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Applying interventions designed to reduce and manage the symptoms of substance use disorders.
Technology-Delivered CBT to Treat Alcohol Use Disorder
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) is one of the most researched treatment options for Alcohol Use Disorder. In order to make CBT as accessible and effective as possibles, researchers have been investigating different versions and ways to...
Training Workshop of UTC 4 and 7 for Addiction Professionals in Pakistan by MATH & ISSUP Pakistan
Mian Afzal Trust Hospital (MATH), Gujranwala Pakistan (Approved Education Provider of Colombo Plan GCCE) in collaboration with ISSUP Pakistan Chapter is going to organize a training workshop of Universal Treatment Curriculum 4 and 7 in MATH...
Training Workshop and Session on Substance Abuse Prevention Programs (UPC and UTC)
A seminar and two day training workshop were conducted for Faculty and Senior Students at the Department of Psychology, Bahria University, Islamabad on August 29, 2019.
Pre Conference Workshop on "Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral for Treatment"
A pre conference training workshop on "Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral for Treatment" was conducted at the Department of Psychology, RIPHAH International University, Lahore. Training goals of the workshop were:
- To increase...
Algorithm May Expose Thousands of Under-18s to Harmful Targeted Adverts
A recent study, conducted by the Guardian and the Danish Broadcasting Corporation, has revealed that Facebook has marked hundreds of thousands of children as “interested in” adverts about gambling and alcohol.
Facebook gains information...
Alcohol Policy in Uganda
Harmful alcohol consumption remains a critical public health concern in Uganda. Despite efforts by the government to introduce policies that will improve the situation, alcohol companies are finding new ways to advertise and sell their...
Marketing of Heated Tobacco Products in the Czech Republic - The Role of Social Media
Over the years, there has been a global decline in tobacco consumption, and countries have made significant progress in developing evidence-based and cost-effective tobacco control measures. As a result, tobacco industries have had to...
Motivational Interviewing for Substance Use
Harmful use of alcohol kills more than 3 million people each year. 35 million people are estimated to be suffering from drug use disorders. Tobacco contributes to the death of more than 8 million people a year around the world.
It is...
GISA Organises National TOT on UPC School Based Track in Nigeria
GISA Organises National Training of Trainers on UPC School Based Track in Nigeria
Between July 9 and 18th 2019, Global Initiative on Substance Abuse (GISA) in collaboration with the Colombo Plan Drug Advisory Programme and the Bureau of...
CLOUD - The Curated Library about Opioid Use for Decision-makers
In partnership with the National Governors’ Association and Milbank Memorial Fund, the Center for Evidence-based Policy has created CLOUD: Curated Library about Opioid Use for Decision-makers.
CLOUD's mission is to curate high quality...
Journal for Advancing Justice Volume II
Opioid-related morbidity and mortality in the U.S. has been steadily increasing over the last two decades. In 2017 alone, 2.1 million Americans suffered from opioid use disorder (OUD), and 47,600 died from opioid overdose.
Predictably, the...
Monitoring the Elimination of Viral Hepatitis as a Public Health Threat in Europe
This technical report focuses on an elimination barometer for viral hepatitis to help countries assess progress towards eliminating hepatitis C and B among people who inject drugs (PWID).
The barometer is being developed by the EMCDDA...
Russian Alcohol Consumption
In terms of global alcohol consumption, Russia has been consistently considered one of the countries with the highest track record of heavy drinking.
However, recent figure have found Russian alcohol consumption has decreased by 43% from...
Nonverbal Communication
Nonverbal communication is the act of conveying a thought, feeling, or idea through physical gestures, posture, and facial expressions. A study conducted at UCLA found a majority of communication to be nonverbal, although the study’s exact...
Motivational Interviewing. Change: Desire, Ability, Reason, Need, and Commitment
This blog includes videos, podcasts and other resources to learn more about motivational interviewing and other counselling approaches.
The Readiness Ruler as a Measure of Readiness to Change Poly-Drug Use in Drug Abusers
Abstract
Readiness to change is a crucial issue in the treatment of substance use disorders. Experiences with methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) has shown that continuous drug and alcohol use with all its consequences characterize most...
Transference vs. Countertransference: What’s the big deal?
You may be feeling overwhelmed by the number of new terms, theories, and practices you are learning. With all of the clinical information, you are consuming it can be easy to gloss over the concepts of transference and countertransference.
...The Forest and the Trees: Relational and Specific Factors in Addiction Treatment
Abstract
Aims
Increased expectations for the use of evidence‐based methods in addiction treatment have fueled a debate regarding the relative importance of ‘specific’ versus ‘common’ factors in treatment outcome. This review explores the...
The Role of the Early Therapeutic Alliance in Predicting Drug Treatment Dropout
Abstract
Background
To investigate the role of the therapeutic alliance in predicting length of retention in residential drug treatment.
Methods
The study recruited 187 clients starting residential rehabilitation treatment for drug...
The Role of the Therapeutic Alliance in the Treatment of Substance Misuse: A Critical Review of the Literature
ABSTRACT
Background: In the past two decades, a number of studies investigating the role of the therapeutic alliance in drug treatment have been published and it is timely that their findings are brought together in a comprehensive review...