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Differences in addiction and recovery gains according to gender – gender barriers and specific differences in overall strengths growth

Scientific article

14 March 2022

Background The necessity of a gendered understanding of recovery is becoming increasingly evident. There have been reports of gender disparities in the character and amount of substance use, the paths to and through substance use disorder...

ISSUP The Gambia Launch

ISSUP Webinar

28 March 2022

ISSUP The Gambia would are pleased to present their launch event followed by a webinar on Community Resilience in Substance Use.

Adfam Research Report: Families and friends negatively affected by gambling - Policy & Recommendations

Book

Description: This report sets out Adfam's findings from a range of research activities including four specific gambling-related surveys, peer support training and round-table events. It looks at the effects of gambling on families as well...

Sociodemographic and family factors related to the use of psychoactive substances in adolescents

Scientific article

This article presents an analysis of the sociodemographic and family factors related to the use of psychoactive substances in adolescents in the tenth year of a public school in the Canton of Montes de Oca. The approach was quantitative...

COVID 19—impact on substance use treatment utilisation and provision in South Africa

Scientific article

3 March 2022

Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected persons suffering from substance use disorders (SUDs) all around the world. The purpose of this study was to investigate changes in the number of SUD treatment...

Join us at the COMMISSION ON NARCOTIC DRUGS this week!

News

Dear friends and colleagues, 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...

Effects of family history of substance use disorder on reward processing in adolescents with and without attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Scientific article

20 January 2022

Abstract Patients with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) often develop early onset substance use disorder (SUD) and show poor treatment outcomes. Both disorders show similar reward-processing alterations, but it is unclear...

Law Enforcement in Prevention Programming

Video and audio recordings

3 March 2022

An APSI Prevention Talk on how to appropriately engage law enforcement in the implementation of evidence-based prevention strategies, with specific reference to the prevention of substance use.

Personal characteristics of migrants and licit and illicit drug use: a systematic review

Scientific article

28 February 2022

Summary Introduction. Migration has an effect on the individual, social and family spheres, these effects will require adaptation processes that affect lifestyles, will be reflected in the processes of health, disease and risk behaviors...

The Consequences of the Stress and Stigma of a Parent's Substance Use Disorder

Scientific article

3 February 2022

The devastating consequences of stigma on youth: In February, Starling's Community released a first-of-its-kind report highlighting the deeply rooted ways stigma harms children exposed to the stress of a parent's unaddressed trauma and...