The range of medical, psychological, and social services designed to help individuals reduce or stop substance use and manage substance use disorders. Treatment may include assessment, counselling and behavioural therapies, medication-assisted treatment, withdrawal management, and support for co-occurring mental or physical health conditions. Effective treatment is typically person-centred and evidence-informed, and may be provided in outpatient, community, or residential settings. Treatment aims to improve health and functioning, reduce substance-related harms, and support individuals in moving toward recovery and long-term wellbeing.
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Correction: Interdisciplinary collaboration in the treatment of alcohol use disorders in a general hospital department: a mixed-method study
Background Interdisciplinary collaborations (i.e., where various disciplines work coordinated and interdependently toward shared goals) are stated to yield higher team effectiveness than multidisciplinary approaches (i.e., where various...
Correlates of treatment engagement and client outcomes: results of a randomised controlled trial of nabiximols for the treatment of cannabis use disorder
Introduction and aims There is increasing interest and evidence for the use of cannabinoid medications in the treatment of cannabis use disorder, but little examination of the correlates of successful treatment. This paper is a secondary...
Patterns of Health Care Use 5 Years After an Intervention Linking Patients in Addiction Treatment With a Primary Care Practitioner
Abstract Importance Substance use disorders are associated with high rates of emergency department (ED) use and challenges engaging with primary care services. Objective To examine 5-year health care engagement and utilization outcomes for...
Bi-Monthly Webinar: ISSUP Nigeria Knowledge Update Series (Fifteenth Session)
ISSUP Nigeria would like to invite you to their next Bi-Monthly Webinar in the Knowledge Update Series. This Webinar will centre on 'Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) in Schizophrenia: Current Approach to Management'.
Bi-Monthly Webinar: ISSUP Nigeria Knowledge Update Series (Fifteenth Session)
ISSUP Nigeria would like to invite you to their next Bi-Monthly Webinar in the Knowledge Update Series. This Webinar will centre on 'Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) in Schizophrenia: Current Approach to Management'.
NHS Addictions Provider Alliance 2022 Annual Conference
The NHS APA invites you to join them at their free and virtual conference on Tuesday 8th of November 2022.
UNODC launched a Training of Trainers (ToT) Programme on the Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC) Advanced Courses 9-15 in Pakistan
Ensuring continued learning and offering opportunities to substance use dependence treatment professionals to learn advanced and evidence-based treatment techniques and strategies is one of the important missions of UNODC. In this regard...
Training on UTC 03 by ITRAMIC Foundation Lahore
Virtual Training on Basic UTC, Course - 3 Common Co-Occurring Mental and Medical Disorders- An Overview for Addiction Professionals.
Two Countries and one problem: Prevention in Pediatrics
ISSUP Brasil presented a webinar with pediatricians discussing ways of prevention and how problems caused by substance use work. Two pediatricians discuss the means of prevention and how problems caused by substance use work. Moderators...
Two Countries and one problem: Prevention in Pediatrics
ISSUP Brasil invites you to participate in a webinar with pediatricians discussing ways of prevention and how problems caused by substance use work.
The webinar will take place on Tuesday, November 22, 2022, at 19h (Sao Paulo/Argentina time)