families

Navigating Mental Health and Substance Use Care: An Introductory Guide for Families

Guide

1 June 2026

Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Navigating Mental Health and Substance Use Care: An Introductory Guide for Families Publication No. PEP25-08-008, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration...

Treatment for drug and alcohol misuse should involve families and communities

News

Alcohol and other drug treatment are generally only provided for individuals, often away from their families. Treatment aims to improve well-being and reduce the harms of substance use and families and communities can play a significant...

Building Resilience and Bouncing Back from setback in Recovery: The PEER Perspective

ISSUP Webinar

25 April 2023

ISSUP Malaysia are pleased to present their Webinar on Building Resilience and Bouncing Back from setback in Recovery: The PEER Perspective.

Building Resilience and Bouncing Back from setback in Recovery: The PEER Perspective

25 April 2023

Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

ISSUP Malaysia invite you to their Webinar on Building Resilience and Bouncing Back from setback in Recovery: The PEER Perspective.

Opening Doors: ensuring access for all to alcohol support

2 March 2023

Online event, hosted from Cardiff, Wales, UK

United Kingdom

Opening doors

Ensuing access for all to alcohol support

Alcohol Change UK’s national online conference

Thursday 2 March 2023

People aren’t hard to reach. We just don’t always reach them.

Adfam forum - sensitivity in communication and how to avoid stigma

29 June 2022

Online, via Zoom

United Kingdom

Adfam's monthly online forum events are free to attend and open to anyone with a professional interest in supporting families affected by substance use or gambling.

By attending Adfam’s forum events you will hear from experts across the sector, network with others working in the same area and share practice.

Our next forum is taking place on Wednesday 29th June 2022, 12 noon - 1pm.

Bridging the Gap between the Pressing Need for Family Skills Programmes in Humanitarian Settings and Implementation

Scientific article

15 February 2022

A supportive environment with nurturing caregivers is essential for the healthy development of children. For children who have been exposed to extreme stress, such as humanitarian contexts, the need for strong, healthy, nurturing caregiver relationships may assume even greater importance. The Strong Families programme, a UNODC family skills intervention, is presented as an example of an intervention that aims to bridge this gap of interventions that meet the need for humanitarian and contexts of extreme stress.

The 2020 NDARC Annual Research Symposium- Session Two: Research partnerships: Engaging with families, communities and services

12 November 2020

Sydney

Date: Thursday, 12 November

Time: 1:30pm – 3:30pm

REGISTER HERE

The second session is focused on research partnerships and engaging with families, communities and services.

Adfam Survey: How has Covid-19 impacted families affected by substance use internationally?

News

The Policy and Communications team at Adfam have asked us to relay this call-out to ISSUP members and the international DDR community... Adfam is a UK-based charity that improves life for families affected by someone else’s substance use...

Supporting the Families of Substance Users

ISSUP Webinar

24 April 2020

ISSUP Expert Days Event: Supporting the Families of Substance Users - An Interview with Vivienne Evans OBE Vivienne Evans OBE is an ISSUP Board member and Chief Executive of Adfam - the UK’s national umbrella organisation for children and...