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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.
International Standards on Treatment & Harm Reduction
The Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs (VNGOC) together with the UNODC Civil Society Unit (CSU) held a webinar on 17th March 2021 discussing UNODC guidance on treatment and harm reduction. The webinar included opening remarks from Mirella Dummar...
Innovative contest scaling up UNODC- developed prevention programme in Uzbekistan announced its winners
The Nationwide Competition “Expert on the Development of Life and Family Skills” was organized online in January-April 2021 by the Ministry of Public Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan jointly with the United Nations Office on Drugs...
Quality standards in drug treatment: some ideas for incorporation into our country's services
ISSUP Chile invites you to participate in a webinar on quality standards in drug treatment and how to incorporate them into treatment services in Chile
The webinar will take place on Thursday, May 6, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. (Chile time)
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23-25 February 2021: UNODC supported a national consultation in Côte d'Ivoire to develop integrated national approaches and guidelines for the treatment of comorbid drug use and other medical conditions
Under the supervision of the Interministerial Committee on Drug Control and in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, nearly 20 representatives of national programmes to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, viral hepatitis and mental health...
At Last, Some Help for Meth Addiction
This article from Scientific American covers recent advances in treating Methamphetamine Use Disorder.
Short Treatment Application Manual for Cocaine Users (TBUC)
Source: https://www.gob.mx/cms/uploads/attachment/file/334700/Manual_Coca_na.pdf
This manual is aimed at health professionals interested in addiction care, particularly cocaine dependence. This document is the product of thirteen years of...
Substance Use and the Criminal Justice System Reading List
Here is a range of resources that discuss ways to support people with substance use issues who are in contact with the justice system.
Treatment and care for people with drug use disorders in contact with the criminal justice system
This publication is intended to serve as an introductory reference, outlining the options available to States that are in line with the international drug control conventions and other relevant international instruments.
The focus of the...
UNODC conducts gender-sensitive substance use disorder training day in Ecuador
Quito, 16 March 2021.- The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), through the Global Drug And Treatment Care Project - with the support of Ecuador's Ministry of Public Health - developed a training day on treatment for women...
Participate in the Commission on Narcotic Drugs next week!!!
The Commission will take place next week, from 12 to 16 April 2021 and, because of the pandemic, all the sessions will be webcasted.
TAP 34: Disaster Planning Handbook for Behavioral Health Service Programs
This Technical Assistance Publication (TAP), updated in 2021, provides guidance for behavioral health...
Tobacco, Alcohol and Illicit Drugs in the Czech Republic in 2019
This issue of the bulletin Focused was prepared on the basis of the annual report on the 2019 drug situation in the Czech Republic: MRAVČÍK, V., CHOMYNOVÁ, P., GROHMANNOVÁ, K., JANÍKOVÁ, B., ČERNÍKOVÁ, T., ROUS, Z., CIBULKA, J., FIDESOVÁ, H...
The Emerging Global Tobacco Treatment Workforce: Characteristics of Tobacco Treatment Specialists Trained in Council-Accredited Training Programs from 2017 to 2019
Abstract
Tobacco use is projected to kill 1 billion people in the 21st century. Tobacco Use Disorder (TUD) is one of the most common substance use disorders in the world. Evidence-based treatment of TUD is effective, but treatment...
Webinar: Accessibility, quality and equity in addiction treatment devices
ISSUP Argentina invites you to participate in a webinar that will discuss accessibility, quality and equity in addiction treatment services. The webinar will take place on April 20, 2021 at 17:00 hrs (Argentina time).
This webinar will...
Consumption of psychoactive substances and gender perspective. In the week of the International Day of Action for Women's Health
ISSUP Argentina invites you to participate in a webinar that will discuss psychoactive substance use and gender perspective - in the week of the International Day of Action for Women's Health.
Younger age of first cannabis use or prescription drug misuse is associated with faster development of substance use disorders
NIH analysis measures the prevalence of nine substance use disorders after first substance use or misuse in young people.
UTC Training for Addiction Professionals in Mexico Time Zones
Ecolink Institute, India organizes its 4th International Training programme on Universal Treatment Curriculum on Substance Use Disorder for 5 April 2021 on every Monday and Friday from 6-8 AM on Mexican Time and 6.30 to 8.30 PM on Indian...
Tobacco Webinar Series: Tobacco Smoking Addiction - From Prevention to Treatment
ISSUP presents the final session in the series of three Webinars focusing on Tobacco Use. The third Webinar will be hosted by ISSUP Pakistan and explore the topic of 'Tobacco Smoking Addiction - From Prevention to Treatment'.
Effectiveness Bank Course on Alcohol Treatment Research Reaches its Conclusion
COURSE ON ALCOHOL TREATMENT RESEARCH REACHES ITS CONCLUSION
Time to recap the journey started over a year ago to update the Alcohol Treatment Matrix, a unique mapping of seminal and key research and guidance on alcohol brief interventions...
Tobacco Webinar Series: New Electronic Smoking Devices - What's the Difference?
ISSUP would like to present the second session in the three-part Webinar series focusing on Tobacco Use. This Webinar asks the question 'New Electronic Smoking Devices - What's the Difference?'