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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.
Valutazione utilizzando l'indice di gravità della dipendenza Video Spiegazione
Questo video è inteso come uno strumento di apprendimento per la valutazione della comprensione utilizzando l'ASI adattato dall'UTC sul corso 5: Assunzione, valutazione dello screening, piano di trattamento e documentazione per i...
New Training for Medical Providers: Integrating Addiction Medicine With Treatment Courts
NADCP is partnering with the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) to offer a new training for medical providers working with participants in drug treatment courts. This training will help medical providers learn how to successfully...
Mental Health and Substance Use: Reading List
Mental health and substance use issues are commonly linked, and it is important that practitioners are skilled and knowledgeable in identifying and working with the potential challenges an individual may be facing. For World Mental Health...
Integrating Substance Use and Mental Health Systems
Historically, substance use and mental health systems and services have operated independently. Yet many people who access substance use services also have mental health disorders. Improving client care means ensuring people can easily...
Comorbidities in Drug Use Disorders: No wrong door
This discussion paper aims to highlight the evidence related to mental and physical health comorbidities in drug use disorders and to promote the development of innovative, evidence-based policies and practices to treat drug use disorders...
Fattori associati di continuità assistenziale tra le persone dipendenti da sostanze psicoattive presso il centro "La Vie" e l'ospedale Jamot di Yaoundé
Scopo: L'obiettivo principale di questo studio è stato quello di determinare i fattori associati alla continuità assistenziale tra le persone dipendenti da sostanze psicoattive presso il Centro "La Vie" e l'ospedale Jamot di Yaoundé.
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Coping with Life After Prison
Psychologists are playing pivotal roles in reentry programs, but more research and investment are needed to help incarcerated individuals build successful lives after leaving prison.
This article, published in the American Psychological...
General Principles of Contingency Management for Smoking Cessation
Contingency management (CM) is a psychological treatment based on operant conditioning. It consists of providing incentives in exchange for achieving a target behaviour such as abstinence or other treatmentrelated variables (e.g. session...
Tendenze globali nella disponibilità di farmaci oppioidi
Questo webinar ha presentato le ultime tendenze globali e regionali nell'uso di analgesici oppioidi ed esplora le questioni relative alla disponibilità.
In tutto il mondo il consumo di analgesici oppioidi è in aumento, eppure milioni di...
Un nuovo modello di trattamento di coppia per la dipendenza
Questo webinar esamina un nuovo modello di trattamento di coppia per la dipendenza.
Il modello include nuovi aspetti nel trattamento, relativi alla riparazione / perdono della relazione e aspetti della terapia di coppia emotivamente...
War: Psychological Skills for Surviving and Coping with Traumatic Events
ISSUP Ukraine and ITTC-Ukraine jointly held an initiative dedicated to the ongoing war and the horrific events that resulted from Russian's attack on Ukraine. Ukrainians are currently experiencing extremely traumatic events that will have a...
Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS)-SA: implementazione, risultati e implicazioni per la politica
Dolore: aiutare qualcun altro all'indomani della perdita
Sulla scia di una perdita, può essere difficile prendersi cura di coloro a cui tieni che sono in lutto. Come per la cura di sé, ci sono molti modi possibili per offrire supporto a qualcuno che è in lutto e una varietà di fattori che...
Grief: Taking Care of Yourself in the Aftermath of Loss
This factsheet, published by the National Centre for PTSD, discusses the ways in which we can engage in self-care in the wake of loss.
The factsheet provides an overview of grief and some of the theories and processes that are associated...
Integrating Mindfulness into Substance Use Disorder Treatment
This virtual presentation is sponsored by the Southeast ATTC Regional Center and will focus on supporting the education and skill development of providers who work with people with substance use disorders (SUDS) by integrating mindfulness...
Priorità di ricerca NIDA
Come informare i responsabili politici e decisionali sulla politica e la prevenzione dell'uso di sostanze basate sull'evidenza
Come informare i responsabili politici e decisionali sulla politica e la prevenzione dell'uso di sostanze basate sull'evidenza.
Matej Košir
International Recovery Month Celebrated
International Recovery Month Celebrated
Director General of Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) Mr Abdul Wahab Bhuya has said that family and society's negative attitude towards substance users hinders the process of treatment and rehabilitation. He said this while addressing...
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