Prevention

Reducing the risk factors and enhancing the protective factors associated with initiating substance use. 

Child Art: The Intersection of Art and Neuroscience

Book
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NIDA has worked with the International Child Art Foundation on their current issue of ChildArt which focuses on brain development and child health. It features the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development...

SPR 2021 Call for NIDA International Poster Abstracts

News
The Program Committee of the Society for Prevention Research (SPR) invites proposals for preconference workshops to be held June 1, 2021, the first day of the SPR Annual Meeting. The workshops are primarily pedagogical, with hands-on...

Introduction to the Addiction Field

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Europe

Opening lecture master in addictions (European Prevention Curriculum- Universal Treatment Curriculum

You can access the conference by following the link below.

https://uibuniversitat.zoom.us/j/98197054517?pwd=OHplc292Mi9hdTFTNEdBaU83S0s4UT09

Please confirm attendance at gifesuib [at] gmail [dot] com

SPR 2021 Annual Meeting

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Washington DC

Mark your calendars to attend the most important prevention science conference–the Society for Prevention Research (SPR) 29thAnnual Meeting that will be held June 1-4, 2021. This year’s theme is “Addressing Racism and Disparities when Considering Biology and Context.”

Foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD): everybody's business

Video and audio recordings
This presentation covered the cultural context of alcohol use in pregnancy in Scotland, the variety of effects that FASD can have for individuals and the implications of FASD in an everyday context, as well as the difficulties of making a...

A Culture of Prevention

Video and audio recordings
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A recent commentary in Prevention Science explored the concept of a culture of prevention and what that means to research and practice. In this session, Dr. Zili Sloboda opened the discussion by providing a general overview of the issues...