Resources

The Recovery Research Institute have put together a series of pamphlets presenting and discussing all issues relating to recovery support

Addiction Recovery Support Services and Information

This online course introduces the science of addiction recovery and looks at the evidence on recovery pathways in Europe.

Recovery Pathways has a particular focus on gender differences in how people recover and what happens at different stages of recovery.

The course provides an insight into what we know about addiction recovery and how the European REC-PATH study has contributed to that knowledge.

Recovery capital helps us better understand the process of recovering from a substance use disorder and determine the success of recovery and treatment interventions, improve coping strategies, and enhance an individuals’ quality of life in recovery. Understanding how to measure and operationalize recovery capital can help criminal justice and healthcare professionals better serve justice-involved individuals with SUD.

Тут ви можете знайти колекцію презентаційних записів ISAM, які відбулися під час Лісабонських залежностей 2022

Запис 1: Вступ до Глобальної експертної мережі ISAM (ISAM-GEN) – Хамед Ехтіарі

In ISAM-NIG's new monthly talk series "In Love with Addiction Neuroscience”, addiction neuroscientists from across the world share their personal stories/experiences on the beauty of addiction neuroscience and how/why they have decided to invest their scientific life in this field.

Webinar 1- Prof Kathleen Brady 

Here, you can find a series of webinar recordings put together by ISAM Neuroscience Interest Group in collaboration with ENIGMA Addiction Working Group.

Webinar 1: International Network on Neuroscience for Addiction Medicine

As you all know, the current COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly affected various populations globally. The International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM) believes that the impact of this pandemic on people struggling with Substance Use Disorders could not be overlooked.

This webinar was hosted by the HSE Health and Wellbeing Alcohol Programme as part of EU Alcohol Awareness Week.

The panel of speakers will discuss the statistics around alcohol use among adolescents and young people in Ireland and the wider environmental impacts.

Sharing needles, syringes, or other drug injection equipment—for example, cookers—puts people at risk for getting or transmitting HIV and other infections.

In addition to being at risk for HIV and viral hepatitis, people who inject drugs can have other serious health problems, like skin infections and heart infections. These factsheets, developed by the centre for disease control prevention, 

This side event for the 65th Commission on Narcotic Drugs was originally presented on 14 March, 2022. Organised by INPUD, it was co-sponsored by Médecins du Monde, UNAIDS, UNODC HIV/AIDS Section, the Netherlands and Australia.

Глобальна стратегія боротьби зі СНІДом на 2021-2026 роки має сміливі та критично важливі нові цілі щодо реалізації прав людини, зменшення стигми, дискримінації та насильства та усунення шкідливих каральних законів як шляху до припинення нерівності та, зрештою, припинення СНІДу.

Sharing drug injecting equipment increases the risk of transmitting and acquiring blood-borne infections, such as HIV and hepatitis B and C. While hepatitis C is the most prevalent blood-borne viral infection among people who inject drugs (PWID), injecting drug use remains an important mode of HIV transmission in some EU countries, and local outbreaks continue to occur.

UNODC has put together summaries of the work that they are doing relating to Drug use and HIV.

Here, you can find out more about the work that UNODC has done relating to

The Canadian Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (CCENDU) is a pan-Canadian network of community partners co-ordinated by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA). The network has sites in British Columbia, Manitoba, Thunder Bay, Toronto, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador.

Objective: to explore wastewater analysis as a methodology contributing to EU preparedness and response

Background: COVID-19 has raised the attention of Europe, and globally, on the importance of readiness towards potential emergencies. Improved and innovative monitoring methodologies are at the core of the research-based actions taken to respond to potential threats.

This video is intended as a learning tool for practicing basic counseling skills adapted from UTC on course 4: Basic Counseling Skills for Addiction Professionals. This video does not substitute similar training.

This video is intended as a learning tool for practicing basic counseling skills adapted from UTC on course 4: Basic Counseling Skills for Addiction Professionals. This video does not substitute similar training.

This video is intended as a learning tool for practicing basic counseling skills adapted from UTC on course 4: Basic Counseling Skills for Addiction Professionals. This video does not substitute similar training.

Community engagement is often cited as a tool to improve the health of the community and its members. This guide will review evidence related to leveraging community engagement to support the implementation and scale-up of evidence-based programs and policies.

Source: https://store.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/pep22-06-01-005.pdf

Drug prevention approaches range from those that target society as a whole (environmental and universal prevention) to interventions focusing on at-risk individuals (indicated prevention).

The main challenges are in matching these different strategies to target groups and contexts and ensuring that they are evidence-based and have sufficient population coverage.

ISSUP Malaysia would like to invite you to their upcoming webinar on Mobilizing community resources in preventive measures: Issues, challenges and the way forward.