ISSUP Kenya would like to invite you to its webinar on Understanding Gambling Addiction and Its Links to Substance Use Disorders & Mental Health in Kenya.
ISSUP Nigeria presents the 27th session of its bi-monthly webinar in the Knowledge Update Series. This webinar focuses on the topic of 'Exploring the Intersection of Substance Use Disorders and Mental Health: Challenges and Effective Interventions.'
ISSUP in Pakistan invites you to its upcoming webinar: "Breaking the Silence: Raising Awareness and Reducing Stigma Around Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health"
As we celebrate International Nurses Week, we honour the dedication, expertise, and compassion of nurses around the globe—especially those working on the frontlines of substance use prevention, treatment, and recovery support. Addiction nurses play a crucial role not only in clinical care but also in education, advocacy, and research.
ISSUP Nigeria would like to invite you to the 27th session of its bi-monthly webinar in the Knowledge Update Series. This webinar will focus on the topic of 'Exploring the Intersection of Substance Use Disorders and Mental Health: Challenges and Effective Interventions.'.
Use SAMHSA’s Digital Toolkit to help raise awareness, start important conversations, and share the powerful message that #MentalHealth is health.
The Toolkit is a one-stop shop offering:
✔️ Key messages and weekly themes for May
✔️ Ready-to-use social media content, graphics, and promotional materials
✔️ Messaging to encourage acceptance and support for individuals living with mental illness
✔️ Best practices for having supportive conversations about mental health
✔️ Additional resources to keep the...
ISSUP-KENYA in partnership with Mshauri Therapy Hub and Pro Care, is organising the 2025 International "Mental Health Conference & Excursion" to be held in Kigali, Rwanda.*
Abay Woday Tadesse, Berihun Assefa Dachew, Getinet Ayano, Kim Betts, Rosa Alati, Maternal cannabis use disorder and offspring behavioral outcomes: findings from a linked data cohort study, Psychiatry Research, Volume 346, 2025, 116404, ISSN 0165-1781, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2025.116404.
Few studies have looked into how cannabis use during pregnancy affects the development of disruptive behavioral disorders (DBDs) in children, often using small sample sizes and self-reported data. This study aimed to understand the link between maternal cannabis use disorder (CUD) during pregnancy and after childbirth, and the risk of DBDs in children. We used health data from New South Wales, Australia, for children born between 2003 and 2005. We compared children whose mothers had CUD to those whose mothers did not, and assessed the risk of DBDs in these children. Both CUD and DBDs were...
Viana, M.C., Kazdin, A.E., Harris, M.G. et al. Barriers to 12-month treatment of common anxiety, mood, and substance use disorders in the World Mental Health (WMH) surveys. Int J Ment Health Syst 19, 6 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13033-024-00658-2
Background
There is a high unmet need for mental health treatment worldwide. Understanding the barriers to treatment is essential for developing effective programs to address this issue.
Methods
Data on treatment barriers were collected through face-to-face interviews in 22 community surveys across 19 countries, involving 102,812 respondents aged 18 and older. The focus was on 5,136 individuals with anxiety, mood, or substance use disorders who had a perceived need for treatment. Of these, 2,444 did not receive treatment, and 926 received delayed treatment. Barriers were categorized into five...
Banárová, K., & Čerešník, M. (2024). Self-regulation and risk behavior of adolescents aged 15–20. Adiktologie, 24(2), 131–139. https://doi.org/10.35198/01-2024-002-0002
INTRODUCTION: According to Brichcín (1999), a self-regulating person is someone who can resist the temptation of immediate gratification of their needs and is capable of achieving challenging goals. Self-regulation represents the ability to make free and responsible choices and actions in relation to oneself, others, and the environment, in spite of deterministic influences. In real life, this relationship may also be reflected by the quality of mental health and engagement in risk behaviors during adolescence (Jessor & Jessor, 1977). The aim of the present paper was to investigate the...
Pauš, V., Komrska, Š., Dolejš, M., & Suchá, J. (2024). Resilience and depressivity among czech adolescents in relation to internet gaming disorder: Representative sample. Adiktologie, 24(2), 109–118. https://doi.org/10.35198/01-2024-002-0005
INTRODUCTION: Existing research highlights current issues in youth mental health that are often related to the overuse of modern technology, the experience of depression, or reduced resilience to mental stress. The main aim of this study is to analyse the relationships between Internet Gaming Disorder, depression, and resilience, with a focus on gender differences among Czech adolescents.
METHODS: A quantitative research design was chosen for the study. Three assessment instruments were utilised – the Internet Gaming Disorder ScaleShort Form (IGDS9-SF), the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21...
Saddiqua, A., & Zunnurain, M. Z. (2024). Prevalence of antisocial behavior among women with substance use disorder in Pakistan. Adiktologie, 24(2), 81–87. https://doi.org/10.35198/01-2024-002-0004
INTRODUCTION: Pakistan is ominously impacted by the menace of substance abuse. Women, who represent 42% of the total population, are primarily affected by the use of illicit substances with co-occurring behavioural disorders. Despite extensive efforts, prevalence estimates reported here are likely to underestimate substance use among women. A high level of dependency was observed among the cases who were reported; however, the unreported cases in the general population are beyond the count. This study focuses on an approximation about the prevalence of anti-social behaviour among women in...
I outline some thoughts in reflection of Mental Health Day 2024, and share some resources to help us think through what mental health means for us and our workplaces and some of the factors that may have an impact on our well-being.
Fuente: Vivir la vida. Guía de aplicación para la prevención del suicidio en los países. Washington, D.C.: Organización Panamericana de la Salud; 2021. Licencia: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. https://doi.org/10.37774/9789275324240. Cada año, más de 700.000 personas pierden la vida por suicidio, la cuarta...
ISSUP Global presents an upcoming webinar on Enhancing Well-Being and Preventing Burnout Amongst Treatment Practitioners. Join us for an engaging discussion on this important topic with Dr. Natalie Panabokke.
This free live training on Motivational Interviewing takes place weekly on Thursdays from 10am till 11am SAST on the following dates: 1, 8, 15 and 22 August 2024.
Motivational Interviewing is a best-evidence approach for tackling harmful...
ISSUP Ukraine cordially invites you to join its upcoming webinar on Mental Health and Substance Use Among University Students in Ukraine During the War.
Abi Hana R, Abi Ramia J, Burchert S, Carswell K, Cuijpers P, Heim E, Knaevelsrud C, Noun P, Sijbrandij M, van Ommeren M, Van't Hof E, Wijnen B, Zoghbi E, El Chammay R, Smit F. Cost-Effectiveness of Digital Mental Health Versus Usual Care During Humanitarian Crises in Lebanon: Pragmatic Randomized Trial. JMIR Ment Health. 2024 May 29;11:e55544. doi: 10.2196/55544. PMID: 38810255; PMCID: PMC11170045.
Background:
Digital mental health interventions for depression, anxiety, and stress-related disorders are generally cost-effective, but evidence is lacking for guided digital mental health care in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) facing humanitarian crises. Step-by-Step (SbS) is effective for Lebanese citizens and war-affected Syrians in Lebanon. Assessing SbS's cost-effectiveness is crucial due to Lebanon's strained health care system.
Objective:
This study aims to assess the cost-effectiveness of SbS compared to enhanced usual care (EUC) through a randomized trial.