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The SSA guide to academic posters
The Society for the Study of Addiction have developed a guide for creating academic posters.
The resource contains information on:
- Tailoring your poster to your audience
- Presentation
- Telling a story
- Topic
- Accessibility
- Inclu...
Health and social responses to drug problems: a European guide 2021
The Health and social responses to drug problems: a European guide 2021 was developed to support practitioners and policymakers in tackling the negative consequences of drug use.
The guide is composed of four sets of miniguides that look...
The Pregnancy Edit
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:
- the...
New Free Evaluation Tools from Prevention Plus Wellness
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...
COVID-19 Response: Mental Health and Psychosocial Support for Community Health Workers
This online course provides an overview of how community health workers (CHWs) can support their communities by providing appropriate mental health and psychosocial support during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In this course you will learn...
‘Externalising questions in relation to Addictive Thinking’
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...
Deconstructing Addiction
This resource has been initiated by Anthony Corballis in conjunction with Dulwich Centre Publications. You’ll find here a range of writings about addiction and ways of responding to alcohol and other drug use.
Overdose recognition and management: Reading list
According to the World Health Organisation, around half a million deaths each year are attributable to drug use. More than 70% of these deaths are related to opioids, with more than 30% of those deaths caused by overdose. Signs, symptoms...
Substance use and the workplace: Supporting employers and employees in the trades
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...
Take-home naloxone
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.
B...
Website on new psychoactive substances NPS-Info.org
The web resource is divided into five sections: "Substances", "Prevention", "Resources", "Practice" and "Get Help". The Resources section contains videos on HIV prevention among people who use stimulants/NPS. This section also includes...
Increase access to hepatitis C (HCV) testing and care in drug services- a toolkit
People who inject drugs (PWID) are a key population for the elimination of hepatitis C in Europe, and increasing their access to HCV testing and care is a goal in European and national hepatitis C policies. Despite this, HCV testing remains...
Addiction Neurobiology Reading List
New App for Practitioners to Improve Knowledge of the Clinical Harms of Non-medical Prescription Drug Use.
ATOMIC is a free, evidence-based, mobile-learning application aimed at clinicians and other practitioners who want to improve their knowledge of the acute and chronic clinical harms of non-medical prescription drug use. ATOMIC is a response...
Toolkit for practitioners working with families affected by co-occurring conditions
This toolkit has been produced by Adfam and family members affected by the co-occurring conditions of substance use disorders and mental ill-health. It is designed for practitioners who support those caring for a loved one who is having...
Tobacco Reading List
World No Tobacco Day takes place each year at the end of May. To link with the worldwide campaign, ISSUP is hosting a series of online events throughout May that investigate the topic of tobacco use. This reading list highlights additional...
World Health Organisation Tobacco Health Topic
The World Health Organisation (WHO) have a health topic page dedicated to tobacco use.
The page includes:
- up to date data on smoking, tobacco control country profiles
- factsheet, infographics and maps
- the latest news, events and...
Managing Co-occuring Alcohol and Other Drug and Mental Health Conditions
This website provides evidence-based information, training and resources to assist with the management of co-occurring, or comorbid, AOD and mental health conditions.
The content is based on the second edition of the “Guidelines on the...
Substance Use and the Criminal Justice System Reading List
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