Addiction

Addressing the Continuum of Substance Use Institute

 - 
Toronto
, 
Canada

This training course offers mental health nurses and other health-care professionals the opportunity to increase their knowledge and expand their skills when engaging with clients and families who use substances. The course focuses on foundational concepts of substance use, priority populations, assessment, health promotion, prevention and treatment.

Key concepts include:

Addiction as a Brain Disease

Scientific article
Even though scientific advances over the past decades have supported the concept of addiction as a brain disease, skepticism remains. Recent research has aimed to reinforce the link between addiction and brain functions and broaden the...

White House Eases Cap on Medication for Opioid Addiction

News
In the USA, Frontline report on changes in policy to allow doctors to issue more prescriptions for buprenorphine; new rules aimed at improving drug monitoring by federal prescribers treating Native Americans and military veterans