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Smoking Greatly Increases Risk of Complications after Surgery
A joint study conducted by the World Health Organization and the University of Newcastle in Australia has found that people who quit smoking tobacco at least four weeks before they undergo surgery have a lower risk of complication and show...
CCSA Alcohol Resources
Healthcare and allied health professionals — including family physicians, nurses, addiction specialists, psychologists and social workers — use alcohol screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment (SBIRT) to help individuals...
Free Webinar: Opioid Agonist Treatment for Pharmaceutical Opioid Dependence
Turning Point will be offering a free webinar Tuesday 3rd March 2020 at 8:30 AM ACST
This session aims to briefly cover the main opioid agonist pharmacotherapies for opioid dependence, and summarise the evidence for the use of these treatments for pharmaceutical opioid dependence.
AADANT Drug and Alcohol Conference 2020
The Association of Alcohol and other Drug Agencies NT will hold their annual Northern Territory drug and alcohol conference April 1-2 in Alice Springs at the DoubleTree Hilton.
There will be two streams at the conference:
Handbook on Quality Standards for Interventions Aimed at Drug Experienced Young People in Contact with Criminal Justice Systems
Executive Summary As one of the objectives of the European Health Programme project “Exchanging Prevention practices on Polydrug use among youth in Criminal justice systems” (EPPIC), the present handbook of quality standards was produced to...
Free Webinar: Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) for Opioid Use Disorder in Jails and Prisons
People who have been incarcerated are approximately 100 times more likely to die by overdose in the first two weeks after their release than the general public. Despite high rates of opioid use disorder among justice-involved individuals, evidence-based medications exist and can be successfully implemented within jails and prisons.
Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) for Opioid Use Disorder in Jails and Prisons: A Planning and Implementation Toolkit
People who have been incarcerated are approximately 100 times more likely to die by overdose in the first two weeks after their release than the general public. Despite high rates of opioid use disorder among justice-involved individuals...
How to Integrate Medication-Assisted Treatment within the Healthcare Delivery System
Medication can enhance recovery and prevent overdose when it is coupled with other behavioural health interventions that focus on substance use disorders and addiction.
Join the Center of Excellence for Integrated Health Solutions to discover what medication-assisted treatment is, identify when to implement it, and how to successfully integrate it into recovery care plans.
July 2nd, 2 pm Eastern Time (ET)
ISAM – CSAM Joint Scientific Conference & Annual Meeting 2020
ISAM-CSAM 2020 is Now a Fully Virtual Conference
Unprecedented global access to industry-leading addiction medicine education
Telepsychiatry: The CCBHC Staffing Solution
This webinar will explore how telepsychiatry can be an innovative workforce development solution to help you achieve your CCBHC goals specific to patient access and how telepsychiatry removes the geographic recruitment barriers, allowing you augment your on-site clinical with specialty clinicians from around the country.
Mar 4, 2020 01:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
