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Digital Screening for Substance Use: A Scalable Model from Nigeria

12 March 2026

Online

ISSUP Nigeria would like to invite you to the 32nd session of its bi-monthly webinar in the Knowledge Update Series. This webinar will focus on the topic 'Digital Screening for Substance Use: A Scalable Model from Nigeria'.

Validation of the alcohol use disorders identification test in a Danish hospital setting

Scientific article

14 February 2025

Background Early identification of alcohol problems is important for timely intervention. The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) and its shorter version, AUDIT-C, are widely used screening tools. This study tested the...

Integrating substance use peer support and screening brief intervention and referral to treatment services in the emergency department: a descriptive study of the ED leads program

Scientific article

28 February 2024

Abstract Background The ED Leads program was introduced to 11 emergency departments (EDs) within New York City public hospitals from 2018 to 2019 to address a need for addiction support services in the ED. The purpose of this study is to (i...

Association of Screening and Brief Intervention With Substance Use in Massachusetts Middle and High Schools

Scientific article

16 August 2022

Abstract Importance Screening and brief intervention (SBI) programs in schools have the potential to provide substance use prevention messages to large numbers of adolescents. This study evaluated the association between exposure to a...

Screening & Brief Intervention Practice for Youth Substance Use Prevention & Wellness

9 September 2021

St. Augustine/Florida

United States

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Effectiveness Bank Course on Alcohol Treatment Research Reaches its Conclusion

Book

31 March 2021

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...

Webinar: The South Africa HIV Addiction Technology Transfer Centre: Journey, Impact and Lessons

ISSUP Webinar

17 September 2020

The South Africa HIV Addiction Technology Transfer Centre (ATTC) is funded by the United States President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAHMSA), and forms...

The South Africa HIV Addiction Technology Transfer Centre: Journey, Impact and Lessons

17 September 2020

South Africa

Integrating Treatment for Co-Occurring Mental Health Conditions

Scientific article

24 October 2019

Given the high co-occurrence between alcohol use disorder (AUD) and mental health conditions (MHCs), and the increased morbidity associated with the presence of co-occurring disorders, it is important that co-occurring disorders be...

Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix Row 1: Finding and Advising Risky Drinkers

Book

1 April 2020

FINDING AND ADVISING RISKY DRINKERS Time to consolidate the lessons of the last five instalments of our course on alcohol treatment research, developing your understanding of seminal and key research evaluating a core public health strategy...