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Australian National Alcohol Strategy 2019-2028
The Australian Government has released a new strategy to address alcohol-related harms in Australian communities. These harms include violence, disease, injuries, road deaths and an estimated 4,000 alcohol-attributable deaths per year1.
Th...
International Consensus Statement for the Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Adolescents with Concurrent Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Substance Use Disorder
This international consensus statement can be used by clinicians and patients together in a shared decision-making process to select the best interventions and to reach optimal outcomes in adolescent patients with concurrent ADHD and SUD.
A Review of the Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Prevention Systems in Kenya
Researchers predict that harm from substance use and rates of substance use disorders in sub-Saharan Africa will increase significantly in the next 30 years.
In order to have a well-functioning health system that works in harmony, the...
Plenary 6: Review and Reflections - A Panel Session
The Sixth Plenary Session of the 'Drug Demand Reduction in Africa: Prevention, Treatment and Epidemiology' Virtual Conference from 16th September to 10th November 2020.
Plenary 3: A Focus on Treatment and Recovery
The Third Plenary Session of the 'Drug Demand Reduction in Africa: Prevention, Treatment and Epidemiology' Virtual Conference from 16th September to 10th November 2020.
Plenary 1: Setting the Scene for Drug Demand Reduction in Africa
The First Plenary Session of the 'Drug Demand Reduction in Africa: Prevention, Treatment and Epidemiology' Virtual Conference from 16th September to 10th November 2020.
Navigating Addiction and Treatment A Guide for Families
About the Report
Navigating Addiction and Treatment: A Guide for Families is a resource for family members who are trying to navigate the complex world of addiction and help loved ones achieve recovery. The guide includes basic definitions...
The Treatment Organisation is the Healing Context. Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix cell D3
THE TREATMENT ORGANISATION IS THE HEALING CONTEXT
We said that of the treatment of problem drinking in general, and it remains the case for specifically medical treatments. Cell D3 focuses on that context at the level of the treatment or...
New Training of Staff in Medication Assisted Treatment
Uganda Has now officially started training in harm reduction and has created Medically Assisted Treatment (MAT) Clinics in one of its National referral Mental Hospital Alcohol and Drug Unit.
The training is ongoing for new and existing...
Webinar: Drug Use in Adolescents in the Pandemic Era: An Understanding of the Family Relationship
ISSUP Chile invites you to participate in a webinar on ''drug use among adolescents in pandemic times: an understanding of the relational family' to be held on 10 September 2020, from 12:00 to 13:00 (Chile time)
September 10, 2020, 12:00
...Webinar: Teen Drug Use in Pandemic Times: An Understanding from the Family Relational
ISSUP Chile invites you to participate in a webinar on 'Drug Use in Adolescents in Times of the Pandemic: An Understanding from the Family Relational' to be held Thursday, September 10, 2020, 12:00 - 13:00 hrs (Chile Time)
September 10
...Evidence Based Treatment and Prevention Courses in Academic Institutions in Pakistan Video Poster
Speaker: Salman Shahzad, PhD Institute of Clinical Psychology, University of Karachi
Prices, Alcohol Use Initiation and Heavy Episodic Drinking among Chilean Youth
Research suggests that early initiation of alcohol use is a risk factor for multiple problems later in life, including heavy episodic drinking and alcohol use disorders.
Prevention scientists are particularly interested in understanding...
Motivational Interviewing
ASAM has gathered a selection of short videos and resources that examine aspects of motivational interviewing.
Empathy: The Human Connection to Patient Care (Video: 4 min, 23 sec)
Cleveland Clinic. An inspirational video about building a...
Cochrane Tobacco Addiction: Key Review Summaries
Below are two-page summaries of research carried out by the Cochrane Tobacco Addiction group.
Combined pharmacotherapy and behavioural interventions for smoking cessation
Universal Prevention Curriculum (UPC) 2020 Programme Implementation in Pakistan
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in collaboration with the Ministry of Narcotics Control (MNC) and support from Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs of the U.S. Department of State (INL) is in...
Digital Health: A Strategy to Maintain Health Care for People Living with Noncommunicable Diseases during COVID-19
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are the main cause of death and disability worldwide. Effective management of these chronic conditions depends largely on continuous, responsive, accessible, and quality services and successful patient...
The Child Welfare Inequalities App
The CWIP App brings together around 16 different datasets at the local authority and neighbourhood level, with a range of features including being able to adjust for deprivation effects using the results from linear models calculated ‘on...
Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change - Applications of Motivational Interviewing
This bestselling work for professionals and students is the authoritative presentation of motivational interviewing (MI), the powerful approach to facilitating change.
The book elucidates the four processes of MI—engaging, focusing...
Making the Most of Medical Care. Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix Cell C3
MAKING THE MOST OF MEDICAL CARE
Selected, explained and discussed – key research on management of medical interventions and treatment in medical settings. Highlights the remarkable transformation of a US clinic in the 1950s by an open...