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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.
Examining the Relationship of Personality Functioning and Treatment Completion in Substance Misuse Treatment
Abstract
Background: Treatment retention is a major factor contributing to favourable outcome in the treatment of substance misuse, but the literature remains very limited. Despite evidence of the association of personality with drug use...
The Role of Personality Functioning on Early Drop out in Outpatient Substance Misuse Treatment
Abstract
Treatment initiation is a major factor contributing to positive outcomes, but the supporting literature remains limited. It is difficult to draw conclusions regarding predictors of dropout, and there is a need to target clients'...
Urdu translation and psychometric properties of WHO-Five Wellbeing Index among male patients with substance use disorders in Pakistan
Abstract
Objective
The present study aims to translate and adapt the WHO-Five Wellbeing Index (WHO-5) into the Urdu language and then determine its psychometric properties.
Method
Male participants (N = 201) between 18 and 45 years old...
Health and social responses to cannabis problems in Europe — time for a paradigm shift?
Objective: This is the first EMCDDA webinar in the cannabis webinar series, which opens the debate with an all-encompassing overview of the key issues and response options available.
Background: Cannabis is the most widely used illicit...
Challenges in prevention and treatment in the post-pandemic (Argentina-Chile-Mexico-Peru)
ISSUP Argentina presented a webinar that addressed the increased impact of isolation and social distancing stemming from the pandemic on the quality of life of vulnerable populations in Latin America, including children and adolescents...
The Relationship between Trauma and Addiction
ISSUP Kenya are pleased to present their Webinar on the cyclic relationship between trauma and addiction and the implication in treatment.
ISSUP International Conference 2021 (Virtual) Session 3 - Prevention: Evidence-based principles - theory and practice
Third Session of the ISSUP International Conference 2021 (Virtual).
ISSUP International Conference 2021 (Virtual) Session 2 - Treatment: Evidence-based principles - theory and provision
Second Session of the ISSUP International Conference 2021 (Virtual).
ISSUP International Conference 2021 (Virtual) Session 1 - Setting the scene: A rationale for the conference
First Session of the ISSUP International Conference 2021 (Virtual).
Guide to Indispensable Criteria for Starting-up and Operating Treatment Centers for People with Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders
The WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence defines treatment as the process that begins when psychoactive substance users contact a health provider or other community service and may continue through a succession of specific interventions...
Impact of Cannabis Legalization on Youth Contact with the Criminal Justice System
The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) provided funding to Dr. Akwasi Owusu-Bempah and Dr. Scot Wortley from the University of Toronto to research youth interactions with the criminal justice system, including the nature...
Addressing mental health and substance use in the youth justice setting
This seminar took place on Wednesday 29th September and focuses on youth justice.
It was the first in a series of seminars hosted by The University of Sydney after signing a Memorandum of Understanding with Youth Justice NSW in July 2021.
Women imprisoned with substance use disorders: The treatment rehabilitation services agenda
Presenters:
- Roger Peters, Professor, University of South Florida, USA
- Anja Busse, Program Officer, Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section (UNODC)
- Giovanna Campello, Head of the Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section...
A Conversation About Corruption in Substance Use Disorder Treatment
Elizabeth Saenz, UNODC, presents on the issue of patient abuse and corruption in treatment and provides a call to action on the need to address this problem that spans across countries.
Residential Rehabilitation: Current evidence and future research directions
This webinar highlighted the evidence base underpinning drug and alcohol residential rehabilitation and discussed future research directions.
Residential rehabilitation provides an important role in alcohol and other drug treatment. The...
Work Environment Factors and Prevention of Opioid-Related Deaths
Opioid use disorder (OUD) and opioid overdose deaths (OODs) are prevalent among US workers, but work-related factors have not received adequate attention as either risk factors or opportunities for OOD prevention. Higher prevalence of OOD...
Smoking and drinking- Selected articles from the journal of alcohol and alcoholism
The featured articles investigate the association of smoking products and alcohol consumption, identify causes and influences, and explore therapeutic avenues and cessation interventions.
Free to access until 31 January!
Articles
- Tar...
Considerations for Virtual Services and Supports for Substance Use and Concurrent Disorders [Policy Brief]
The Canadian Centre for Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) in partnership with the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre, the Canadian Psychological Association and Canada Health Infoway, collected national data on the experience and...
Study: Combined treatments are the most effective to stop smoking
This is a study, led by the University of Bristol, and published in Addiction Journal. It was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), the research partner of the NHS, public health and social care.
The most effective...
