Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has impacted people with substance use disorders (SUDs) worldwide, and healthcare systems have reorganized their services in response to the pandemic.
Methods: One week after the...
Importance Cigarette smoking and risky alcohol consumption co-occur and are undertreated. Nicotine receptor partial agonists and nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) treat smoking but are unproven for alcohol, and clinical trials...
Dear colleagues of ISSUP,
We invite you to consult the International Journal of Addiction Research (RIIAD). In this edition you will find articles such as "A look at genetics and epigenetics in substance addiction", "Vision-construction...
Abstract: Background: The need for workplace substance use prevention programmes globally and in South Africa is driven by the growing problem of substance use and the associated burden on the health and welfare of employees, their families...
The Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO), jointly with the Mental Health Commission of Canada, will hold a new online self-learning and tutor-guided course "Understanding Stigma and Cognitive Behavioral Interpersonal Skills" from August...
Summary
Substance use disorder (SUD) affects the relationship and care of children, leading to abusive behaviors. The parent-child relationship may improve with the development of parental skills (PC) in users of TUS treatment programs...
WHO launched a survey on assessing barriers, enablers, and pirority actions for improving access to morphine for medical use.
All Civil Society Organisation can contribute by filling out the survey before 31 August 2022.
The survey is...
The UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia held a Regional Training of Trainers (ToT) on Course 13 – “Contingency Management: A Reinforcement Based Treatment” which took place in person in Almaty, Kazakhstan on 27-29 July 2022. This course...
