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This webinar is the first in a series called “Supporting People With Addiction During COVID-19”, hosted by the National Academy of Medicine and the American Society for Addiction Medicine.

Lunes 5 de mayo del 2020 Presentan: Farah Urrutia, Secretaria de Seguridad Multidimensional, de la Organización de Estados Americanos. Embajador Adam E. Namm, Secretario Ejecutivo de la Comisión Interamericana para el Control del Abuso de Drogas (CICAD). Jimena Kalawski, Jefa de la Unidad de...

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Interpretation of the results of the screening instruments enables the health care staff to identify those persons who may require help for their drug use. Based on the level of risk found in each case, the health care staff will use their clinical judgment to personalize the interventions that can be used to improve the health and wellbeing of people using drugs. The World Health Organization (WHO, 2004) recommends the use of brief...

To read the full text of the in-depth manual of the UTC for healthcare professionals, please visit: https://www.issup.net/node/7376

Our knowledge of the drug phenomenon has advanced significantly over time. Thanks to scientific research, we now have objective information about the details of the mechanisms by which drugs produce their effects; the factors that influence a person to experiment with drugs; the extent and characteristics of drug use and the people who use drugs, as well as the adverse consequences that may occur, and the effectiveness of treatment for drug use...

El martes 14 de abril del 2020 se llevó a cabo una sesión especial acerca de las implicaciones en la salud mental de la pandemia por COVID-19. A las 12:00 horas (tiempo de la ciudad de México) comenzaron las exposiciones por parte de Jimena Kalawski, José Luis Vázquez, la Dra. Silvia Morales Chainé...

This hour-long online series will support mental health providers who are new to using telehealth. During each hour-long session, our Technology Transfer Center (TTC) Network specialists will spend the first 20 minutes addressing a specific topic, then answer questions submitted by TLC Tuesday...

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Hablemos sobre el tratamiento del consumo de sustancias psicoactvas. Invitada: Dra. Ana Maria Peñuela, Coordinadora de Convivencia Social y Ciudadania -Dirección de Promoción y Prevención - Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social

If you are looking for online courses because you can't get to live courses or you are tired of webinars, the ATTC has many online courses that are available for free:

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Overdose Prevention Education for Clinicians Treating Patients for an Opioid Use Disorder Given the doubling of opioid related overdose deaths in the US over the past decade the importance of a dynamic, patient centered approach to opioid overdose risk for patients in treatment for opioid use...

The American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT) and the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM), co-hosted this webinar. This session focuses on the following cases: • A colleague has identified some drug testing results from a professional monitoring program case and is requesting feedback...