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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.
Using motivational interviewing in substance use disorder treatment
Effective substance use disorder (SUD) treatment requires providers to understand what an individual genuinely needs to do to change substance use behaviours. An essential element in motivational SUD interventions is helping people who...
UNODC promotes the dialogue on drug demand reduction across Central Asia at ISSUP Abu Dhabi 2022 Conference
Within the framework of UNODC global project GLOJ71”Treating drug dependence and its health consequences: Treatnet II” UNODC ROCA in collaboration with Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section (PTRS) HQ supported participation of 19...
Motivational Interviewing: Reading List
Motivational interviewing is a counselling approach that aims to harness an individual’s motivation to change and promote autonomy in decision making.
Motivational Interviewing Videos
The Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) has gathered a selection of videos to demonstrate core skills and techniques that are used within motivational interviewing.
You can view the collection of videos here.
Motivational interviewing for substance abuse
Motivational interviewing (MI) is a client‐centred, semi‐directive method for enhancing intrinsic motivation to change by exploring and resolving ambivalence. The intervention is used widely, and therefore it is important to find out...
The Essentials of ... Series: Motivational Interviewing
The Essentials of.... is a series developed by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) that offers evidence-based guidance and practical information to enhance practice in the substance use field.
Here, you can find out...
Motivational Interviewing in Africa Webinar Series
In this webinar series, hosted by the South Africa International Technology Transfer Centre in collaboration with MI & Beyond, William Miller and Stephen Rollnick, co-founders of Motivational Interviewing engage with clinicians and...
Awareness Lecture and Workshop on Risky Behaviors & Substance Use in an International Family Medicine Conference, Avari Hotel, Lahore Pakistan
Two days International Family Medicine Conference has been arranged at Avari Hotel in Lahore Pakistan on May 21 and 22, 2022. The organizers were the team members of WONCA SAR. The guest speaker/trainer invited to grace these initiatives...
Risk factors influencing the relapse of licit and illicit drug use in adolescents treated at the Institute on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence
Summary:
The aim of this research was to determine the risk factors associated with drug relapses in adolescents who have received treatment at the IAFA. Methodology: Quantitative study, with correlational and cross-sectional scope...
Cognitive impairment and alcohol dependence, clinical implications
By way of conclusion, it could be said that brain damage caused by excessive alcohol consumption (ARBD) is dimensional, from mild deterioration to dementia. In any case, ARBD worsens the response to treatment and the evolution of patients...
Using Adolescent Development to Inform Prevention Practice
Participants will review major social and biological factors of adolescent development and implications for ways to approach substance use prevention/intervention.
Objectives Include:
- Describe prevalence rates for adolescent...
Intentions and Attempts to Quit Smoking Among Sexual Minoritized Adult Smokers After Exposure to the Tips From Former Smokers Campaign
Abstract
Importance Significant disparities exist in smoking behaviors by sexual minority status in the US.
Objective To examine potential differences in the associations between exposure to the Tips From Former Smokers (Tips) campaign...
Call for Papers- Drug Addiction Research in China
Drug addiction has been a major public health problem bringing a heavy burden to patients, families and society in China historically and contemporarily. In the recent two decades, animal and clinical research on mechanisms, trajectories...
Ecolink Institute successfully completes six batches for UTC full course
The Ecolink Institute based in India and an approved training provider of the Colombo Plan has successfully completed six (6) international batches for UTC Curriculum 1-8 and initiated to ICAP Credentialing Examination. The students draw...
Ecolink conducts special session on Relapse prevention
Ecolink Institute has conducted a special workshop on "Relapse prevention" on May 5 for over 40 therapists who are attached to Addiction Recovery Coach Online, a therapy wing of the Institute. Dr.Thirumagal V conducted the workshop on...
Implementing Adolescent SBIRT
Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) is an evidence-based approach to early intervention of substance use.
This mixed-methods evaluation assessed the implementation of an adolescent SBIRT change package across...
Peer-facilitated treatment access for hepatitis C: The Live Hep C Free project
This article explores the lessons learned during the implementation of a peer-facilitated hepatitis C virus hepatitis C testing and treatment access project called the Live Hep C Free project in contributing to micro-elimination efforts.
T...
Peer to Peer User Guide-Drug and Alcohol Peer to Peer Prevention Program
This guide is developed to facilitate the work of Peer Counsellors in training Peer Educators in substance abuse prevention. It is based on the experience from the peer to peer drug prevention programs conducted by UYDEL. This peer to peer...
Severe bacterial infections in people who inject drugs: The role of injection-related tissue damage
Abstract
Background
In the context of the current U.S. injection drug use epidemic, targeted public health harm reduction strategies have traditionally focused on overdose prevention and reducing transmission of blood-borne viral...