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Treatment Settings
Various treatment formats, either in a live-in facility or through regular visits to a clinic, are designed for ongoing support, to help maintain recovery, and to prevent relapse.
Mortality and life-years lost following subsequent physical comorbidity in people with pre-existing substance use disorders: a national registry-based retrospective cohort study of hospitalised individuals in Czechia
Summary
Background
Substance use disorders constitute a major global public health problem, attributable largely to their subsequent comorbidity with other health conditions. This study aimed to investigate the risk of all-cause death and...
Patterns of Health Care Use 5 Years After an Intervention Linking Patients in Addiction Treatment With a Primary Care Practitioner
Abstract
Importance Substance use disorders are associated with high rates of emergency department (ED) use and challenges engaging with primary care services.
Objective To examine 5-year health care engagement and utilization outcomes...
INL DDR Partners Call - Quality Assurance
This month on November 9th, 2022, the International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) DDR Partners meeting offered a discussion on quality assurance and included two presentations:
- Building Quality Improvement for SUD Treatment...
"The Situation of mental health, violence against Women in the context of the post-COVID19 pandemic" progress, challenges and challenges
ISSUP Peru wants to invite you to its next Webinar.
World AIDS Day 2022 Event: Challenges and Perspectives from SUD Treatment Practice
In acknowledgement of World AIDS Day, ISSUP Italy would like to invite you to attend their upcoming Webinar.
First Presentation: The Post COVID-19 AIDS Challenges
The characteristics of HIV infection and how they have evolved over the...
ADDICTUS 2022, 4th National Forum on Pathological Addictions
ADDICTUS 2022
IV° NATIONAL FORUM ON PATHOLOGICAL ADDICTIONS
Riva del Garda Congress Centre (TN) 2 - 4 December 2022
Scientific coordinators: Fabio Lugoboni, Anna Franceschini, Stefano Canali
FRIDAY 2.12.22
Neurodevelopmental...
Substance Use Prevention: A review of what it means and requires through the language of football/soccer
ISSUP presents Part Two of a two-part webinar on the topic of Substance Use Prevention.
Bi-Monthly Webinar: ISSUP Nigeria Knowledge Update Series (Fifteenth Session)
ISSUP Nigeria would like to invite you to their next Bi-Monthly Webinar in the Knowledge Update Series. This Webinar will centre on 'Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) in Schizophrenia: Current Approach to Management'.
Substance use and homelessness
This research explored changes in the tobacco, alcohol and illicit drug use of people experiencing homelessness in the UK. Particularly, the researchers examined the following questions:
- what are the characteristics of people with...
UNODC launched a Training of Trainers (ToT) Programme on the Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC) Advanced Courses 9-15 in Pakistan
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Ensuring continued learning and offering opportunities to substance use dependence treatment professionals to learn advanced and evidence-based treatment techniques and strategies is one of the important missions of UNODC. In...UNODC Trains Team of National Trainers from Central Asia on UTC 16 and UTC 19
The UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia supported a training of trainers (ToT) on “Course 16 – Advanced Clinical Skills “ and “Course 19 – “Enhancing Group Facilitation Skills” which took place in person in Almaty, Kazakhstan on 24-29...
Two Countries and one problem: Prevention in Pediatrics
ISSUP Brasil presented a webinar with pediatricians discussing ways of prevention and how problems caused by substance use work.
Two pediatricians discuss the means of prevention and how problems caused by substance use work.
Moderators:
P...
Substance Use Prevention: A review of what it means and requires through the language of football/soccer
ISSUP presents Part One of a two-part webinar on the topic of Substance Use Prevention.
Cannabis and Adolescence
ISSUP Chile presented a webinar on the results of current research on the impact of cannabis use on the developing adolescent brain.
Community Mental Health Center Success in Prevention and Treatment of People Who Use Psychoactive Substances
ISSUP Peru invites you to participate in a webinar on community addiction prevention and control services.
The webinar will take place on Thursday, October 20, 2022 at 11:00 (Peru time)
This webinar analyzes the activity that promotes and...
Treatment Planning
Treatment Planning
This video is intended as a learning tool for developing a treatment plan adapted from UTC on course 5: Intake, Screening Assessment, Treatment Plan, and Documentation for Addiction Professionals. This video does not...
Assessment Using Addiction Severity Index Video Explanation
This video is intended as a learning tool for the understanding assessment using ASI adapted from UTC on course 5: Intake, Screening Assessment, Treatment Plan, and Documentation for Addiction Professionals. This video does not substitute...
New Training for Medical Providers: Integrating Addiction Medicine With Treatment Courts
NADCP is partnering with the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) to offer a new training for medical providers working with participants in drug treatment courts. This training will help medical providers learn how to successfully...
Mental Health and Substance Use: Reading List
Mental health and substance use issues are commonly linked, and it is important that practitioners are skilled and knowledgeable in identifying and working with the potential challenges an individual may be facing. For World Mental Health...
Integrating Substance Use and Mental Health Systems
Historically, substance use and mental health systems and services have operated independently. Yet many people who access substance use services also have mental health disorders. Improving client care means ensuring people can easily...