The Global Centre for Credentialing and Certification (GCCC) is looking for volunteers to participate in the pilot testing of the ICAP examination for School and Family Prevention.
The VNGOC together with NYNGOC and the UNODC Civil Society Unit is organizing an online side event in the margins of the 2023 ECOSOC Partnership Forum on 31 January 2023 at 8.30 AM. The event is titled: The central role of civil society in drug policies, COVID-19 and achieving the 2030 Agenda
VNGOC are looking for 3-4 civil society speakers from different regions wishing to present at the event, focusing on concrete examples of actions towards the 2030 targets and effective, evidence-based drug policies.
The side event will highlight the important role of civil society in...
Foreman-Mackey, A., Pauly, B., Ivsins, A. et al. Moving towards a continuum of safer supply options for people who use drugs: A qualitative study exploring national perspectives on safer supply among professional stakeholders in Canada. Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy 17, 66 (2022).
Background
Novel public health interventions are needed to address the toxic drug supply and meet the needs of people who use drugs amidst the overdose crisis. Safer supply – low-barrier distribution of pharmaceutical grade substances – has been implemented in some jurisdictions to provide safer alternatives to the unregulated drug supply, yet no studies to date have explored professional stakeholder perspectives on this approach.
Methods
Purposive sampling was used to recruit professional stakeholders (n = 17) from four locations in British Columbia, Ontario, and Nova Scotia, including...
Kools, N., Dekker, G.G., Kaijen, B.A.P. et al. Correction: Interdisciplinary collaboration in the treatment of alcohol use disorders in a general hospital department: a mixed-method study. Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy 17, 64 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13011-022-00492-0
Фон
Утверждается, что междисциплинарное сотрудничество (т. е. когда различные дисциплины работают скоординированно и взаимозависимо для достижения общих целей) дает более высокую эффективность команды, чем междисциплинарные подходы (т. е. когда различные дисциплины работают параллельно в пределах своих профессиональных границ) в условиях соматического здравоохранения. Тем не менее, отсутствуют исследования междисциплинарных подходов к лечению расстройств, связанных с употреблением алкоголя (AUD), госпитализированных пациентов, поскольку эти типы подходов все еще необычны. Это исследование...
The European Implementation Event 2023 will take place in Basel, Switzerland, on June 8 & 9, 2023. The planning team is excited to announce that registration is now open and that Early Bird tickets are available until March 15, 2023.
Среднеамериканский центр передачи технологий лечения зависимостей (MATTC) в партнерстве с Сетью реагирования на опиоиды этнических сообществ в Миссури, Форумом по политике в отношении наркомании и Сетью реагирования на опиоиды (ORN в штатах Айова, Канзас, Миссури и Небраска) перевели 5 различных научно обоснованных профилактических продуктов «Образовательные материалы по профилактике употребления опиоидов» на 12 различных языков, и обеспечить их соответствие культурным особенностям, включая арабский, боснийский, бирманский, дари, французский, мандаринский диалект китайского языка, пушту...
Международный саммит USR является флагманским мероприятием, проводимым раз в два года. Саммит объединяет лидеров высшего образования, ученых, студентов и практиков со всех континентов для обмена идеями и укрепления партнерских отношений...
International Society of Substance Use Professionals (ISSUP) | London | United Kingdom
The connection between homelessness and substance use is well recognised and an issue that impacts countries around the world. People who experience substance use related issues and homelessness are extremely vulnerable to a range of harms and can find it challenging to access appropriate support that will adequately meet their needs.
In order to address the often-complex issues this population experience, it is important the workforce has appropriate knowledge about the challenges people are facing, the different forms of support and targeted interventions that are available, and means of...
The 10-year UK Government plan to combat illegal drugs sets out how we are doing more than ever to cut off the supply of drugs by criminal gangs and give people with a drug addiction a route to a productive and drug-free life. Underpinned by record investment of over £3 billion in the next three years, we will reduce drug-related crime, death, harm and overall drug use.
National and local partners will focus on delivering three strategic priorities:
Break drug supply chains – Home Office and Ministry of Justice
Deliver a world-class treatment and recovery system –...
Tina and Dave have been supporting our son with co-occurring disorders since 2008. We joined Al-anon in 2012, and volunteered on the UK National Helpline. We have attended SMART Recovery since 2015 and we are both UK/USA SMART CRAFT trained volunteers. Dave has co-facilitated the UK on-line weekly meeting. Since 2016, we have been running two face-to-face groups, one for the Birmingham City Hospital Alcohol Team and the other for our local CGL Drug and Alcohol Recovery Centre. Since March 2020, we have been facilitating two Zoom global groups to support families on Tuesday and Wednesday...
The Executive Secretariat of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (ES-CICAD) is seeking expressions of interest from experts in the field of alternatives to incarceration and social integration to be trained as Master Trainers for the delivery of the Case Care Management curriculum internationally. Upon successful completion of the Training of Trainers, these Master Trainers will be included on the Case Care Management roster of trainers and can be contacted to deliver the training when scheduled. If interested, please submit your resume and relevant information...
A multidisciplinary conference to improve health and care
Now in its fifth year, the 2022 conference will bring together online researchers, policymakers, clinicians, practitioners and service users from around the world.
The National Council for Mental Wellbeing invites you to join thousands of professionals representing the very best of the field as they convene at NatCon22, the largest conference in mental health and substance use treatment, from April 11...
EUSPR 2022 are pleased to announce that the 13th EUSPR Conference will be held in Tallinn, Estonia on 29th and 30th September 2022, with workshops and project meetings scheduled for the pre-conference day, September 28th.
The Commission on Narcotic Drugs is starting very soon! In fact, tomorrow, Monday, 14 March 2022.
Once again, all sessions, as well as the side events, are to be held online due to the pandemic. The good thing about that means that, you can still follow the plenaries and the side events! That’s why we thought that you might appreciate having all the links in one place.
Гибридные схемы испытаний эффективности и реализации становятся все более распространенными в исследованиях по внедрению. В то время как гибридные проекты вступают во второе десятилетие своего широкого распространения, раздел «Рубежи науки о внедрении» в здравоохранении запускает исследовательскую тему, чтобы подпитывать дискурс в этой области о прошлом, настоящем и будущем гибридных конструкций в трансляции знаний. К участию принимаются как оригинальные, так и/или краткие исследования, обзоры, методы и перспективные статьи. Конкурс посвящен критическим оценкам гибридных конструкций...
During the months of November, December & January, ISSUP’s National Chapters came together virtually to discuss priorities, research, collaboration opportunities and our forthcoming conference and workshop next May in Abu Dhabi, UAE.