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The range of medical, psychological, and social services designed to help individuals reduce or stop substance use and manage substance use disorders. Treatment may include assessment, counselling and behavioural therapies, medication-assisted treatment, withdrawal management, and support for co-occurring mental or physical health conditions. Effective treatment is typically person-centred and evidence-informed, and may be provided in outpatient, community, or residential settings. Treatment aims to improve health and functioning, reduce substance-related harms, and support individuals in moving toward recovery and long-term wellbeing.
Prevention and Treatment of HIV Among People Living with Substance Use and/or Mental Disorders
Focus of this guide
People with mental illness and/or SUD are disproportionally affected by HIV. They may participate in behaviours that increase risk for contracting and transmitting HIV, such as sharing injection drug equipment or...
Centre for disease control prevention factsheets: HIV and substance use
Sharing needles, syringes, or other drug injection equipment—for example, cookers—puts people at risk for getting or transmitting HIV and other infections.
In addition to being at risk for HIV and viral hepatitis, people who inject drugs...
HIV and Substance Use
This summary page, developed by HIV info and NIH’s Office of AIDS Research, explores HIV and substance use.
The fact sheet addresses the following questions:
- What is the connection between HIV and substance use?
- How does substance use...
Ending Inequalities for People who Use Drugs: How the Global HIV Response can Transform Drug Policy
This side event for the 65th Commission on Narcotic Drugs was originally presented on 14 March, 2022. Organised by INPUD, it was co-sponsored by Médecins du Monde, UNAIDS, UNODC HIV/AIDS Section, the Netherlands and Australia.
In 2021...
HIV and people who use drugs: Factsheet
The 2021-2026 Global AIDS Strategy has bold and critical new targets on realizing human rights, reducing stigma, discrimination and violence and removing harmful punitive laws as a pathway to ending inequalities and ultimately ending AIDS.
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Key considerations to integrate HIV and mental health interventions
A new publication by UNAIDS and the World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes the importance of integrating HIV and mental health services and other interventions, including linkages to social protection services, for people living with...
Rispondere alle malattie infettive correlate agli stupefacenti: mini guida dell'OEDT
La condivisione di apparecchiature per l'iniezione di droghe aumenta il rischio di trasmissione e acquisizione di infezioni trasmissibili per via ematica, come l'HIV e l'epatite B e C. Sebbene l'epatite C sia l'infezione virale...
Prevenzione, trattamento, cura e supporto per le persone che fanno uso di farmaci stimolanti per l'HIV
Dall'inizio dell'epidemia di HIV, l'attenzione sulla prevenzione, il trattamento e la cura dell'HIV tra le persone che fanno uso di droghe si è concentrata sulle esigenze delle persone che si iniettano droghe e principalmente su quelle che...
Correlates of treatment engagement and client outcomes: results of a randomised controlled trial of nabiximols for the treatment of cannabis use disorder
Introduction
There is increasing interest and evidence for the use of cannabinoid medications in the treatment of cannabis use disorder, but little examination of the correlates of successful treatment. This paper is a secondary analysis...
Black girls and referrals: racial and gender disparities in self-reported referral to substance use disorder assessment among justice-involved children
Background
There is a higher prevalence of substance use disorder (SUD) among justice-involved children (JIC). It is critical to ensure that JIC who report current use are referred for SUD assessment and potentially life-saving treatment...
Interruzioni del ruolo della sanità pubblica locale degli Stati Uniti nella prevenzione e nella risposta all'uso di sostanze in base alla popolazione durante il COVID-19
Sfondo
Il COVID-19 ha limitato drasticamente la portata e la portata del lavoro del dipartimento sanitario locale (LHD), reindirizzando le risorse alla risposta. Tuttavia, la necessità di servizi sanitari pubblici essenziali, compresa la...
Bollettino della rete epidemiologica della comunità canadese sull'uso di droghe (CCENDU): un aggiornamento sull'uso di stimolanti e sui danni correlati in Canada e negli Stati Uniti
La Canadian Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (CCENDU) è una rete pan-canadese di partner comunitari coordinata dal Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA). La rete ha sedi in British Columbia, Manitoba, Thunder Bay...
World Drug Report at a glance
In the framework of the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, several activities took place, including the publication of the World Drug Report elaborated by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
Thi...
Brief counselling by a doctor can reduce drinking
A new systematic review and meta-analysis has found that alcohol-targeted brief interventions (short, structured, one-to-one conversations about drinking designed to motivate changes in risky behaviour) delivered in doctors’ offices and...
مجموعة أدوات الأمم المتحدة بشأن المخدرات الاصطناعية
تدعم مجموعة أدوات الأمم المتحدة بشأن المخدرات الاصطناعية المجتمع الدولي في تنفيذ تدابير استجابة شاملة لمواجهة مشكلة المخدرات الاصطناعية.
وضعت مجموعة الأدوات استجابة لقراري لجنة المخدرات 8/61 (2018) و4/62 (2019) اللذين دعيا مكتب الأمم...
UNODC held a National Round Table on the "Family UNited" programme
Nukus, Republic of Karakalpakstan. 7 December 2022. The Regional Office in Central Asia of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC ROCA), in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Education of the Republic of Karakalpakstan...
Documentary of Campaign aiming to help people recover from substance use - Tanga Tanzania
A video in Kiswahili with subtitles in English on the drug prevention and treatment project that the Casa Rosetta Association carried out in the Tanga Region (Tanzania) in the last 2 years as an implementing partner of UNODC.
FEDERSERD SICILIA | CONGRESSO REGIONALE 2022
UPDATE NELLE DIPENDENZE- SICILIA – 2022
CAMBIAMENTI NEGLI STILI DI VITA, TRASFORMAZIONI DELLA CLINICA,
NUOVE CONFIGURAZIONI DI BISOGNI, EVOLUZIONE DEI MODELLI
ORGANIZZATIVI E TRATTAMENTALI
Sala Convegni NH HOTEL PALERMO
Il cambiamento...
Sostenere il governo del Pakistan nei suoi sforzi per garantire un trattamento e una cura standardizzati, adeguati e basati sull'evidenza della tossicodipendenza
L'UNODC, in collaborazione con il Ministero del Controllo degli Stupefacenti (MoNC) e il Ministero della Regolamentazione e del Coordinamento dei Servizi Sanitari Nazionali (MoNHSR&C) e con il generoso sostegno degli Stati Uniti / INL...
Seminar on "Substance Use Prevention Among Youth" on December 8th, 2022 at National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad-Pakistan
ISSUP Pakistan Chapter organized a seminar on "Substance Use Prevention Among Youth" following the theme "Addressing Drug Challenges in Health and Humanitarian Crises" in collaboration with TABA NUST SDG Student Hub NUST at the National...
