All Resources for 'Community-Based Prevention'

Alcohol Occasionals: Seminars 2013–2018

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Book
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Prevention
Mental Health
Policy
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

Almost a fifth more alcohol is sold per adult in Scotland than in England and Wales. It is believed 1 in 4 people drink at hazardous or harmful levels and in 2016 alone there were over 1,200 alcohol-related deaths in Scotland. 

Scottish...

Addiction Journal Podcast - December 2018

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Book
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Mental Health

The Journal of Addiction has published its latest podcast describing the highlights from the December issue of Addiction. 

In addition to describing the key features that are presented in the journal, the podcast includes a selection of...

Research Shows Relationship Between Alcohol, Drugs and Violence

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Populations
Family
Men

It is already expected that alcohol and other drugs lead the person to a path of violence, but recently this was proven through research by a group from the School of Medicine of the University of São Paulo (USP). They published the results...

Research Explicit Relationship between Alcohol, Drugs and Violence

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Populations
Family
Men

It is already expected that alcohol and other drugs lead the person to the path of violence, but recently this was proven through a study of the group of the University of São Paulo Medical School (USP). They published results of a survey...

Economic and Social Costs of Legalized Marijuana

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Book
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Public Health

The Centennial Institute at Colorado Christian University commissioned this study to better understand the economic and social costs of legalized marijuana. While much has been written about the tax revenue and total sales generated from...

European Action for Employment in Recovery

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News
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support

A new European project has been developed to provide individuals in recovery from substance use in Scotland the opportunity to a part in a work and learning experience in another European country.

The European Action for Employment in...

The Global Drug Survey for 2019

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News
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Policy
Data
The Global Drug Survey for 2019 (GDS2019) was launched on the 29th of October.

Self‐Medication with Alcohol or Drugs for Mood and Anxiety Disorders

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Mental Health
Data

Substance use is one way that people deal with the difficult symptoms present in mood and anxiety disorders. As people become more reliant on the effects of the substances to relieve distress the use can develop into dependence. Self‐medica...

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