Applying interventions designed to reduce and manage the symptoms of substance use disorders.
Treatment
Risks and Harms Associated with the Nonmedical Use of Benzodiazepines in the Unregulated Drug Supply in Canada
Summary Substance use risks are significantly higher for people who obtain drugs on the unregulated market as there is no quality control and drug contents are unpredictable. This lack of predictability has increased during the COVID-19...
Tackling drug dependence and improving delivery of services - assessing the independent review of drugs and the UK Government’s Strategy
This conference will examine policy priorities for tackling drug dependence and is a timely opportunity to discuss the long-term strategy that the UK Government unveiled in early December.
Barriers to Support for People Experiencing Problem Substance Use and Homelessness
ISSUP are pleased to present the Second Event in the Webinar Series on Substance Use and Homelessness: New Perspectives from Research and Practice.
Barriers to Support for People Experiencing Problem Substance Use and Homelessness
ISSUP would like you to attend the Second Event in the Webinar Series on Substance Use and Homelessness: New Perspectives from Research and Practice.
The Adverse Childhood Experiences Concept (ACE) in a Research Sample of Imprisoned Children of Addicted Parents
INTRODUCTION The ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences) concept is based on the results of an American population-based cohort study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine in 1998. ACE is classified into three groups: abuse...
Internet-based therapy versus face-to-face therapy for alcohol use disorder, a randomized controlled non-inferiority trial.
Since we have moved so much online, here is a clinical trial that compares online delivery of CBT to face-to-face CBT and found similar outcomes.
Client’s Characterization in the Community Treatment Approach: Methodological Foundations and Evidence
BACKGROUND: The identity and social representation of people linked to drugs depend on their interaction with the system that collects and analyses the critical data used to describe it. AIM: The aim of this study is to see if by adopting a...
NIH Workshop on Psychedelics as Therapeutics
To learn what does Science can tell about the gaps, challenges, and opportunities on psychedelics as therapeutics, the US National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), and National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) will host a virtual and free workshop on January 12 and 13, 2022.
Defining and implementing evidence-based practice: Reading list
What do we mean by evidence? This ISSUP Reading List has useful resources to help you learn more about evidence-based practice.
