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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...

Women Affected by Domestic Abuse and Someone Else's Substance Use

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Executive Summary Domestic abuse predominantly affects women, and 35 years of experience supporting families affected by substance use has taught Adfam that women are disproportionately affected by the problematic drug or alcohol use of a...

E-book: "Parents in Prevention" - volume 1

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An E-book to support people to keep children and adolescents safe and free from problems related to the use of alcohol and other drugs. In an increasingly fast-paced and dynamic world, more and more people suffer pressures, stress and...

Plan for the opening of the National Unit of the International Society of Substance Use Professionals (ISSUP) Kazakhstan

ISSUP Webinar

14 April 2021

The ISSUP Kazakhstan team is pleased to welcome you to the upcoming opening ceremony of the National Unit of the International Society of Substance Use Professionals (ISSUP) Kazakhstan, which will be held online April 14, 2021 at 10:00 a.m...

Using Nutrition to Promote Addiction Recovery

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30 March 2021

In this article Khary Rigg, Ph.D and Kelly Miller, NTMC introduce us to the importance of nutrition in addiction recovery and highlight some practical, evidence-based actions to consider when advocating for nutritional interventions in recovery care.

Nutrition in Addiction Recovery: Reading List

Reading List

12 April 2021

It is not uncommon for individuals with substance use disorder (SUD) to experience conditions which make healthy eating and proper nutrition more challenging.

ISSUP Nutrition Khary Rigg Kelly Miller Addiction Recovery Nutrients Health

In Their Own Right: Family Members Affected by Alcohol and other Drug Misuse or Gambling

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AFINet’s first Webinar was given by Professor Richard Velleman on 20th October 2020. The topic of this Webinar was “In Their Own Right: Family Members Affected by Alcohol and other Drug Misuse or Gambling”. Professor Velleman examined the...

Even at a distance, Alcoholics Anonymous is a key help

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Alcoholics Anonymous: distance meetings attract hundreds of people Even with the restrictions caused by the pandemic, Alcoholics Anonymous were able to adapt to the circumstances and did not interrupt their basic service: helping alcoholics...

Evidence and Implementation of family-based interventions in the addiction field

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Dr Gallus Bischof presented AFINet’s second Webinar on “Evidence and Implementation of family-based interventions in the addiction field”. Dr Bischof described and reported the results of a systematic review on the evidence of interventions...

Teleintervenção fundamentada na entrevista motivacional para familías que convivem com um parente com problemas por consumo de álcool e outras Drogas

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Cassandra Borges Bortolon, a Clinical Psychologist, Postgraduate Professor in Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy, Director of Acurarte, President of AMTEPA, Founder of the Acurartech Company, and an Independent Research Consultant, presented...