pandemic

Experiences of frontline healthcare workers and their views about support during COVID-19 and previous pandemics: a systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis

Scientific article

6 September 2022

Background Healthcare workers across the world have risen to the demands of treating COVID-19 patients, potentially at significant cost to their own health and wellbeing. There has been increasing recognition of the potential mental health...

Disruptions to U.S. local public health’s role in population-based substance use prevention and response during COVID-19

Scientific article

13 October 2022

Background The COVID-19 emergency has tested the public health, medical, and public safety infrastructure of the United States (U.S.) in unprecedented ways. As the focal point for public health in their communities, local health departments...

CAADE Conference Professionalizing the Workforce in the Pandemic Era

16 September 2022

California

United States

On behalf of The California Association for Alcohol/Drug Educators (CAADE), join CAADE Conference 2022. CAADE has held its annual conference for over 34 years, staying true to our mission of “promoting and supporting quality higher education in

Changes in Alcohol Use in Denmark during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Scientific article

Abstract Introduction: The year 2020 was marked by the COVID-19 pandemic. Policy responses to COVID-19 affected social and economic life and the availability of alcohol. Previous research has shown an overall small decrease in alcohol use...

The impact of the pandemic on people who use drugs and treatment services: what we can learn from research

1 March 2022

Online

This webinar will explore the impact of the pandemic on people who use drugs, and will draw on research conducted during this unique period in time, and what we can learn from it

New Determinants of Addictions’ Creation and Development in Changed Social Conditions

Scientific article

30 June 2021

EDITORIAL Dear readers, This issue of the journal Addictology offers you many interesting articles on addiction, while each article’s research area is very specific. Authors examine various aspects of addiction in connection with marketing...

Strategies Adopted by Addiction Facilities during the Coronavirus Pandemic to Support Treatment for Individuals in Recovery or Struggling with a Substance Use Disorder: A Scoping Review

Scientific article

18 November 2021

This review aimed to identify and synthesize strategies and actions adopted by addiction facilities to support and maintain treatment during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

Considerations for Virtual Services and Supports for Substance Use and Concurrent Disorders [Policy Brief]

Book

28 October 2021

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...

Call for Papers: International Responses to Prevention Intervention Research during Human Ecosystems Disruptions

News

The journal Prevention Science invites manuscripts for a special issue on “International Responses to Prevention Intervention Research during Human Ecosystem Disruptions”. In this special issue of Prevention Science, SPR welcome manuscripts...

Alcohol Narrows Physical Distance between Strangers

Scientific article

18 May 2021

Abstract Pandemic management is likely to represent a global reality for years to come, but the roadmap for how to approach pandemic restrictions is as yet unclear. Of the restrictions enacted during COVID-19, among the more controversial...

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Epidemiology and Etiology

Supply control

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