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Helping People With Addiction Stay Connected During COVID-19
This webinar is the first in a series called “Supporting People With Addiction During COVID-19”, hosted by the National Academy of Medicine and the American Society for Addiction Medicine.
Advocating for Addiction Science Programs at the University Level
Matej Kosir, Director, the Utrip Research and Development Institute (UTRIP) discusses how to successfully advocate for new university programming on drug demand reduction.
Una perspectiva de derechos humanos en la prevención del consumo de alcohol
En este seminario, el Sr. Morlachetti discutirá el papel de las normas y estandares de derechos humanos en la regulación y restricción de la comercialización de las bebidas alcoholicas. Además, irá discutir las obligaciones de los Estados...
Primary Prevention in a Post-Covid World
Webinar recording: Pall Rikhardsson, Service Development Manager, ICSRA; Emmet Major, Community Liaison, Western Region Drug and Alcohol Task Force, Ireland; Samantha Menezes: Program Quality and Practice Lead - Local Drug Action Team...
Alcohol Marketing and Public Health: What Do We Know and What Can We Do?
Alcohol is the leading risk factor for death and disability for persons aged 15-49 throughout the world. Recent summaries of the research literature have concluded that exposure to alcohol marketing plays a causal role in whether and how...
Caring for Patients with Chronic Pain: Perspectives from Clinicians -Opioid Collab Listening Session
The Action Collaborative on Countering the U.S. Opioid Epidemic held a web-based listening session that focused on the perspectives and experiences of clinicians caring for patients with chronic, non-cancer pain.
This is a recording of...
Telepsychiatry: The CCBHC Staffing Solution Recording and Slides
Now that clinics across the country are eligible to apply for CCBHC Expansion grants, this creates an exciting opportunity for organizations to increase access to care. Leaders are looking for ways to ensure that their organizations are...
Access to Drug Treatment Services in Nigeria: The Challenge of Addiction Workforce
Presentation by Drs. Chia Francis and Mashika Esther
This webinar will illuminate the level of drug use in Nigeria, efforts made so far to address access to drug abuse treatment services in Nigeria, and details of a study regarding access...
Video: Drug Prevention: Challenges and Experiences in Times of Pandemic
Webinar: ISSUP South Africa – Cannabis and the Youth in South Africa
Webinar: ISSUP South Africa - COVID-19 ~ What can be done through us
Webinar: Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) for Opioid Use Disorder in Jails and Prisons
People who have been incarcerated are approximately 100 times more likely to die by overdose in the first two weeks after their release than the general public. Despite high rates of opioid use disorder among justice-involved individuals...
National Addiction Studies Accreditation Commission
In this presentation, Gerry Schmidt and Diane Sevening present on the United States model of accrediting addiction studies programs.
They cover the criteria for accreditation at various degree levels and the process used to assess a...
SBIRT Skill Development: Enhancing Brief Intervention Skills
Utilising the spirit of motivational interviewing in delivering SBIRT services is a crucial component in improving outcomes. This session will focus on some concreate skills that can be utilised in delivering these services.
Participants...
Methods for Understanding and Addressing Stigma To Prevent Common Risk Factors for Disease
In this presentation, Dr. Valerie Earnshaw provides a cross-cutting conceptual overview of stigma, identifies targets for stigma measurement, recommends methodological approaches for stigma research, and reviews the intervention toolkit to...
Alcohol, MDMA and cannabis use: Impact on the adolescent brain
This webinar is for teachers, school staff, parents and others who are interested in understanding the effect of drugs on adolescent brain. It explores the development of adolescent brain and how this process is interrupted by the use of...
Trauma and Substance Use
This webinar provided information about the nature of trauma (including post-traumatic stress disorder) and its effects. As well as discussing the link between trauma and the use of alcohol and other drugs (including methamphetamine).
Academic Programs in Drug Treatment and Prevention at Paraguayan Universities
This video is a recording of a webinar on January 31, 2020 where presenters Diana Lesme Romero, Ph.D. , Maria Cecilia Munoz Perez, MSc. and Graciela Barreto Castro, Ph.D. discuss the complex drug problem in Paraguay and review the...