All Resources for 'Education & Training'

Risks and Harms Associated with the Nonmedical Use of Benzodiazepines in the Unregulated Drug Supply in Canada

Publication Date
Format
Report
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Quality Assurance
Law Enforcement
Border Control
Partner Organisation

Summary

Substance use risks are significantly higher for people who obtain drugs on the unregulated market as there is no quality control and drug contents are unpredictable. This lack of predictability has increased during the COVID-19...

Concept of trauma and guidance for a trauma-informed approach

Format
Book
Themes
Mental Health
Partner Organisation

This manual introduces a concept of trauma and offers a framework for becoming a trauma-informed organisation, system, or service sector.

The manual provides a definition of trauma and a trauma-informed approach and offers 6 key principles...

UNODC supports Practitioners in Community-Based Settings

Format
News
Themes
Treatment
Behavioural Therapy Interventions
Treatment Settings
Partner Organisation

The South Sumatra province has been ranked as the second largest province with people who use drugs, with a prevalence of 5%  which approximately corresponds to 326,694 people, and methamphetamine is still the most popular drug of choice in...

Introducing compassion focused therapy

Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Mental Health

Compassion focused therapy (CFT) is based on the evolutionary, functional analysis of basic social motivational systems (e.g., to exist within groups and care for kin) and emotional systems (e.g., to respond to threats, seek out contentment...

Adverse childhood experiences and related outcomes among adults experiencing homelessness

Format
Scientific article
Themes
Addiction
Mental Health
Prevention
Public Health

People who are homeless experience significant physical, mental and social challenges that are linked with poor health and functioning. Rates of substance use issues, mental health difficulties, injury and chronic disease are significantly...

Alcohol-attributable burden of cancer in Argentina

Publication Date
Format
Scientific article
Themes
Prevention
Populations
Men
Women
Public Health

Abstract

Introduction

Alcohol consumption is a risk factor for several types of cancer. Alcohol consumption levels in Argentina are among the highest in the world, and malignant neoplasms are the second cause of death in the country...

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