Addiction

Integrated Mental Health and Addiction Care: A Framework for Co-Production

5 December 2019

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Stirling

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United Kingdom

Session overview

This session explores the co-design and co-implementation of standardised but flexible integrated care across separate mental health and addiction services in regional Australia.

When More Isn’t Enough: Women and Addiction, with Stephanie Covington

23 October 2019

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Webinar

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United States

Wed, Oct 23, 2019 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT

To register, please visit:

https://forum.issup.net/t/webinar-when-more-isnt-enough-women-and-addiction-with-stephanie-covington/5349

European Drugs Summer School

29 June 2020

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Lisbon

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Portugal

The 2020 edition of the 'Summer school on illicit drugs Europe' will take place from 29 June-10 July 2020.

SRNT-O Inaugural Conference

24 October 2019

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Sydney

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Australia

The inaugural SRNT-Oceania Chapter conference will be held in Sydney, Australia.

The aim of the conference is to share and celebrate the highest quality research and practice targeting tobacco use reduction and smoking cessation in Australia, New Zealand and Pacific nations throughout Oceania and the region.

The conference will be held on the 24th and 25th of October at Doltone House, Jones Bay Wharf in Sydney.

Addiction in Bhutan

News

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Motivational Interviewing for Substance Use

Scientific article

Harmful use of alcohol kills more than 3 million people each year. 35 million people are estimated to be suffering from drug use disorders. Tobacco contributes to the death of more than 8 million people a year around the world. It is...

CLOUD - The Curated Library about Opioid Use for Decision-makers

Website

In partnership with the National Governors’ Association and Milbank Memorial Fund, the Center for Evidence-based Policy has created CLOUD: Curated Library about Opioid Use for Decision-makers. CLOUD's mission is to curate high quality...

Journal for Advancing Justice Volume II

Book

Opioid-related morbidity and mortality in the U.S. has been steadily increasing over the last two decades. In 2017 alone, 2.1 million Americans suffered from opioid use disorder (OUD), and 47,600 died from opioid overdose. Predictably, the...

Recovery Month 2019

News

Every September the Recovery Month Campaign aims to increase awareness and understanding of mental and substance use disorders and celebrate the people who recover. Over the years, Recovery Month has promoted and supported new evidence...

Prevention of Drug-Related Deaths

Book

Opioids are a class of drugs that act on the nervous system to produce feelings of pleasure and pain relief. Opioids have a high potential for causing addiction in some people and can cause life-threatening health problems, including the...