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Psychoactive Substances
Psychoactive substances are natural or synthetic substances that act on the central nervous system and alter mental processes such as mood, perception, cognition, consciousness, and behaviour. These substances may be legally prescribed medications (e.g., pain medications or sedatives), legally available substances such as alcohol or caffeine, or controlled or illicit drugs. Psychoactive substances can be used for medical, social, cultural, or recreational purposes, but some carry risks of misuse, dependence, and health or social harms when used in harmful ways.
ISAM Webinar Series on COVID-19 and Substance Use Disorders: : A Global Perspective on Challenges and Solutions
As you all know, the current COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly affected various populations globally. The International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM) believes that the impact of this pandemic on people struggling with Substance Use...
Expanding Access to and Use of Behavioural Health Services for People At Risk for or Experiencing Homelessness
This guide highlights strategies for behavioural health and housing providers to conduct outreach and engage with individuals experiencing homelessness, initiate use of behavioural health treatment as they wait to receive stable housing and...
ISSUP Poster for Lisbon Addictions 2022: Study on substance use and the role of families in Kazakhstan, Pakistan and Ukraine
The fourth European Conference on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies took place in Lisbon from 23-25 November 2022.
Under the overarching theme of Global Addictions, LxAddictions22 showcased cutting-edge research to help characterise...
Registration Open: NAADAC's Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Co-occurring Disorders & SUD Specialty Online Training Series
NAADAC's Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Co-occurring Disorders & SUD Specialty Online Training Series is designed for helping professionals who are dedicated to learning about co-occurring disorders in the field of addiction...
La matrice del rischio: decessi correlati alla droga nelle carceri in Inghilterra e Galles, 2015-2020
Questo articolo esplora i fattori che contribuiscono alle morti legate alla droga nelle carceri inglesi e gallesi tra il 2015 e il 2020.
Drug use and associated factors in a North Eastern region of Tanzania: a cross-sectional study
The article ‘Drug use and associated factors in a North Eastern region of Tanzania: a cross-sectional study’ published in the PanAfrican Medical Journal’ on 11/10/2022 by a number of authors coordinated by Dr Harrieth Peter and Castory...
Premio di borsa di studio inter-glam per la partecipazione dei delegati pakistani alle dipendenze di Lisbona
Durante il penultimo mese del 2022, dal 22 al 24 novembre, si è tenuta con successo una conferenza internazionale presso il Centro Congressi di Lisbona in Portogallo con la collaborazione di SICAD, OEDT e della Direzione portoghese...
HIV e uso di sostanze: Elenco di lettura
La Giornata mondiale contro l'AIDS si svolge ogni anno a dicembre. Questo elenco di letture contiene un elenco di ricerche, pubblicazioni e risorse per i professionisti relative all'HIV/AIDS. Abbiamo anche una rete dedicata all'HIV e all...
Un approccio basato sui diritti umani per integrare i servizi per l'HIV e l'abuso di sostanze
L'integrazione delle cure relative all'HIV con il trattamento del disturbo da uso di sostanze offre l'opportunità di soddisfare meglio le esigenze delle persone che vivono con queste condizioni. Le persone con disturbo da uso di sostanze...
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...
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...
UNODC work relating to substance use and HIV
UNODC has put together summaries of the work that they are doing relating to Drug use and HIV.
Here, you can find out more about the work that UNODC has done relating to
Moving towards a continuum of safer supply options for people who use drugs: A qualitative study exploring national perspectives on safer supply among professional stakeholders in Canada
Background
Novel public health interventions are needed to address the toxic drug supply and meet the needs of people who use drugs amidst the overdose crisis. Safer supply – low-barrier distribution of pharmaceutical grade substances –...
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...
Famiglie di persone che fanno uso di droghe: risposte sanitarie e sociali
Questa miniguida fa parte di un insieme più ampio, che insieme comprende Salute e risposte sociali ai problemi della droga: una guida europea.
Fornisce una panoramica degli aspetti più importanti da considerare quando si pianificano o si...
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...
