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Treatment
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.
Travel Time to Methadone Treatment Via Personal Vehicle vs Public Transit
Abstract
Importance The requirement for in-person, often daily, attendance at opioid treatment programs (OTPs) makes travel times a barrier to methadone treatment. Research on methadone accessibility has primarily focused on travel via...
إدارة خدمات علاج اضطرابات تعاطي المخدرات بما يتماشى مع "معايير الجودة الدولية الرئيسي"
تقدّم ISSUP والاتحاد الدولي للجودة (ICQ) ندوة الإطلاق لكتاب
إدارة خدمات علاج اضطرابات تعاطي المخدرات بما يتماشى مع "معايير الجودة الدولية الرئيسية": دليل للمديرين.
A Mind Liberated from Alcohol and Drugs - Buddhist Psychology Manual of Prevention and treatment
This book explains how the craving for substances could be removed and liberate the mind from the craving for alcohol and drugs, based on Buddhist Psychology and mindfulness practices.
Freedom Recovery Symposium 2026
FREEDOM RECOVERY SYMPOSIUM, 2026
Recovery Is Possible: Freedom Recovery Symposium, 2026, Gujranwala Pakistan
Recovery is possible. A Freedom Recovery Symposium, 2026 was successfully held at Freedom Rehab Gujranwala, in collaboration with...
Perspectives on addiction-related problems in Vietnam
The article provides an overview of key substance use and addictive behaviors in Vietnam, alongside the development of addiction science, drawing from a synthesis of literature and the authors' perspectives. Over the last two decades, the...
The Promotion of Alcohol, Cannabis, Gambling, Tobacco and Vaping Products: A Comparative Analysis of the Potential of Legal Frameworks to Limit Exposure Among Minors
Promotions deemed attractive to minors concerning alcohol, cannabis, gambling, tobacco and vaping are circulating in media outlets and places where minors are very active. This report examines the different legal frameworks in Canada that...
Reducing Drug‑Use–Related Offenses Through Health‑Centered Approaches
ISSUP Global, in collaboration with Proyecto Hombre, presents a webinar on Reducing Drug-Use–Related Offenses Through Health-Centered Approaches.
Prevention Unpacked with Dr. Zili Sloboda: Science, Translation & the Evolution of Prevention Pt.2
In this episode of Prevention Unpacked with Dr. Zili Sloboda, the conversation turns to how prevention science actually became a field.
Public perceptions of heroin use: the influence of smoking, marital, and employment status on stigma toward people who use substances
This study explored public stigma toward people who use heroin in Jordan, where cultural and religious beliefs often frame substance use as a moral failing. A nationwide online survey of over 900 adults found high levels of stigma...
Why Philanthropy Must Back Systemic Approaches to Youth Mental Health
Youth mental health is a growing global crisis, with most mental health conditions beginning before the age of 25. Young people today face increasing stress from poverty, academic and social pressure, bullying (including online), climate...
Navigating opioid use disorder treatment for pregnant and parenting people: composite narratives for policy action
Opioid use during pregnancy and the postpartum period is increasing in the United States, yet many pregnant and parenting people face serious barriers to accessing effective treatment and supportive services. These barriers arise from...
Faith Based Community Based Centers
Dr Joe Muriuki was the First Kenya to go public about his HIV Status back in 1989. At the time HIV/AIDS was a scare for nations and those who were diagnosed with the infection were stigmatized and isolated by family, Place of work and the...
Prevention Unpacked with Dr. Zili Sloboda: The Journey and Vision Pt.1
In this first episode of Prevention Unpacked, Associate Professor Goodman Sibeko speaks with Dr. Zili Sloboda about the early experiences that shaped her life and career. The conversation traces her childhood in New York, her exposure to...
Professional Self-Care in Addiction Services: Ethical Practice, Compassion Fatigue, and Workforce Sustainability
ISSUP Nigeria presents the 31st session of its bi-monthly webinar in the Knowledge Update Series. This webinar focuses on the topic 'Professional Self-Care in Addiction Services: Ethical Practice, Compassion Fatigue, and Workforce Sustainability'.
My personal conviction of how ISSUP is helpful.
How ISSUP Has Impacted My Life and Community Practice
By Peter Chege (Mr. Talent), ISSUP Professional Member – ISSUP Kenya
ISSUP has played a significant and transformative role in my personal growth and professional practice...
Beyond Treatment: Building Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care in Pakistan
ISSUP in Pakistan presents Beyond Treatment: Building Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care in Pakistan, a webinar with Ms Asia Ashraf.
GAMBLING AND BETTING IN AFRICA
*GAMBLING & BETTING IN AFRICA*
By Peter Chege Kariuki | Mr. Talent.
_Understanding the Web, the Wound, and the_ _Way Out._
A Practical, Lived-Experience Perspective by Mr. Talent.
*Gambling & Betting in the African Reality* (...
A Year of Consolidation and Commitment
As 2025 draws to a close, we look back at how the ISSUP Philippine Chapter steadily consolidated its foundations despite setbacks, further laying groundwork for sustainable growth in the fields of substance use prevention, treatment, and...
A CSO PERSPECTIVE: Drug and substance abuse in Uganda Emerging trends,Human rights implications
Due to the rising incidence of narcotics-related cases and associated crime, there is an urgent need to expand and strengthen alternatives to criminal activity. This concern was emphasized by Dr. Rogers Kasirye during the 28th UHRC Annual...
Why We Serve (and Drink) Alcohol at Substance Abuse Events and Why We Should Stop: An Autoethnography
INTRODUCTION:
Alcohol consumption is fully integrated into rituals and celebrations, generating social pressures that affect individuals, especially those with a history of drug dependence. The normalization of alcohol use is evident in...
AddictologyIssue 2/2025