All Resources for 'Justice Systems'

Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Is the Most Essential Intervention among People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) to Achieve Reduction HIV Transmission through Pwid to Others in Myanmar

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Scientific article
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Partner Organisation

Rosie Myint, Wah Wah Lwin

Background: There is a sustained downward trend in HIV prevalence among the sentinel groups which include People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) reflecting the effectiveness of programme for safer sexual behaviors and...

Gender Differences in Risk Factors for Adolescent Binge Drinking & Implications for Interventions

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Scientific article
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Women

Alcohol use, particularly binge drinking (BD), is a major public health concern among adolescents. Recent national data show that the gender gap in alcohol use is lessening, and BD among girls is rising. Considering the increase in BD among...

Effectiveness Bank Hot Topic: Measuring Alcohol-Related Harm: Politics and Science

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Book
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Policy
Public Health

At national level alcohol-related harm and especially the net cost of harm versus benefits are slippery concepts. Malleability and policy salience combine to make the estimates contested territory, seen as justifying reduced alcohol taxes...

Predictors of Treatment Response Following Parent Management Training: Child, Context, and Therapy Factors

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Scientific article
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Partner Organisation

Terje Gunnar Ogden, Kristine Amlund Hagen

Parent Management Training- the Oregon model (PMTO) was introduced as a treatment alternative to families in both child welfare services and child psychiatric out-patient clinics in Norway, in 2001...

The World Drug PERCEPTION Problem: Countering Prejudices about People Who Use Drugs

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Book
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Policy

This new report focuses on how current perceptions of drugs and people that use them has led to an unrealistic and stigmatising, rather than pragmatic and evidence-based approach to drug policy.

The report aims to analyse the most common...

The Intersectoriality in the Implementation of Public Policy for Drug Prevention

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Scientific article
Themes
Prevention
Populations
Family
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion
Partner Organisation

Lílian Patrícia Silva de Souza, Eliana Berger, Edileuza Monteiro, Francisco Bastos

The Public Ministry of the state of Rio Grande do Norte, has requested strategies in prevention actions for the use/misuse of drugs from the National...

Prevention Programs for Eating Disorders and Obesity in Germany

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Scientific article
Themes
Prevention
School-Based
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Partner Organisation

Luise Adametz, Felicitas Richter, Julia Mühleck, Katharina Wick, Bernhard Strauß, Uwe Berger

Disordered eating and partial eating disorder (ED) syndromes are widespread in childhood and adolescence. They are associated with decreased...

UK Biobank: An Open Access Population-Based Prospective Study of 500,000 Participants

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Scientific article
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Partner Organisation

Jo Holliday, Thomas Littlejohns, Ligia Adamska, Cathie Sudlow, Nicola Doherty, Naomi Allen

Introduction: UK Biobank was created as an open-access resource for the investigation of the genetic, environmental and lifestyle determinants of a...

The American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline for the Pharmacological Treatment of Patients with Alcohol Use Disorder

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Format
Book
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Treatment
Behavioural Therapy Interventions
Pharmacological Interventions
Treatment Settings

Rationale

The goal of this guideline is to improve the quality of care and treatment outcomes for patients with alcohol use disorder (AUD), as defined by DSM-5 (American Psychiatric Association 2013). The guideline focuses specifically on...

NIDA Humphrey Fellows Participate in ISSUP's Third Workshop

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News
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Law Enforcement
Partner Organisation

NIDA Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows from Virginia Commonwealth University participated in the Third Annual Meeting of the International Society of Substance Use Professionals. More than 3,000 participants attended the meeting for drug treatment...

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