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Pathways 2 Prevention Podcast

Created by
Drug Free America Foundation, Inc.

Join us for Drug Free America Foundation’s ‘Pathways to Prevention’ podcast as we engage stakeholders from across the drug demand reduction spectrum including government, academia, clergy, preventionists, treatment professionals, and persons in long-term recovery.

What Are The Five Stages Of Change?- A Blog Dedicated to Educate the Families of people with Addiction

Created by
Cathy Taughinbaugh
Publication Date

The blog is a rich source of learning.

You may read the information at your pace.

Share with the clients and their families to equip themselves with the simple strategies to take steps towards more recovery and less relapse.

Here- https://cathytaughinbaugh.com/what-are-the-five-stages-of-change/ 

 

Author/Researcher:

Dr. Nazish Idrees Chaudhary, PhD., M.S., M.Sc., B.Sc. (Clinical Psychology)

Recovery 101

Created by
Recovery Research Institute

Recovery from a substance use disorder is defined as a process of improved physical, psychological, and social well-being and health after having suffered from a substance-related condition.

The recovery research institute has put together a collection of resources that defines and explores the pathways to recovery.

Recovery Pathways Online Course

Created by
University of Derby

This online course introduces the science of addiction recovery and looks at the evidence on recovery pathways in Europe.

Recovery Pathways has a particular focus on gender differences in how people recover and what happens at different stages of recovery.

The course provides an insight into what we know about addiction recovery and how the European REC-PATH study has contributed to that knowledge.

Prevention Topics Page

Created by
EMCDDA

Drug prevention approaches range from those that target society as a whole (environmental and universal prevention) to interventions focusing on at-risk individuals (indicated prevention).

The main challenges are in matching these different strategies to target groups and contexts and ensuring that they are evidence-based and have sufficient population coverage.

Culture of Care’ Barometer

Created by
Kings College London

An organisational culture is the collection of values, expectations, and practices that shape the overall feeling and actions among staff members. A culture of care is an environment that is created where people feel valued and supported as part of a wider organisation.

The Pregnancy Edit

Created by
Society for the Study on Addiction

The Society for the Study on Addiction (SSA) Pregnancy Edit is a series of articles on alcohol-related harm in pregnancy, published on the Society for the Study of Addiction website in September 2021.

Topic covered include:

New Free Evaluation Tools from Prevention Plus Wellness

Created by
Chudley Edward Werch, PhD
Publication Date

Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW) has updated their free program Pretest and Posttest Surveys and Fidelity Checklist for use by prevention providers to ensure their programs are being implement reliably and result in positive outcomes for participating youth. 

In addition, the PPW Pretest and Posttest Surveys are available both online and in paper format.

‘Externalising questions in relation to Addictive Thinking’

Created by
Dulwich Centre

Externalising question in relation to Addictive Thinking (Self)

  • How does addictive thinking get you to use more than you intended to?
  • What are some things that give addictive thinking more space?
  • How does addictive thinking get you to use during times when you don’t want to?
  • Does addictive thinking get you to believe that you are not in danger when in fact you are?
  • Does addictive thinking

Substance use and the workplace: Supporting employers and employees in the trades

Created by
CCSA

The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction partnered with Health Canada to produce Substance Use and the Workplace: Supporting Employers and Employees in the Trades.

This collection of resources contains links from more than 30 organisations and can be used by employers and employees to help reduce the harms of substance use for Canadians, particularly those working in construction and the trades. 

Take-home naloxone

Created by
EMCDDA

Opioid overdose deaths can be prevented through timely administration of naloxone, a potent opioid antagonist drug that rapidly reverses the effects of opioid analgesics by binding to the opioid receptors in the central nervous system.

Because of its effectiveness, naloxone is used by emergency personnel worldwide.