La pandemia de COVID-19 ha tenido un impacto significativo en la salud mental y el comportamiento social a nivel mundial. Con el aumento del estrés, la ansiedad y el aislamiento social, muchas personas han recurrido al alcohol como un mecanismo de afrontamiento. El consumo nocivo de alcohol es una realidad preocupante en Ecuador, y su relación con la pandemia de COVID-19 ha traído desafíos adicionales para la salud pública y la sociedad. Históricamente el consumo nocivo de alcohol ha sido un problema de salud pública, asociado con diversas consecuencias negativas, desde accidentes de tránsito...

La pandemia de COVID-19 tuvo un impacto significativo en la salud mental de la población a nivel global. Diversos factores relacionados con la pandemia aumentaron el riesgo de desarrollar o exacerbar condiciones de salud mental, incluyendo: El aislamiento social, la incertidumbre y el estrés, y los cambios en la rutina generaron ansiedad, depresión y otros problemas de salud mental.

El duelo por alguna pérdida, los sentimientos de culpa y los cambios en la dinámica familiar generaron depresión, ansiedad, estrés postraumático y otros problemas de salud mental.

El aumento del consumo de...

• Hitting the *NOSE* during treatment ...is against the outcome.
  (Rafi khawar)
  Pakistan
  22_09_23
   *NOSE* ..
  1.Do not Negate  data provided by patient .
  2.Do not offend the patient,s needs.
  3.Do not stuck on your point.be flexible in discussion.
  4.Do not touch the Extreme points with out strong therapeutic allience.

Time that so many others like me probably also desperately needed to heal without even knowing it. Sometimes it takes one’s world falling apart for the most beautiful mosaic to be built up from the broken pieces of wreckage.  

During this unprecedented time, I don’t think we should allow the rare opportunity we now have to be able to watch in real time how the effects of social distancing can impact our mental health. Before the pandemic, many of us were already engaging in a form of social distancing. Perhaps not the exact same way we are now practicing, but the technology that we have...

Buenos dias soy Ariel Alberto Jara Acosta, Psicologo en la Comunidad Terapeutica Taller del Maestro, de la ciudad de Coronel Oviedo, Paraguay. Comparto con ustedes una publicacion del Fondo de las Naciones Unidas para la Infancia (UNICEF) en el que pudieron aclarar dudas con expertos. El espacio se tituló “¿Estás Bien?” y contó con la participación de los jóvenes.

https://www.unicef.org/paraguay/comunicados-prensa/j%C3%B3venes-y-especialistas-dialogan-sobre-salud-mental-en-tiempos-de-pandemia

Please distence minimum one meter each other and wearing face mask.exercise and yoga.sentrise hand and house.Eat nutrition food.

https://store.samhsa.gov/product/Taking-Care-of-Your-Behavioral-Health-Tips-for-Social-Distancing-Quarantine-and-Isolation-During-an-Infectious-Disease-Outbreak/PEP20-01-01-007

One of the major health issue of the modern world, which is drug dependence. Not only it hampers the public health, it also affects economic and social development. Drug dependence has been identified as one of the root causes of many criminal activities, along with impacting on physical and mental health of individuals. However, the number of the treatment and rehabilitation facilities necessary to bring the unfortunate people back to normal life is inadequate. There are a limited number of centers in our country, and the current COVID-19 situation is causing even more inadequacy to their...

El excarcelar a "mulas" (personas que fueron detenidas llevando drogas a otros países por ordenes de una tercera persona), se esta llevando a cabo en muchos países como en Ecuador y México, y con la situación social actual por motivo del COVID-19 otros países lo debaten también. 

Se debe tener en cuenta que un gran porcentaje son mujeres que por la situación económico y en algunos casos el abandono optan por esta opción, sin embargo al ser encarceladas dejan a hijos quienes presentan una situación de riesgo y vulnerabilidad al yo no contar con el cuidado de la madre y expuestos a caer en las...

Pelo Decreto nº 10.282, de 2 de março de 2020, em seus incisos I e II do Art. 3º, as atividades e serviços realizados pelas Comunidades Terapêuticas são consideradas essenciais e, por isso, é importante as orientações sobre prevenção ao coronavírus e o esclarecimento sobre como se deve dar o acolhimento de dependentes químicos nessas instituições.

Pensando nisso, a Secretaria Nacional de Cuidados e prevenção às Drogas – SENAPRED, em parceria com o Ministério da Cidadania, publicou uma cartilha de orientação direcionada para o trabalho das Comunidades Terapêuticas, abordando informações sobre...

Com muitos usuários de drogas lidando com problemas de saúde mental, como depressão e ansiedade, o isolamento do coronavírus apresenta um desafio sem precedentes.

Com o avanço das medidas de isolamento para tentar conter o novo coronavírus, alguns usuários de drogas ilegais passaram as estocar sua substância preferida para evitar desabastecimento no período em que não podem deixar suas casas.

Mas as consequências podem ser devastadoras, alertam especialistas preocupados com a possibilidade de essas pessoas adotarem hábitos mais arriscados – como o uso de drogas com as quais não tenham...

Who is at risk?

Having a health condition does not make you more likely than anyone else to come into contact with coronavirus.

But it appears people who are older, those with weakened immune systems and people who have underlying chronic conditions, including heart disease, diabetes, or asthma, are more at risk of severe effects if they do catch it.

Most people start to recover from coronavirus quickly after a few days' rest. For some people, it can be more severe and sometimes life-threatening. The symptoms are similar to other illnesses that are much more common, such as cold and flu:

...

"More addiction-treatment medicine is being sent home with heroin addicts than ever before after state and federal regulators eased restrictions amid the deadly coronavirus outbreak," according to the article published in the Baltimore Sun and Washington Post.  Links to the article are below.

https://www.baltimoresun.com/coronavirus/bs-md-ci-drugs-coronavirus-20200409-jxt2t4hhczagzbtkqczwwsz6ya-story.html 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/those-addicted-to-drugs-are-being-sent-home-with-more-methadone-than-ever/2020/04/13/c478b43c-7dae-11ea-a3ee-13e1ae0a3571_story.html

To My Fellow Issup Members, Readers and Friends
TITLE ： SOCIO ECONOMIC and ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBIILTY 

Good Day to ALL my FELLOW ISSUP MEMBERS and READERS.  I am seeking help on this awareness both on Socio Economic and Environmental Responsibility , that can be one of contributing factors why we do have COVI19.

If  WE had been keen to factors affecting our Nature , If WE had been  Responsible in what we can  contribute to establish a CLEANER AIR and Environment..Maybe WE will not suffer from  Killer Virus and Diseases that scares our generation.

But allow me to share knowledge on ...

Free Online Recovery Meetings and Virtual Platforms

• 12 Steps.org

https://www.12step.org/social/online-meeting-calendar/

Listing of online 12-step meetings on various platforms.

• Al-Anon Electronic Meetings

https://al-anon.org/al-anon-meetings/electronic-meetings/

This forum and recovery chat room for Narcotics Anonymous members features voice chat, Skype, and text chat meetings connecting people from around the world.

• Alcoholics Anonymous Online Intergroup

http://aa-intergroup.org/directory.php

Listing of online meetings from AA Intergroup.

• Smart Recovery

https:/...

American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (AATOD) guidelines on how to operate during pandemics. Issued last week. PDF: https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/6818855/AATOD-Guidance-to-OTPs-in-Response-to.pdf

The outbreak of disease 2019 (covid 19) may be stressful for people .Fear and anxiety about a disease can be overwhelming and strong emotions in adult and children.The coping with stress will make you ,the people you care about ,and your community stronger 

Hi all, If you need suggestions, ideas, or resources about creative ways to take care of yourself, please let me know.  Here are some to begin with:

Authentic Self-Care for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC)

https://www.naadac.org/authentic-self-care-webinar

WEBINAR: Cary Hopkins Eyles on Authentic Self-Care for Addiction Professionals

https://www.issup.net/knowledge-share/resources/2020-03/webinar-cary-hopkins-eyles-authentic-self-care-addiction

Wellness Experts on Easy Ways to Feel More in Control

https://news.yahoo.com/wellness-experts-best-self-care-144800468.html

Practice Self-Care...

Hello dear colleagues,

Hope this message finds everyone who is reading this document safe and sound.

I would like to share with you the newly released technical guidance document on how to support substance users during the COVID-19 pandemic. The document is released by the UNODC Drug Prevention and Health Branch.

Please click on the below link:

https://www.unodc.org/documents/drug-prevention-and-treatment/Drug_treatment_and_care_services_and_COVID19.pdf