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Terapia cognitivo‐conductual para los trastornos de ansiedad en niños y adolescentes; Revisión Cochrane
Antecedentes
Las revisiones Cochrane anteriores han mostrado que la terapia cognitivo‐conductual (TCC) es efectiva en el tratamiento de los trastornos de ansiedad en la niñez. Sin embargo, todavía hay dudas con respecto a lo siguiente...
На передовой пандемии: COVID-19 глазами психотерапевта наркодиспансера
Пандемия, и связанные с ней ограничения, принесли перемены в жизни практически каждого жителя планеты. Однако, немногие задумываются о том, как изменилась жизнь лиц с расстройствами, вызванными употреблением наркотиков, являющихся одними из...
ISSUP Mexico/CICAD: INTERNATIONAL CONVERSATION IN COMMEMORATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Tuesday, November 24, 12:00 – 2 p.m. (Central Mexico time)
INTERNATIONAL CONVERSATION IN COMMEMORATION OF INTERNATIONAL DAY ON THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
"The Consumption of Psychoactive Substances and Violence Against...
Sex and Gender Effects in Recovery From Alcohol Use Disorder
The current article provides a summary of biopsychosocial gender differences in alcohol use disorder (AUD), then reviews existing literature on gender differences in treatment access, retention, outcomes, and longer-term recovery. Among...
At the forefront of a pandemic: COVID-19 through the eyes of psychotherapist at a drug treatment facility
The COVID-19 pandemic and the restrictions associated with it have changed people’s lives in almost all countries. However, very few realize how the lives of people with drug use disorders – who are among the most vulnerable and in need of...
UNODC Continues to Support Capacity Building of National Trainer Teams Within the Advanced Level of the Universal Treatment Curriculum for Substance Use Disorders
A Regional three-day training for trainers (ToT) on Course 9 “Advanced Pharmacology and Substance Use Disorders” of the Advanced Level of the Universal Treatment Curriculum for Substance Use Disorders (UTC training package) was launched via...
National Addictions Awareness Week
National Addictions Awareness Week (NAAW) is from November 22 to 28.
Change Begins with Me is the theme for this year’s National Addictions Awareness Week (NAAW). We want to present Canadians with ways they can reassess the way they think...
Call for Team Applications, SPR Sixteenth Annual Sloboda and Bukoski SPR Cup
Significant advances in prevention science are often due to a team of individuals working closely together across many years. In recognition of the importance of the collaborative process to the field, the Society for Prevention Research...
New Online Trainings for Professionals Working in the Field of Substance Use Disorders
In this video, Charlotte Sisson, Senior Foreign Affairs Officer within the Office of Global Programmes and Policy in the Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, introduces the audience...
Webinar (c) Understanding Prevention as a Science-Based Intervention What Works VS What Doesn't Work
ISSUP Togo invites you to participate in its next webinar on 'Understanding prevention as a science-based intervention'.
WiRED International Health Module on Quitting Smoking
WiRED International brings free computer-based medical and health education to communities around the world.
Alcohol and Cancer
The focus in this webinar is the links between alcohol and cancer and the forthcoming Europe Beating Cancer Plan.
Alcohol and Covid-19 Webinar
The focus in this webinar is the links between alcohol and cancer and the forthcoming Europe Beating Cancer Plan.
Local drug strategies and policies
ISSUP Argentina invites you to participate in a webinar focused on prevention and treatment strategies in the use of psychoactive substances
The webinar will take place on Friday, December 4, 2020 at 12:00hrs (Argentina time).
December 4...
Problem Gambling and Stimulant Use
This webinar provided attendees with information about:
- What problem gambling is, its symptoms and impacts
- Link between drug use (including methamphetamine use) and gambling
Parenting, Teens, and Alcohol
Parents often receive conflicting information regarding what’s best for their child when it comes to alcohol.
This session dispels a number of myths surrounding the topic and provides practical tips to parents for preventing alcohol use...
Organisational Climate Underlies Innovation Adoption. Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix Cell D4
ORGANISATIONAL CLIMATE UNDERLIES INNOVATION ADOPTION
Key studies on how treatment organisations affect implementation and effectiveness of psychosocial therapies. Starts with the contention from an influential research stable that...
COVID 19 AND BEYOND: Impact on Mental Health
Topics discussed:
- Experiencing Covid 19 and the lockdown - psychological effects of the pandemic.
- Psychological support services available.
- Delivery of support services available - how and who.
- What and how we can do better.
Than...
Changes in Cigarette Consumption With Reduced Nicotine Content Cigarettes Among Smokers With Psychiatric Conditions or Socioeconomic Disadvantage 3 Randomized Clinical Trials
Abstract
Importance: This study is part of a programmatic effort evaluating the effects of reducing nicotine content of cigarettes to minimally addictive levels.
Objective: To examine whether very low-nicotine-content (VLNC) cigarettes...