A screener for drug problems during pregnancy
A screener for drug problems during pregnancy. It also provides prompts to respond to the screening results.
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Understanding Substance Use: Educator's Guide
The guide, co-developed by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) and several school boards, aims to equip educators with knowledge and resources to promote well-being and reduce substance-related harms among youth.
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Dual diagnosis good practice guide
Substance misuse is common among people with severe mental health problems, and mental health problems are common among those with substance misuse problems. This guide summarises policy and good practice for providing mental health...
Manual de implementação de intervenções psicológicas: integrando intervenções psicológicas baseadas em evidências nos serviços existentes
Este manual fornece aos gerentes e outros responsáveis pelo planejamento e prestação de serviços orientações práticas sobre como implementar intervenções psicológicas manualizadas para adultos, adolescentes e crianças.
Instrument: Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST-10)
The Drug Abuse Screen Test (DAST-10) was designed to provide a brief, self-report instrument for population screening, clinical case finding and treatment evaluation research. It can be used with adults and older youth.
The DAST-10 yields...
AUDIT : the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test : guidelines for use in primary health care
This manual introduces the AUDIT, the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test, and describes how to use it to identify persons with hazardous and harmful patterns of alcohol consumption. It is distributed with "Brief intervention for...
Addiction Language Guide
The Addiction Language Guide serves as a comprehensive resource designed to address and combat stigmatizing language associated with addiction. Stigmatizing language often involves attaching negative labels and stereotypes to specific...
New guidance for drug checking services in health risk communication
The new guidance for drug checking services manual by EMCDDA underlines the need for approaches that are grounded in the best evidence available or principles of effective and safe health risk communication. To date, there has been...
New draft guidance on harmful gambling
The new draft guideline on harmful gambling recommends health professionals should ask people about gambling if they attend a health check or GP appointment about a mental health condition.
These guideline aims to ensure that those...
Novas orientações sobre álcool
"Beba Menos, Viva Mais" é a mensagem de uma nova campanha publicitária lançada pelo Centro Canadense sobre Uso e Dependência de Substâncias (CCSA) para promover a Orientação do Canadá sobre Álcool e Saúde. Com início no início de outubro, a...
Health & Wellness in Recovery: Programs & Topics
The American Addictions Centers provide insights into how a healthy diet and exercise can enhance overall health and recovery. This resource offers an overview of the root of addiction and how to overcome it through healthy life habits...
Emotional Wellness in Recovery Guide
Emotional wellness is a cornerstone of the recovery process. The American Addictions Centers explained in this short guidance how to use mindfulness therapy and other techniques to help individuals overcome negative thinking, leading to a...
Synthetic Opioids: Navigating a Changing Landscape in the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder
This 35-minute module focuses on how primary care providers can navigate the changing landscape of opioid use disorder in relation to synthetic opioids.
Journey to Wellness Guide
Longtime wellness expert and creator of the 8 Dimensions of Health Dr. Peggy Swarbrick has published a new tool- a Journey to Wellness Guide.
This Journey to Wellness Guide is designed to help people find new ideas to use to begin or...
Creating a healthier life: A step by step guide to wellness
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) Wellness Initiative envisions
a future in which people with mental or substance use problems pursue health, happiness, recovery, and a full and satisfying life in the...
Conectando Comunidades a Serviços de Uso de Substâncias: Abordagens Práticas para Socorristas
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Durante seu trabalho diário, os socorristas, como policiais, bombeiros e pessoal dos serviços médicos de emergência (EMS), muitas vezes encontram pessoas que usam drogas (PWUD), incluindo álcool, opioides, estimulantes e outras...
Famílias de Cura, Sistemas de Ajuda: Um Guia Prático Informado sobre Traumas para Trabalhar com Crianças, Jovens e Famílias
Este guia está preocupado em avançar na compreensão e ação sobre abordagens informadas sobre trauma que apoiam programas e prestação de serviços para/com crianças, jovens e famílias. Uma abordagem informada sobre o trauma é uma abordagem...
El fentanilo, información de NIDA
El fentanilo es un fuerte opioide sintético similar a la morfina, pero entre 50 y 100 veces más potente. Es un fármaco recetado que a veces también se usa en forma ilegal. Al igual que la morfina, por lo general se receta a pacientes con...
Fentanyl DrugFacts
Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid that is similar to morphine but is 50 to 100 times more potent. It is a prescription drug that is also made and used illegally. Like morphine, it is a medicine that is typically used to treat patients...