Subjective networks are one of the central subjects of Community Treatment. This two-part brief presents some data on the structural characteristics of personal networks in order to have some benchmarks for describing the characteristics of subjective networks. The second part presents data from an exploratory study on the structural characteristics of subjective networks. The study has been conducted in countries in Asia, Latin America and Europe.

The stigma associated with drug use and addictive behaviors affects in a transverse way in people's lives, making an impact on physical and mental health, the ability to find and maintain a job, to find and maintain a home, in their relationships social and self-concept. On the other hand, the stigma delays the search for adequate treatment and is in itself a barrier to access and stay in treatments.

عقد  المؤتمر الدولي السادس ل Freemind ، الذي نظمته Freemind Mobilization و ISSUP Brazil ، في مدينة Águas de Lindóia / SP ، البرازيل في الفترة من 4 إلى 7 ديسمبر 2019.

أقيم الحدث في فندق ماجستيك ، الذي يضم أحد أكثر مراكز الأحداث اكتمالا وتنوعا في ولاية ساو باولو ، على بعد أقل من 160 كيلومترا من العاصمة. هناك العديد من الصالات ذات الخصائص والسعات المختلفة وغرف الدعم موزعة على أربعة قطاعات متكاملة ، وتوفر مساحات يمكن أن تستوعب بشكل مريح ما يصل إلى 2000 شخص.

كان مركز مؤتمرات فندق ماجستيك صغيرا لأكثر من 2000 شخص حضروا حفل الافتتاح ، وحضره ممثلون عن الكيانات الدولية والوطنية الكبرى ، بالإضافة إلى...

The material promotes the development of intervention strategies for a comprehensive and networked approach to problematic substance use in areas of deprivation of liberty. Encouraging the participation of detainees, their families, prison service benchmarks and the community at large. It starts from a rights and health promotion approach, developing a comprehensive and articulated work with the different actors involved.

RCN Radio interview with Brian Morales on global consumption, new psycoactive substances, and collaboration between Colombia and the US.

A total of 35 participants took part in this training that was organized by WHO and UNODC together with PAHO, SEDRONAR, Hospital der Mar, and the generous support from the U.S. State Department Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) on 11-13 November 2019, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

This training aimed at providing technical guidance for health care providers managing women from conception to birth and during the postnatal period, and their infants, on the identification and management of substance use disorders in pregnant women.

Use of alcohol, illicit drugs...

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) held a training for high-level participants to address the nature, prevention and treatment of drug use disorders from 22-24 October 2019, in Brasilia, Brazil. The meeting gathered about 50 people among representatives of the federal, state and  local governments involved in the prevention, treatment, social reintegration of drug users and the fight against trafficking.

The event was organized in partnership with the Ministry of Citizenship and the National Secretariat for Drug Care and Prevention (Senapred) with the support of the United...

As pesquisas brasileiras revelam que há uma precocidade na idade do primeiro uso de álcool e outras drogas, o que acaba gerando os riscos do uso nocivo e de consequentes danos à saúde de crianças e adolescentes.

Um estudo epidemiológico nacional publicado recentemente sobre a prevalência de consumo de drogas entre estudantes de 10 a 19 anos em 27 capitais brasileiras apresentou que 60,5% dos estudantes haviam consumido bebidas alcoólicas na vida, 25,5% haviam consumido alguma droga ilícita e 16,9%, tabaco.

Diante desses números, Pollyanna Fausta Pimentel de Medeiros, Ana Paula Dias Pereira...

O Escritório das Nações Unidas sobre Drogas e Crime (UNODC), deu início na segunda-feira (21), à capacitação sobre natureza, prevenção e tratamento de transtornos relacionados ao uso de drogas, em uma reunião fechada para autoridades, em Brasília. O encontro se estenderá até o dia 24 de outubro e reunirá representantes do governo federal envolvidos na prevenção, no tratamento, na reinserção social e no combate ao tráfico. Até a próxima quinta-feira, representantes dos Estados e do Distrito Federal, além de entidades parceiras, participam da formação, no Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e...