di kisaran 250 hingga 350 kasus baru setiap harinya[1] di Indonesia.

Walaupun untuk kebanyakan orang dengan sistem imunitas normal, COVID-19 mungkin tidak membawa dampak yang cukup parah melihat angka kasus mortalitas dunia hanya ada di kisaran 7% dan 8%[2], tetapi untuk mereka...

Since the first case of COVID-19 was discovered in Indonesia and officially announced by the President of the Republic of Indonesia H.E. Joko Widodo on March 2nd, 2020 and followed by the declaration from the World Health Organisation (WHO) on March 11th, 2020 that the outbreak of COVID-19 is a pandemic, new cases has been growing between approximately 250 to 350 cases daily[1] in Indonesia.

Even though for most people with normal immune systems, COVID-19 may not bring severe impact as the world mortality case is still between 7% to 8%[2], but for people with drug use disorders especially...