قریبی ساتھی تشدد (آئی پی وی) صحت عامہ کا ایک بڑا مسئلہ ہے۔ ورلڈ ہیلتھ آرگنائزیشن (ڈبلیو ایچ او) کے مطابق، دنیا کے مختلف خطوں میں پہلے سے ہی شریک حیات رکھنے والی خواتین میں آئی پی وی کا زندگی بھر کا پھیلاؤ تقریبا 30 فیصد ہے۔ آئی پی وی کا...
مقصد: بے گھری اور منشیات کے شعبے میں حل فراہم کرنے والے جدید پروگراموں کی تلاش کرنا۔
پس منظر: طویل مدتی بے گھری، منشیات کے استعمال اور شراب پر انحصار کے درمیان تعلق اچھی طرح سے دستاویزی ہے. شواہد سے پتہ چلتا ہے کہ نسبتا چھوٹی ، طویل...
‘DANGEROUS DATA’ PART 3: THE GLOVES COME OFF
Third weekly instalment of the series on controlled drinking as a treatment goal. Controversy moves to the USA, where the 1976 Rand report’s finding that post-treatment remission usually...
This booklet is intended for a global audience of parents and caregivers who are in all stages of recovery from substance use disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The main feature of this booklet includes seven tip-sheets that offer...
HOW CAN YOU PRIORITISE THE CHILD WHEN YOUR PATIENT IS THE PARENT?
Guidance insists child welfare is paramount, even if your client is not the child, but their parent. The temptation is to sideline this uncomfortable but important work...
The Millennium Cohort Study (MCS), is following the lives of around 19,000 young people born across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
In 2018-2019, the researchers from UCL analysed data from 10,000 17 years olds on their...
The Sustainable Development Goals are a call for action by all countries – poor, rich and middle-income – to promote prosperity while protecting the planet.
They recognize that ending poverty must go hand-in-hand with strategies that build...
Following the launch of the UNODC-WHO International Standards for the Treatment of Drug Use Disorders (2016) (“the Standards”), there was a need for new globally applicable tools to ensure a qualified and effective response to drug use...
Since the adoption of the first European Drug Strategy 2000–2004, the EU clearly defines drug-related problems as primarily being a Public Health issue. This approach was also endorsed recently by the Community of Latin American and...
Consumo de álcool por adolescentes cresce na pandemia
Estudos realizados após o início da pandemia da Covid-19 em diferentes lugares do mundo reforçam um alerta sobre a saúde mental e física de adolescentes e jovens: o consumo de álcool...
Estudo da Unifesp identificou que programa escolar de prevenção do Ministério da Saúde reduz a iniciação ao uso de álcool por adolescentes.
Os adolescentes que participaram das aulas do programa tiveram 22% menos chances de iniciar o uso...
‘DANGEROUS DATA’ PART 2: A GENTLEMANLY START
Second weekly instalment of the series on controlled drinking as a treatment goal traces the start of the controversy to early 1960s London, where psychiatrist D.L. Davies opened the first...
This report shares the findings from Adfam's State of the Sector Family Support Survey which in 2019 asked 117 practitioners and managers working in family support services in England about current trends, developments, strengths and...
Adfam has produced an online toolkit for practitioners working with parents who care for someone who uses drugs or alcohol and is also abusive toward them.
The toolkit contains resources for practitioners to work through with their clients...
Adfam, in collaboration with the University of York, and funded by the Forces in Mind Trust, has published a research report outlining the experiences and needs of families of veterans with substance use problems (FVSUs), along with a new...
Dual diagnosis is the term used to describe people with mental health problems, who also misuse drugs or alcohol.
People affected by dual diagnosis often fall through the cracks of public services, and so do their families. Those cracks...
In April, 241 people coping with a friend or family member’s alcohol, drug or gambling problem responded to an online survey by Adfam which sought to understand how some of their usual daily challenges associated with addiction- fear...
