treatment

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.

Lived experience and the substance misuse treatment system

13 December 2021

Online

United Kingdom

At a time of significant opportunity to renew the treatment and recovery field and the people it supports, this webinar will ask the critical question:

How can we all support the full range of lived experience leadership and expertise to thrive in the treatment and recovery system?

ISSUP International Conference 2021 (Virtual) Session 2 - Treatment: Evidence-based principles - theory and provision

ISSUP Webinar

9 December 2021

Second Session of the ISSUP International Conference 2021 (Virtual).

ISSUP International Conference 2021 (Virtual) Session 2 - Treatment: Evidence-based principles - theory and provision

9 December 2021

London

United Kingdom

Join us for the Second Session of the ISSUP International Conference 2021 (Virtual).

Guide to Indispensable Criteria for Starting-up and Operating Treatment Centers for People with Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders

Book

29 August 2014

The WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence defines treatment as the process that begins when psychoactive substance users contact a health provider or other community service and may continue through a succession of specific interventions...

A Conversation About Corruption in Substance Use Disorder Treatment

Video and audio recordings

Elizabeth Saenz, UNODC, presents on the issue of patient abuse and corruption in treatment and provides a call to action on the need to address this problem that spans across countries.

Addiction treatment in India: Legal, ethical and professional concerns reported in the media

Scientific article

4 October 2021

This study is a content analysis of newspaper reports from January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2019 looking into legal, ethical and professional concerns regarding the treatment of substance use disorders in India.