All Resources for 'Community-Based Prevention'

Managing Co-occuring Alcohol and Other Drug and Mental Health Conditions

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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Mental Health

This website provides evidence-based information, training and resources to assist with the management of co-occurring, or comorbid, AOD and mental health conditions. 

The content is based on the second edition of the “Guidelines on the...

COVID-19 Perceived Impact and Psychological Variables as Predictors of Unhealthy Food and Alcohol Consumption Trajectories: The Role of Gender and Living with Children as Moderators

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Men
Women

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The present study examines the trajectories of unhealthy food and alcohol consumption over time and considers whether perceived impact of COVID-19 and psychological variables are predictors of these trajectories. We ascertained...

The Youth in Iceland Model (YiIM) in Scotland

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News
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Prevention
Public Health

The Youth in Iceland Model (YiIM, also known as ‘Planet Youth’) is a community-based approach aiming to prevent young people’s substance use through reducing risk factors and increasing protective factors. 

A new team, based in Dundee...

Natural Recovery by the Liver and Other Organs After Chronic Alcohol Use

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Scientific article
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Treatment
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Recovery Support

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Chronic, heavy alcohol consumption disrupts normal organ function and causes structural damage in virtually every tissue of the body. Current diagnostic terminology states that a person who drinks alcohol excessively has alcohol...

Ring us, FICT: "Well the delegation to anti-drug policies to Minister Dadone. Start collaborative work starting from the centrality of the person and not of the substance"

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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Populations
Family

Luciano Squillaci, FICT President: "We express satisfaction for several reasons: because the delegation to anti-drug policies has finally been assigned after years of emptiness, because it has been assigned to a Ministry and because it is a...

The rapidly changing composition of the global street drug supply and Its effects on high-risk groups for COVID-19

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Pharmacological Interventions
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Public Health
The majority of street drugs, in some cases more than ninety-five percent, now have multiple toxic adulterants. This research review brings to the attention of public health officials, addiction medicine specialists, treatment officials, therapists, and the general public the alarming increase of dangerous toxic adulterants being added to street drugs and their potentially lethal synergistic effects.

KYDA POSTER PRESENTATION IN UAPC20

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Book
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Treatment
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Family

KYDA presented a poster on family therapy interventions taking place at their centre during the second Uganda Alcohol Policy Conference. Family therapy is a collection of therapeutic approaches that share a belief in family-level assessment...

Call for Presentations- NAADAC 2021 Annual Conference

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News
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Public Health

NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals invites you to submit a proposal to present a virtual poster at its 2021 Annual Conference, which will be held virtually from October 28-30, 2021.

  

NAADAC members and non-members are i...

CAPACITY BUILDING BY THE SHELTER NGO ( APRIL 5-10, 2021)

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Faith-Based Strategies 
Prevention
Community-Based
Faith-Based
Treatment
Faith-Based
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Faith-Based

 

CAPACITY BUILDING FOR SUNSTANCE USE PREVENTION PROFESSIONALS

The Shelter Youth and Community Network (The Shelter NGO), approved Training Provider for the Colombo Plan Drug  Advisory Programme (DAP) conducted her maiden training on the...